19. 2. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 50/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 493/87 of 18 February 1987 establishing detailed rules for remedying the prejudice caused on the halting of certain fisheries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82 of 29 June 1982 establishing certain control measures for fishing activities ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4027/86 (%), and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof, Whereas it is necessary to ensure that Member States are aware of those cases where fishing on a TAC, quota, allo- cation or share available to the Community is forbidden and a Member State has not exhausted its quota, alloca- tion or share of the stock or group of stocks concerned ; Whereas information on catches is necessary as well as - knowledge of quota exchanges made in order to deter- mine the prejudice suffered by a Member State; Whereas those cases where the prejudice suffered by a Member State is not remedied should be referred to the Management Committee for Fishery Resources ; Whereas measures adopted with the aim of remedying prejudice suffered should specify the amount of prejudice suffered and the amount of overfishing and the con- sequent deductions and additions of quota, allocation or share ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Resources, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. When the Commission informs the Member States, in accordance with Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82, of the prospect of halting a fishery as the result of the exhaustion of the TAC, quota, allocation or share available to the Community, it shall also inform them of () OJ No L 220, 29. 7. 1982, p. 1. OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1986, p. 4. “the latest catch information in its possession and of whether the provisions of Article 10 (4) of the said Regu- lation apply or appear to apply. 2.  As soon as possible and in any case within 15 days of the date of entry into force of the Commission Regula- tion halting a fishery, the Member States concerned shall notify to the Commission with respect to the stock or group of stocks in question figures for landings as referred to in Article 9 and information received under Articles 7 and 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2057/82. The Commission shall notify to all Member States as soon as possible these figures and this information, which shall be considered as definitive for the purposes of this Regulation. 3.  Where the prejudice suffered by a Member State has been removed wholly or in part by action in accordance with Article 5 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 () (‘a quota exchange’), the prior notice of the quota exchange given to the Commission in accordance with that Article shall also state in tonnes the amount of prejudice removed. Article 2 1. In cases where the prejudice suffered by a Member State has not been wholly removed by a quota exchange or by any other action the Commission shall, as soon as possible and in any case within 15 days after receiving the figures and information referred to in Article 1 (2), refer the matter to the Management Committee for Fishery Resources and submit a draft measure with the aim of remedying the prejudice caused. 2. The draft measure shall state : (a) which Member States have suffered prejudice (‘the prejudiced Member States’) and the amount of the prejudice (as reduced by any quota exchanges); (b) which Member States have overfished their quota (‘the overfishing Member States’) and the amount of the overfishing (as reduced by any quota exchanges); () OJ No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 1.