25.7.90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 193/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2115/90 of 20 July 1990 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom 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 acivities ('), as last amended by ‘Regulation (EEC) No 3483/88 (3, and in particular Article 11 (3) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 4047/89 of 19 December 1989 fixing, for certain fishstocks and groups- of fish stocks, the total allowable catches for 1990 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No - 1887/90 (%), provides for cod quotas for 1990°; 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 IIb by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom have- reached the quota allocated for 1990 ; whereas the United Kingdom has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 10 July 1990 ; whereas.it is therefore necessary to abide by that date, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Catches of cod in the waters of ICES division IIb by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or regis- tered in the United. Kingdom are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the United Kingdom for 1990.. Fishing for cod in- the waters of ICES division IIb by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or regis- tered in the United Kingdom 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 follo- wing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Communities. It shall ‘apply with effect from 10 July 1990. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly ‘applicable inall Member States. Done at Brussels, 20 July 1990. () OJ No L 207, 29. 7. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No-L 306, 11. 11. 1988, p. 2. () OJ No L 389, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1 ) O] No L 172, 5. 7. 1990, p. 1. For the Commission Manuel MARIN . Vice-President