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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2271/2002 of 19 December 2002 prohibiting fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
Date: 2002-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish, ship's flag

20.12.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 347/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2271/2002

of 19 December 2002

prohibiting fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of Denmark

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December
2001 fixing for 2002 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
2256/2002 (4), lays down quotas for mackerel for 2002.

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 mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions
IIa (EC waters), the Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIb, c and d
(EC waters), and the North Sea by vessels flying the flag

of Denmark or registered in Denmark have exhausted
the quota allocated for 2002. Denmark has prohibited
fishing for this stock from 23 November 2002. This date
should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of mackerel
in the waters of ICES divisions IIa (EC
waters), the Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIb, c and d (EC waters),
and the 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 2002.

Fishing for mackerel
in the waters of ICES divisions IIa (EC
waters), the Skagerrak and Kattegat, IIIb, c and d (EC waters),
and North Sea by vessels flying the flag of Denmark or regis-
tered 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 23 November 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2002.

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 347, 31.12.2001, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 343, 18.12.2002, p. 19.