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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3347/89

of 7 November 1989

concerning the stopping of fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member State

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (2), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4194/88 of 21 December 1988 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1989 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2278/89 (4), provides for horse mackerel quotas for 1989;

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 available for Member States;

Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the quota available for Member States (5) for 1989;

Whereas Spain has transferred on 24 October 1989 to the Netherlands 800 tonnes of horse mackerel in ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII, XIV; that fishing for horse mackerel in ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands should therefore be permitted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota available for Member States (5) for 1989.

Fishing for horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, XII, XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State (6) or registered in a Member State (6) is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock 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 following that 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, 7 November 1989.

For the Commission

Manuel MARÍN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 2.

(3) OJ No L 369, 31. 12. 1988, p. 3.

(4) OJ No L 218, 28. 7. 1989, p. 5.

(5) Except Spain and Portugal.

(6) Except Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3347/89 of 7 November 1989 concerning the stopping of fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member State

Modified by

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3859/89 of 20 December 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3347/89 concerning the stopping of fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member State