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Document 32001R2074

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2001 of 24 October 2001 prohibiting fishing for sandeel by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

OJ L 281, 25.10.2001, p. 10–10 (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Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2001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/2001/2074/oj

32001R2074

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2001 of 24 October 2001 prohibiting fishing for sandeel by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

Official Journal L 281 , 25/10/2001 P. 0010 - 0010


Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2001

of 24 October 2001

prohibiting fishing for sandeel by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

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 amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/2001(4), lays down quotas for sandeel 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 sandeel in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC waters) and the North Sea (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock from 13 August 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Fishing for sandeel in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC waters) and the North Sea (EC waters) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden 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 13 August 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 24 October 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 223, 18.8.2001, p. 4.

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