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Document 32001R2575

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2575/2001 of 27 December 2001 prohibiting fishing for Norway lobster by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands

OJ L 344, 28/12/2001, p. 60–60 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2001

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2001/2575/oj

32001R2575

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2575/2001 of 27 December 2001 prohibiting fishing for Norway lobster by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands

Official Journal L 344 , 28/12/2001 P. 0060 - 0060


Commission Regulation (EC) No 2575/2001

of 27 December 2001

prohibiting fishing for Norway lobster by vessels flying the flag of 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 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 limitations in catch are required(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2425/2001(4), lays down quotas for Norway lobster for 2001.

(2) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated.

(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of Norway lobster in the waters of ICES divisions IIa (EC waters) and North Sea (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. The Netherlands have prohibited fishing for this stock from 16 November 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of Norway lobster in the waters of IIa (EC waters) and North Sea (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 2001.

Fishing for Norway lobster in the waters of ICES divisions IIa (EC waters) and North Sea (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 16 November 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2001.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 23.

(3) OJ L 334, 30.12.2000, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 328, 13.12.2001, p. 7.

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