COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2425/97 of 4 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 1959/97 concerning the stopping of fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member State except Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2205/97 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1959/97 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2185/97 (4), stops fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member State except Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands;

Whereas on 13 November 1997 Portugal transferred to Denmark 2 000 tonnes of horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d and e, XII and XIV; whereas fishing for horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d and e, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark must therefore be authorized;

Whereas the present state of uptake of the horse mackerel quota allocated to Portugal in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d and e, XII and XIV means that the quota transfer in question may be made;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1959/97 should therefore be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1959/97 is hereby amended as follows:

1. in the title, after '. . . Portugal`, 'Denmark` is inserted;

2. the second paragraph of Article 1, after '. . . Portugal`, 'Denmark` is inserted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following 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, 4 December 1997.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 304, 7. 11. 1997, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 277, 10. 10. 1997, p. 2.

(4) OJ L 299, 4. 11. 1997, p. 9.