Commission Regulation (EC) No 2327/2002 of 23 December 2002 prohibiting fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of Denmark
Date: 2002-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, authorised catch, catch quota, fishing area, fishing regulations, sea fish, ship's flag

L 349/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.12.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2327/2002

of 23 December 2002

prohibiting fishing for saithe 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 saithe 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 saithe in the waters of ICES divisions II a
(EC waters), the Skagerrak and Kattegat, ICES divisions
III b, 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 10 December
2002. This date should be adopted in this Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of saithe in the waters ICES divisions II a (EC waters),
the Skagerrak and Kattegat, ICES divisions III b, 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 saithe in the waters of ICES divisions II a (EC
waters), the Skagerrak and Kattegat, ICES divisions III b, c and
d (EC waters), and the North Sea, 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 10 December 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 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.