21.12.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L 337)21 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1533/2007 of 17 December 2007 amending Regulations (EC) No 2015/2006 and (EC) No 41/2007, as regards fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploi- tation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy ("), and in particular Article 20 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 of 26 February 2004 establishing measures for the recovery of cod stocks (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 2015/2006 (*) fixes for 2007 and 2008 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks. (2)  The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) at its extraordinary meeting in June 2007 decided to extend the recommendations on a prohibition to fish for orange roughy in the NEAFC Regulatory Area during the second half of 2007. These recommendations should be implemented in Community law. (3)  The conditions applying to the fishery in certain zones need to be clarified to ensure the correct application of the Agreement of 19 December 1966 between Norway, Denmark and Sweden on mutual access to fishing in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat. An amendment is therefore required. (4)  Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 (%) fixes for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for () OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 865/2007 (O] L 192, 24.7.2007, p. 1). (» OJ L 70, 9.3.2004, p. 8. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 441/2007 (OJ L 104, 21.4.2007, p. 28). (}) Council Regulation (EC) No 2015/2006 of 19 December 2006 fixing for 2007 and 2008 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (O] L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 28). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 754/2007 (OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 26). Council Regulation (EC) No 41/2007 of 21 December 2006 fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required (OJ L 15, 20.1.2007, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 898/2007 (O] L 196, 28.7.2007, p. 22). = = (10) ©) certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required. Pursuant to consultations between the Community and Iceland on 28 March 2007 an arrangement was reached on quotas for Icelandic vessels to be fished from the Community quota allocated under its Agreement with the Government of Denmark and the local Government of Greenland before 30 April 2007, and for Community vessels fishing for redfish in the Icelandic Exclusive Economic Zone to be fished between July and December. This arrangement should be implemented in Community law. The conditions applying to the fishery in certain zones for a number of TACs need to be clarified to ensure the correct application of the Agreement of 19 December 1966 between Norway, Denmark and Sweden on mutual access to fishing in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat. An amendment is therefore required. In relation to the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 847/96 of 6 May 1996 introducing additional conditions for year-to-year management of TACs and quotas (°), the scientific status of certain stocks should to be clarified. Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 847/96, when more than 75 % of a precautionary TAC has been utilised before 31 October of the year of its application, a Member State with a quota for the stock for which that TAC has been fixed may request an increase in the TAC. Such a request by the Netherlands has been found to be justified in relation to the TAC for turbot and brill in EC waters of Ila and IV and should be implemented. Pursuant to written consultations between the Community and the Faeroe Islands, agreement was reached on access as regards herring in EC and inter- national waters of ICES zones I and I This arrangement should be implemented in Community law. In accordance with the Protocol to the Fisheries Part- nership Agreement between the European Community and Greenland (°), an additional amount of Greenland halibut was allocated to the Community in east Greenland in 2007. This arrangement should be im- plemented in Community law. () OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3. oJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 4.