
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 2340/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1.. the following Article shall be inserted:
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Article 3a 

1. The catches between 1 January and 1 May 2004 taken by vessels from the Member States which acceded on 2004 shall be counted against the quotas laid down in Annex I.
2. Not later than 15 days after the date of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall notify the Commission of the amount of their catches between 1 January and 1 May 2004.';
2.. the following Article 4a shall be inserted:
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Article 4a 
Article 23(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy shall not apply to catches taken before 1 May 2004 in excess of the quota determined in Annex I to this Regulation by vessels from the Member States which acceded in 2004.';
3.. Annex I shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
In Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 the following paragraph shall be added:
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3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Member States which acceded in 2004 shall calculate the aggregate power and the aggregate volume of their vessels which, in any one of the years 2000, 2001 or 2002, have landed more than 10 tonnes of any mixture of deep-sea species. These aggregate values shall be communicated to the Commission.'.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 May 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 December 2004.
For the Council
The President
P. VAN GEEL
ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2340/2002 shall be amended as follows:

1.. the entry concerning the species Black Scabbardfish in Zone V, VI, VII, XII shall be replaced by the following:

‘5. SpeciesBlack scabbardfishAphanopus carbo ZoneV, VI, VII, XII (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Germany 37 
Estonia 32
Spain 185
France 2 600
Ireland 93
Latvia 207
Lithuania 2
Poland 2
United Kingdom 185
Others 10
EC 3 353’

2.. the entry concerning the species Roundnose Grenadier in Zone Vb, VI, VII shall be replaced by the following:

‘23. SpeciesRoundnose grenadierCoryphaenoides rupestris ZoneVb, VI, VII (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Germany 10 
Estonia 78
Spain 86
France 4 396
Ireland 346
Latvia 0
Lithuania 101
Poland 51
United Kingdom 258
Others 10
EC 5 336’

3.. The entry concerning the species Blue Ling in Zone VI, VII shall be replaced by the following:

‘31. SpeciesBlue lingMolva dypterygia ZoneVI, VII (Community waters and waters not under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of third countries)
Germany 39 
Estonia 6
Spain 122
France 2 788
Ireland 10
Lithuania 2
Poland 1
United Kingdom 709
Others 10
EC 3 687’

