# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 635/2008

of 3 July 2008

adapting the cod fishing quotas to be allocated to Poland in the Baltic Sea (Subdivisions 25-32, EC Waters) from 2008 to 2011 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/2008

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy [^1] , and in particular Article 23(1) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Following national investigations carried out in 2007, the Commission has been notified by Poland that it exceeded its quota for cod in the eastern Baltic Sea (Subdivisions 25-32, EC Waters) for 2007 by 8 000 t.

**(2)** According to Article 23(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 the Commission operates deductions from the annual quota when it has established that a Member State has overfished its quota of a stock.

**(3)** Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 338/2008 of 14 April 2008 providing for the adaptation of cod fishing quotas to be allocated to Poland in the Baltic Sea (Subdivisions 25-32, EC Waters) from 2008 to 2011 [^2] provides for a deduction over a period of four years, consisting of a reduction of 10 %, in the year 2008, of the amount overfished in the year 2007 and reductions of 30 %, in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011, of the amount overfished in 2007.

**(4)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

The quota of cod in the Baltic Sea (Subdivisions 25-32, EC Waters) allocated to Poland in the years from 2008 to 2011 shall be reduced as shown in Annex.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 July 2008. *For the Commission* Joe BORG *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1993_261_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 ( [OJ L 248, 22.9.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_248_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 107, 17.4.2008, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2008_107_R_TOC) .

| Country | Species | Stock code | Zone | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Poland | Cod<br>( *Gadus morhua* ) | COD/3D25 to COD/3D32 | Subdivisions 25-32<br>(EC waters) | 800 | 2 400 | 2 400 | 2 400 |

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 ().
[^2]: .