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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2559/1999 of 3 December 1999 prohibiting fishing for salmon by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
Date: 1999-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, ship's flag

4. 12. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 310/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2559/1999

of 3 December 1999

prohibiting fishing for salmon 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 Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 21(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 of 18 December
1998 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish
stocks, the total allowable catches for 1999 and certain
conditions under which they may be fished (3), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 16/
1999 (4),

lays down quotas for salmon for 1999;

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;

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of salmon in the waters of ICES, divisions
III b, c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of

Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the
quota allocated for 1999. Sweden prohibited fishing for
this stock from 1 November 1999. This date should be
adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

salmon in the waters of

Catches of
ICES, divisions
III b, c and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or
registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the
quota allocated to Sweden for 1999.

for

salmon in the waters of

Fishing
ICES, divisions
III b, c and d (EC zone) 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 1 November 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

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.
(4) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 14.