7.7.87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 187/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1985/87 of 6 July 1987 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of Portugal THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN -COMMUNITIES, * Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Buropean 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 (3, and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4034/86 of 22 December 1986 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, total allowable catches for 1987 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1880/87 (*), provides for cod quotas for 1987 ; Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi- sions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commis- sion 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 cod in the waters of ICES division II b by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or regis- tered in Portugal have reached the quota allocated for 1987, : HAS ADOPTED “THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Catches. of cod in the waters of ICES division II b by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registred-ini Portugal .are - deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Portugal for 1987. Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES division II b by vessels flying the flag of Portugal or registered in Portugal is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the tran- shipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned vessels after the date of entry into force on this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 4 July 1987. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 July 1987. For the Commission Anténio CARDOSO E CUNHA Member of the Commission () OJ No L 220, 29. 7. 1982, p. 1. ) O] No L 376, 31. 12. 1986, p. 4. () O] No L 376, 31. 12. 1986, p. 39. () OJ No L 179, 3. 7. 1987, p. 4.