Council Regulation (EC) No 289/2005 of 17 February 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 as regards the extension of the trawling ban to Polish waters
Council Regulation (EC) No 289/2005of 17 February 2005amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 as regards the extension of the trawling ban to Polish watersTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)The International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission adopted a recommendation on 21 September 1991 to ban the fishing with trawls on the Oderbank Plateau. This recommendation was implemented in Community law by Article 8(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 88/98 of 18 December 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the SoundOJ L 9, 15.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 (OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 12)..(2)In view of the accession of Poland to the European Union, the geographical area in which the trawling ban applies should be extended to Polish waters.(3)Regulation (EC) No 88/98 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: