PRODUCTION AND MARKETING , AND FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING AN INTERVENTION SYSTEM .
5 PROMPTED BY THE CONSIDERATION THAT THE COMMUNITY MUST ENSURE THE CONSERVATION AND REPLENISHMENT OF STOCKS BY MEANS OF AN APPROPRIATE POLICY FOR THE PROTECTION OF FISHING GROUNDS , THE COUNCIL ENACTED REGULATION NO 170/83 . ARTICLE 1 OF THE REGULATION PROVIDES THAT : ' IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF FISHING GROUNDS , THE CONSERVATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE SEA AND THEIR BALANCED EXPLOITATION ON A LASTING BASIS AND IN APPROPRIATE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS , A COMMUNITY SYSTEM FOR THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY RESOURCES IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED . FOR THESE PURPOSES , THE SYSTEM WILL CONSIST , IN PARTICULAR , OF CONSERVATION MEASURES , RULES FOR THE USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES . . . AND SUPERVISORY MEASURES . ' ARTICLES 3 AND 4 PROVIDE THAT THE TOTAL CATCHES MAY BE LIMITED ; THE VOLUME OF THE CATCHES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY ARE TO BE ' DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES IN A MANNER WHICH ASSURES EACH MEMBER STATE RELATIVE STABILITY OF FISHING ACTIVITIES FOR EACH OF THE STOCKS CONSIDERED ' . ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) PROVIDES THAT ' MEMBER STATES SHALL DETERMINE , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS , THE DETAILED RULES FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THE QUOTAS ALLOCATED TO THEM ' . FINALLY , ARTICLE 13 PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR FISHERY RESOURCES WHICH DELIVERS OPINIONS ON THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION FOR MANAGING FISHERY RESOURCES ( ARTICLE 14 ( 2 )).
6 WITH REFERENCE TO REGULATION NO 170/83 AND TO THE FACT THAT FISHING FOR HERRING IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH SEA WAS PROHIBITED ' UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE COUNCIL TAKES A DECISION ON THE COMMISSION ' S PROPOSALS CONCERNING . . . QUOTAS APPLICABLE IN 1983 ' COUNCIL REGULATION NO 1353/83 OF 26 MAY 1983 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 139 , P . 54 ) FIXED PROVISIONAL QUOTA ALLOCATIONS FOR HERRING STOCKS IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH SEA . ARTICLE 1 OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT FISHING FOR HERRING IS TO BE AUTHORIZED IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NORTH SEA FROM 1 JUNE 1983 . HOWEVER , IT AUTHORIZES NETHERLANDS FISHERMEN TO BEGIN FISHING ON 28 MAY 1983 BECAUSE , ACCORDING TO THE FOURTH RECITAL OF THE PREAMBLE TO THE REGULATION , IN THEIR CASE ' HISTORICAL TRADITION JUSTIFIES THAT FISHING FOR SUCH HERRING MAY START ON 28 MAY 1983 ' .
7 THE PROVISIONAL QUOTA FOR THE NETHERLANDS WAS FIXED IN THE ANNEX TO THAT REGULATION AT 3 000 TONNES .
8 NETHERLANDS LEGISLATION HAS ENTRUSTED THE TASK OF ADMINISTERING THE NETHERLANDS QUOTA TO THE PRODUKTSCHAP VOOR VIS EN VISPRODUKTEN , WHICH IS A NETHERLANDS TRADE ORGANIZATION GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW . PRODUKTSCHAPEN , SUCH AS THE DEFENDANT IN THE PRESENT CASE , PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW IN A CERTAIN SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY ; THEY MAY ADOPT