Commission Regulation (EC) No 948/1999 of 5 May 1999 prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a Member State except Germany and Spain
Date: 1999-05-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, ship's flag

L 118/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

6. 5. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 948/1999

of 5 May 1999

prohibiting fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
except Germany and Spain

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

(1) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 of
18 December 1998 fixing, for certain fish stocks
and groups of
the total allowable
catches for 1999 and certain conditions under
which they may be fished (3), provides for blue
whiting quotas for 1999;

fish stocks,

(2) Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the
provisions relating to the quantity limits 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 quota allocated;

(3) Whereas, according to the information communi-
cated to the Commission, catches of blue whiting
in the waters of ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI
and VII by vessels flying the flag of a Member State
except Germany and Spain or
registered in a
Member State except Germany and Spain have
reached the quota allocated to the Member States
except Germany and Spain for 1999;

(4) Whereas catches of blue whiting in the waters of
ICES divisions V b (EC zone), VI and VII by vessels
flying the flag of Germany or Spain or registered in
Germany or Spain have not reached the flat-rate
quantity allocated to Portugal and transferred in
full to Germany or the flat-rate quantity allocated
to Spain,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES divisions V
b (EC zone), VI, VII by vessels flying the flag of a Member
State except Germany and Spain or
registered in a
Member State except Germany and Spain are hereby
deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the
Member States except Germany and Spain for 1999.

Fishing for blue whiting in the waters of ICES divisions V
b (EC zone), VI, VII by vessels flying the flag of Member
State except Germany and Spain or
registered in a
Member State except Germany and Spain shall be prohib-
ited, as also the retention on board, transhipment and
landing of fish from this stock caught by the above vessels
after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

into force on the day
This Regulation shall enter
following 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, 5 May 1999.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

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. 1.