Legal provisions of COM(1983)799 -

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dossier COM(1983)799 - .
document COM(1983)799 EN
date December 28, 1983

Contents

Article 1

Pending a Council decision on a proposal from the Commission, the following arrangements shall apply to fishing on the herring stocks occurring in the North Sea and eastern English Channel:

(a) ICES division II a (EEC zone), IV a and IV b:

Fishing on these stocks shall not be permitted;

(b) ICES divisions IV c and VII d:

The fishing possibilities for the vessels of the Member States shall be the balance of the catch possibilities for 1983, viz. 17 000 tonnes.

Article 2

Member States shall communicate every Monday, Wednesday and Friday by telex to the Commission the landings of herring caught in ICES divisions IV c and VII d.

Article 3

1. The Commission shall fix, on the basis of the available information, the date on which the catches taken by Member States fishing vessels are deemed to have exhausted the quantity of 17 000 tonnes of herring in ICES divisions IV c and VII d.

2. All fishing vessels flying the flag of any Member State or registered in any Member State shall cease fishing in respect of the herring stocks in ICES divisions IV c and VII d on the date fixed by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 1; such vessels shall equally cease retention on board, transhipment, landing or arranging for transhipment and landing in respect of such catches taken after that date.

Article 4

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1984.

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