14.9.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 242/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1956/1999 of 13 September 1999 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of Sweden THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 284793 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (3, and in particular Article 21(3) thereof, (1) ~ Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 51/1999 of 18 December 1998 allocating, for 1999, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwegian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen (%), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1619/1999 (¥, lays down quotas for herring for 1999; (2)  Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi- sions 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)  Whereas, according to the information received by the Commission, catches of herring in the waters of ICES division IV (Norwegian waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated for 1999; whereas Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock from 17 August 1999; whereas this date should be adopted in this Regu- lation also, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Catches of herring in the waters of ICES division IV (Norwegian waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 1999. Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES division IV (Norwe- gian waters south of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden is hereby prohibited, as are the reten- tion on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regula- tion. 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 17 August 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 September 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission 1 () O] L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. () O] L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5. () O] L 13, 18.1.1999, p. 67. (% O] L 192, 24.7.1999, p. 14.