CELEX: 31999R1953
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1953/1999 of 13 September 1999 prohibiting fishing for monkfish by vessels flying the flag of Belgium

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31999R1953

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1953/1999 of 13 September 1999 prohibiting fishing for monkfish by vessels flying the flag of Belgium  

Official Journal L 242 , 14/09/1999 P. 0011 - 0011

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1953/1999of 13 September 1999prohibiting fishing for monkfish by vessels flying the flag of BelgiumTHE 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,(1) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 48/1999 of 18 December 1998 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1999 and certain conditions under which they may be fished(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1619/1999(4), lays down quotas for monkfish for 1999;(2) Whereas, 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) Whereas, according to the information received by the Commission, catches of monkfish in the waters of ICES division VIIIa,b,d,e by vessels flying the flay of Belgium or registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 1999; whereas Belgium prohibited fishing for this stock from 19 August 1999; whereas this date should be adopted in this Regulation also,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1Catches of monkfish in the waters of ICES division VIIIa,b,d,e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 1999.Fishing for monkfish in the waters of ICES division VIIIa,b,d,e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium 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 August 1999.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 September 1999.For the CommissionFranz FISCHLERMember 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. 1.(4) OJ L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 14.