No L 358/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 12. 89 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3665/89 of 6 December 1989 concerning the stopping of fishing for mackerel by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, . Having regard to Council Regulation-(EEC) No 2241/87 of 23 July 1987 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88:(3), and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof, - Whereas -Council Regulation (EEC) No 4194/88 of 21 December 1988 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups - of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1989 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (%), as last amended b Regulation (EEC) No 2278/89 (*), provides for mackerel quotas for 1989 ; Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated; Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches.of mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions Il a (EC zone), IIla, III b,c,d (EC zone) and IV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands have reached the quota allocated for 1989 ; whereas the Netherlands have prohibited fishing for this stock as from~-23 November This Regulation -shall be binding in its ent States. Done at Brussels, 6 December 1989. () OJ No L 207,-29. 7. 1987, p. L. () OJ No L 306, 11. 11, 1988, p. 2. () ©J No L 369, 31. 12. 1988, p. 3. (9 OF No L 218, 28. 7. 1989, p. 5. 1989 ; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Catches of mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions Il a (EC zone), Il a, III b, ¢, d (EC zone) and IV by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered-in. the Netherlands are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 1989. Fishing for mackerel in the waters of ICES divisions Il a (EC zone), Il a, I b,c,d (EC zone) and IV- by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by.the abovementioned 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 with effect from 23 November 1989. irety and directly applicable in all Member For the Commission Manuel MARIN Vice-President