CELEX: 32002R0848
Language: en
Date: 2002-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 848/2002 of 17 May 2002 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of Germany

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 848/2002 of 17 May 2002 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of Germany  

Official Journal L 135 , 23/05/2002 P. 0009 - 0009

Commission Regulation (EC) No 848/2002of 17 May 2002prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of GermanyTHE 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1965/2001(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,Whereas:(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2555/2001 of 18 December 2001 fixing for 2002 the fishing opportunities and associated 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) lays down quotas for herring for 2002.(2) 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.(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of herring in the waters of ICES subareas I and II (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany have exhausted the quota allocated for 2002. Germany has prohibited fishing for this stock from 19 April 2002. This date should therefore be adopted in this Regulation also,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1Catches of herring in the waters of ICES subareas I and II (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Germany for 2002.Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES subareas I and II (Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany 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 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.It shall apply from 19 April 2002.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 17 May 2002.For the CommissionFranz FischlerMember of the Commission(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.(2) OJ L 268, 9.10.2001, p. 23.(3) OJ L 347, 31.12.2001, p. 1.