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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2715/98 of 14 December 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
Date: 1998-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, catch quota, fishing regulations, fishing vessel, sea fish, ship's flag

L 342/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

17. 12. 98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2715/98

of 14 December 1998

concerning the stopping of fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of
Belgium

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 applic-
able to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (2), and in particular
Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 45/98 of 19
December 1997 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups
of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1998 and
certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2386/98 (4), provides
for common sole quotas for 1998;

Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi-
sions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of
stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commis-
sion 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 common sole in the waters of
ICES division VII a by vessels flying the flag of Belgium
or registered in Belgium have reached the quota allocated

for 1998; whereas Belgium has prohibited fishing for this
stock as from 29 November 1998; whereas it is therefore
necessary to abide by that date,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division
VII a by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in
Belgium are deemed to have exhausted the quota allo-
cated to Belgium for 1998.

Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES division
VII a by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in
Belgium 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 applica-
tion 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 with effect from 29 November 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 December 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 297, 6. 11. 1998, p. 2.
98/740/EC: Commission Decision of 14 December 1998 amending Decision 96/333/EC establishing health certification of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from third countries which are not covered by a specific decision (notified under document number C(1998) 4046) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-12-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery resources, health certificate, marketing, mollusc, third country, veterinary inspection

30. 12. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 354/65

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 December 1998

amending Decision 96/333/EC establishing health certification of live bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from third countries
which are not covered by a specific decision

(notified under document number C(1998) 4046)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/740/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15
July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the
production and the placing on the market of live bivalve
molluscs (1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2),
and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas Commission Decision 96/333/EC of 3 May
1996 establishing health certification of
live bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
from third countries which are not yet covered by a
specific decision (3),
amended by Decision 97/
589/EC (4), is applicable until 31 December 1998;

as

Whereas Commission Decision 97/20/EC (5), as amended
by Decision 98/572/EC (6), establishes the list of third
countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions for the
production and placing on the market of bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods;
whereas Part II of that list contains the third countries
which might be the subject of a provisional decision
based on Council Decision 95/408/EC (7), as last amended
by Decision 98/603/EC (8);

Whereas, under Decision 95/408/EC, that list is applic-
able until 31 December 2000; whereas the date of validity
of certification should therefore be amended to bring it
into line with the date of validity of the provisional lists;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 5 of Decision 96/333/EC the words ‘to 31
December 1998' are replaced by ‘to 31 December 2000.'

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 127, 25. 5. 1996, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 238, 29. 8. 1997, p. 47.
(5) OJ L 6, 10. 1. 1997, p. 46.
(6) OJ L 277, 14. 10. 1998, p. 42.
(7) OJ L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17.
(8) OJ L 289, 28. 10. 1998, p. 36.