CELEX: 31999R2136
Language: en
Date: 1999-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2136/1999 of 7 October 1999 prohibiting fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of Sweden

L 262/6               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    8. 10. 1999
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2136/1999
                                                           of 7 October 1999
                               prohibiting fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of Sweden
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                     the quota allocated for 1999; whereas Sweden has
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                           prohibited fishing for this stock from 18 September
Community,                                                                      1999; whereas this date should be adopted in this Regu-
                                                                                lation also,
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)          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
No 2846/98 (2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,
Whereas:                                                                                             Article 1
(1)     Council Regulation (EC) No 51/1999 of 18 December                Catches of saithe in the waters of ICES division IV (Norwegian
        1998 allocating, for 1999, certain catch quotas between          waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or
        Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian               registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the
        exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around              quota allocated to Sweden for 1999.
        Jan Mayen (3), lays down quotas for saithe for 1999;
                                                                         Fishing for saithe in the waters of ICES division IV (Norwegian
(2)     in order to ensure compliance with the provisions                waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or
        relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks             registered in Sweden is hereby prohibited, as are the retention
        subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by           on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the
        which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a               above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
        Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota
        allocated;                                                                                   Article 2
(3)     according to the information received by the Commis-             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
        sion, catches of saithe in the waters of ICES division IV        publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
        (Norwegian waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the
        flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted            It shall apply from 18 September 1999.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                     Done at Brussels, 7 October 1999.
                                                                                      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 13, 18.1.1999, p. 67.