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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 638/84

of 12 March 1984

concerning the stopping of fishing for whiting by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities by vessels of the Member States (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1729/83 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 320/84 of 31 January 1984, fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks occurring in the Community's fishing zone, provisional total allowable catches for 1984, the provisional share of these catches available to the Community, the allocation of that share between the Member States and the conditions under which the total allowable catches may be fished (3), provides for whiting quotas for 1984;

Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix by Regulation the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated;

Whereas, according to the information available to the Commission, catches of whiting in waters of ICES sub-area VII, except division VII a, by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands have reached by the beginning of March 1984 the quota allocated for 1984,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of whiting in waters of ICES sub-area VII, except division VII a, by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 1984.

Fishing for whiting in waters of ICES sub-area VII, except division VII a, by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transshipment and the landing of whiting fished in this sub-area by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 March 1984.

For the Commission

Giorgios CONTOGEORGIS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 220, 29. 7. 1982, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 169, 28. 6. 1983, p. 14.

(3) OJ No L 37, 8. 2. 1984, p. 1.