CELEX: 31998R1234
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/98 of 12 June 1998 concerning the stopping of fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a Member State except Spain and Portugal

16. 6. 98             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                     L 170/3
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1234/98
                                                      of 12 June 1998
                  concerning the stopping of fishing for blue whiting by vessels flying the flag of a
                                       Member State except Spain and Portugal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES
                                                                   divisions Vb (EC zone), VI, VII, by vessels flying the flag
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   of Spain or Portugal or registered in Spain or Portugal
Community,
                                                                   have not reached the flat-rate quantity allocated to Spain
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93               or the quantity allocated to Portugal,
of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applic-
able to the common fisheries policy (1), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 2635/97 (2), and in particular               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 21(3) thereof,
                                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 45/98 of 19
December 1997 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups           Catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES divisions
of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1998 and           Vb (EC zone), VI, VII by vessels flying the flag of a
certain conditions under which they may be fished (3), as          Member State except Spain and Portugal or registered in a
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 783/98 (4), provides            Member State except Spain and Portugal are deemed to
for blue whiting quotas for 1998;                                  have exhausted the quota allocated to the Community
                                                                   except Spain and Portugal for 1998.
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi-
sions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of       Fishing for blue whiting in the waters of ICES divisions
stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commis-          Vb (EC zone), VI, VII by vessels flying the flag of a
sion to fix the date by which catches made by vessels              Member State except Spain and Portugal or registered in a
flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have               Member State except Spain and Portugal is prohibited, as
exhausted the quota allocated;                                     well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the
                                                                   landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned
Whereas, according to the information communicated to              vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
the Commission, catches of blue whiting in the waters of
ICES divisions Vb (EC zone), VI, VII by vessels flying the                                    Article 2
flag of a Member State except Spain and Portugal or
registered in a Member State except Spain and Portugal             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
have reached the quota allocated to the Member States for          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
1998;                                                              European Communities.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 12 June 1998.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  Emma BONINO
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  356, 31. 12. 1997, p. 14.
(3) OJ L  12, 19. 1. 1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  113, 15. 4. 1998, p. 8.