COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2737/95 of 27 November 1995  concerning the stopping of fishing for cod, haddock, whiting, plaice, common sole, anglerfish,  sprat and saithe by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands
THE COMMISSION OF  THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3362/94 of 20 December 1994 fixing, for certain fish stocks and  groups of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1995 and certain conditions under which they  may be fished  (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 746/95  (3), provides for cod, haddock,  whiting, plaice, common sole, anglerfish, sprat and saithe quotas for 1995;
Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations  on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which  catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota  allocated;
Whereas the quotas of cod in the waters of ICES divisions III  a Skagerrak, VII  a, VII  b,  c,  d,   e,  f,  g,  h,  j,  k, VIII, IX, X; Cecaf 34.1.1 (EC-zone), of haddock in the waters of ICES  divisions III  a, III  b,  c,  d (EC-zone), of whiting in the waters of ICES divisions III  a, VII   a and VII  b,  c,  d,  e,  f,  g,  h,  j,  k, of plaice in the waters of ICES divisions III  a  Skagerrak, VII  a and VII  h,  j,  k, of common sole in the waters of ICES divisions III  a, III   b,  c,  d (EC-zone), VII  a, VII  h,  j,  k and VIII  a,  b, of anglerfish in the waters of ICES  divisions V  b (EC-zone), VI, XII, XIV and VII, of sprat in the waters of ICES division VII  d,  e  and of saithe in Faroese waters allocated to the Netherlands for 1995, have been exhausted by  exchanges of quotas; whereas the Netherlands have prohibited fishing for these stocks as from 1  January 1995; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date,
The quotas of cod in the waters of ICES divisions III  a Skagerrak,  VII  a, VII  b,  c,  d,  e,  f,  g,  h,  j,  k, VIII, IX, X; Cecaf 34.1.1 (EC-zone), of haddock in  the waters of ICES divisions III  a, III  b,  c,  d (EC-zone), of whiting in the waters of ICES  divisions III  a, VII  a and VII  b,  c,  d,  e,  f,  g,  h,  j,  k, of plaice in the waters of  ICES divisions III  a Skagerrak, VII  a and VII  h,  j,  k, of common sole in the waters of ICES  divisions III  a, III  b,  c,  d (EC-zone), VII  a, VII  h,  j,  k and VIII  a,  b, of anglerfish  in the waters of ICES divisions V  b (EC-zone),VI, XII, XIV and VII, of sprat in the waters of ICES  division VII  d,  e and of saithe in Faroese waters allocated to the Netherlands for 1995 are  deemed to be exhausted.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES divisions III  a Skagerrak, VII, VII  b,  c,  d,  e,  f,  g,   h,  j,  k, VIII, IX, X; Cecaf 34.1.1 (EC-zone), for haddock in the waters of ICES divisions III  a,  III  b,  c,  d (EC-zone), for whiting in the waters of ICES divisions III  a, VII  a and VII  b,   c,  d,  e,  f,  g,  h,  j,  k, for plaice in the waters of ICES divisions III  a Skagerrak, VII  a  and VII  h,  j,  k, for common sole in the waters of ICES divisions III  a, III  b,  c,  d  (EC-zone), VII  a, VII  h,  j,  k and VIII  a,  b, for anglerfish in the waters of ICES division V   b (EC-zone), VI, XII, XIV and VII, for sprat in the waters of ICES division VII  d,  e and for  saithe in Faroese waters by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the  Netherlands is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of  such stocks captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of this  Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the  Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.