Legal provisions of COM(1983)693 -

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document COM(1983)693 EN
date November 15, 1983

Article 1

The following Article 1a is hereby inserted in Regulation (EEC) No 198/83:

'Article 1a

1. Fishing for herring shall be authorized in the northern and central parts of the North Sea (ICES divisions IV a and b) until 15 December 1983, in accordance with the Annex. All the quantities caught in these divisions in 1983 shall be set off against the TACs and quotas mentioned in the Annex.

2. Member States shall communicate every Tuesday and Friday by telex to the Commission the landings of herring caught in the area mentioned in paragraph 1, made by their vessels.

3. The catches made in the ICES divisions referred to in paragraph 1 as from the date on which this Regulation enters into force shall be set off against the total allowable catches, the share available for the Community and the quantities in favour of each Member State fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 198/83 for the herring stock of the southern North Sea and of the eastern English Channel (ICES divisions IV c (excluding Blackwater stock) and VII d).'

Article 2

By way of derogation from Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 198/83, an additional 1 000 tonnes of herring, to be fished until 15 December 1983, shall be granted to Belgium in the southern part of the North Sea and in the eastern English Channel (ICES divisions IV c (excluding Blackwater stock) and VII d).

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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.