31989R2364

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2364/89

of 1 August 1989

concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom

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 3950/88 of 11 December 1988 allocating, for 1989, Community catch quotas in Greenland waters (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1578/89 (4), provides cod quotas for 1989;

Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subjects 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 waters of NAFO zone 1 (Greenland waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom have reached the quota allocated for 1989,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of cod in the waters of NAFO zone 1 (Greenland waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the United Kingdom for 1989.

Fishing for cod in the waters of NAFO zone 1 (Greenland waters) by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom 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 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, 1 August 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 352, 21. 12. 1988, p. 7.

(4) OJ No L 156, 8. 6. 1989, p. 3.