Commission Regulation (EC) No 1970/2000 of 18 September 2000 prohibiting fishing for redfish by vessels flying the flag of Spain

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1970/2000

of 18 September 2000

prohibiting fishing for redfish by vessels flying the flag of Spain

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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98(2), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2742/1999 of 17 December 1999 fixing for 2000 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 and amending Regulation (EC) No 66/98(3), lays down quotas for redfish for 2000.

(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 redfish in the waters of ICES divisions V, XII and XIV (Community fishing waters and areas beyond the fisheries jurisdiction of the coastal States) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain have exhausted the quota allocated for 2000. Spain has prohibited fishing for this stock from 28 August 2000. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Catches of redfish in the waters of ICES divisions V, XII and XIV (Community fishing waters and areas beyond the fisheries jurisdiction of the coastal states) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated for 2000.

Fishing for redfish in the waters of ICES divisions V, XII and XIV (Community fishing waters and areas beyond the fisheries jurisdiction of the coastal States) by vessels flying the flag of Spain or registered in Spain 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 2

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

It shall apply from 28 August 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 September 2000.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 341, 31.12.1999, p. 1.