31987R3640

No L 342/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 12. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3640/87 of 2 December 1987 concerning the stopping of fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of France

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, divisions V b (EC-zone), VI a North, VI b by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France have reached Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the quota allocated for 1987, Economic Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2241 /87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities ('), and in particular Article 1 1 (3) thereof, Article 1 Catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions Vb Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4034/86 of 22 (EC-zone), VI a North, VI b by vessels flying the flag of December 1986 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups France or registered in France are deemed to have of fish stocks, total allowable catches for 1987 and certain exhausted the quota allocated to France for 1987. conditions under which they may be fished (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3545/87 (3), provides Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES divisions V b for herring quotas for 1987 ; (EC-zone), VI a North, VI b by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France is prohibited, as well as the Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi­ retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of sions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commis­ the date of entry into force ot this Regulation. sion to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have Article 2 exhausted the quota allocated ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follo­ Whereas, according to the information communicated to wing that of its publication in the Official Journal of the the Commission, catches of herring in the waters of ICES European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 December 1987.

For the Commission Antonio CARDOSO E CUNHA Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1986, p. 39 . (3) OJ No L 337, 27. 11 . 1987, p. 7.