CELEX: 32002R1378
Language: en
Date: 2002-07-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1378/2002 of 29 July 2002 prohibiting fishing for yellowtail flounder by vessels flying the flag of a Member State

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1378/2002 of 29 July 2002 prohibiting fishing for yellowtail flounder by vessels flying the flag of a Member State  

Official Journal L 200 , 30/07/2002 P. 0007 - 0007

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1378/2002of 29 July 2002prohibiting fishing for yellowtail flounder by vessels flying the flag of a Member StateTHE 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,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 the share of the total allowable catch of yellowtail flounder allocated to the Community 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 share of the total allowable catch allocated to the Community.(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of yellowtail flounder in the waters of NAFO zone 3LNO by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have exhausted the share of the total allowable catch allocated to the Community for 2002,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1Catches of yellowtail flounder in the waters of NAFO zone 3LNO by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are hereby deemed to have exhausted the share of the total allowable catch allocated to the Community for 2002.Fishing for yellowtail flounder in the waters of NAFO zone 3LNO by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 July 2002.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 347, 31.12.2001, p. 1.