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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3483/86

of 13 Novembre 1986

concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of France

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 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3723/85 (2), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3721/85 of 20 December 1985, fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, provisional total allowable catches for 1986 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3221/86 (4), provides for cod quotas for 1986;

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 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 communicated to the Commission, catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions VII (excluding VII a), VIII, IX, X; CECAF 34.1.1 (EC zone by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have reached the quota allocated for 1986,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of cod in the waters of ICES divisions VII (excluding VII a), VIII, IX, X; CECAF 34.1.1 (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 1986.

Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions VII (excluding VII a), VIII, IX, X; CECAF 34.1.1 (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stocks captured 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, 13 November 1986.

For the Commission

António CARDOSO E CUNHA

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 361, 31. 12. 1985, p. 42.

(3) OJ No L 361, 31. 12. 1985, p. 5.

(4) OJ No L 300, 24. 10. 1986, p. 2.

Amendments and corrections
December 31, 1986	See Art. 1
November 15, 1986	Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 2

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3483/86 of 13 November 1986 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of France