do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2337/2000 of 20 October 2000 prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, sea fish, ship's flag

L 269/20

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.10.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2337/2000

of 20 October 2000

prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of Denmark

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 Regulation (EC)
No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

According to the information received by the Commis-
sion, catches of common sole in the waters of ICES
division II, North Sea, by vessels flying the flag of
Denmark or registered in Denmark have exhausted the
quota allocated for 2000. Denmark has prohibited
fishing for this stock from 2 October 2000. This date
should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 of 17 December
1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing opportunities and asso-
ciated 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, and amending Regulation (EC) No 66/
98 (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1902/2000 (4), lays down quotas for common sole
for 2000.

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.

Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES division II,
North Sea, by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or registered
in Denmark are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota
allocated to Denmark for 2000.

Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES divisions IIIb, c
and d (EC zone) by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or
registered in Denmark 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 2 October 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 October 2000.

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 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 228, 8.9.2000, p. 50.