
Article 1 
Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 October 2008.
For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

In Annex IA to Regulation (EC) No 40/2008, the entry concerning the stock of sprat in EC waters of ICES zones IIa and IV is replaced by the following:

‘SpeciesSpratSprattus sprattus ZoneEC waters of IIa and IVSPR/2AC4-C
Belgium 1 729 
Denmark 136 826 
Germany 1 729 
France 1 729 
The Netherlands 1 729 
Sweden 1 330 
United Kingdom 5 705 
EC 150 777 
Norway 10 063 
Faeroe Islands 9 160 
TAC 170 000 Precautionary TACArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 does not apply.Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 applies.





