Commission Regulation (EC) No 1926/2004 of 3 November 2004 prohibiting fishing for common sole by vessels flying the flag of France

Type Regulation

Publication 2004-11-05

State In force

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5.11.2004	EN	Official Journal of the European Union	L 331/19

THE 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 and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 of 19 December 2003 fixing for 2004 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 catch limitations are required ², lays down quotas for common sole for 2004.

(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 quota allocated.

(3) According to the information received by the Commission, catches of common sole in the waters of ICES sub-areas VII f, g, h, j and k by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004. France has prohibited fishing for these stocks from 11 September 2004. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of common sole in the waters of ICES sub-areas VII f, g, h, j and k by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to France for 2004.

Fishing for common sole in the waters of ICES sub-areas VII f, g, h, j and k by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of these stocks caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 11 September 2004.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 3 November 2004.

For the Commission

Jörgen HOLMQUIST

Director-General for Fisheries

OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last modified by Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003 (OJ L 289, 7.11.2003, p. 1).

OJ L 344, 31.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last modified by Regulation (EC) No 1811/2004 (OJ L 319, 20.10.2004, p. 1).

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