Commission Regulation (EC) No 2426/96 of 18 December 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
Date: 1996-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, sea fish, ship's flag













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2426/96 of 18 December 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member State  


Official Journal L 331 , 20/12/1996 P. 0003 - 0003 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2426/96 of 18 December 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for horse mackerel by vessels flying the flag of a Member StateTHE 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 amended by Regulation (EC) No 2870/95 (2), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3074/95 of 22 December 1995 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2366/96 (4), provides for horse mackerel shares of total allowable catches available to the Community for 1996;Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject 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 share of the total allowable catches available to the Community;Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the share of the total allowable catches available to the Community for 1996,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 Catches of horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the share of the total allowable catches available to the Community for 1996.Fishing for horse mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI, VII, VIII a, b, d, e, XII and XIV by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State 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 following that 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, 18 December 1996.For the CommissionEmma BONINOMember of the Commission(1) OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.(2) OJ No L 301, 14. 12. 1995, p. 1.(3) OJ No L 330, 30. 12. 1995, p. 1.(4) OJ No L 323, 13. 12. 1996, p. 1.