31999R2607

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2607/1999

of 9 December 1999

prohibiting fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Denmark

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 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

(1) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 51/1999 of 18 December 1998 allocating, for 1999, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen(3), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1619/1999(4), lays down quotas for mackerel for 1999;

(2) Whereas, 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) Whereas, according to the information received by the Commission, catches of mackerel in the waters of ICES divison IIa (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark have exhausted the quota allocated for 1999; whereas Denmark has prohibited fishing for this stock from 28 October 1999; whereas this date should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of mackerel in the waters of ICES division IIa (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quata allocated to Denmark for 1999.

Fishing for mackrel in the waters of ICES division IIa (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered in Denmark 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 28 October 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 13, 18.1.1999, p. 67.

(4) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 14.