22.2.2005 Official Journal of the European Union L 491 | (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 289/2005 of 17 February 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 as regards the extension of the trawling ban to Polish waters THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Community, Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 88/98 shall be replaced by Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, the following: Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession and in particular ‘3. It shall be prohibited throughout the year, to fish with Article 57(2) thereof, any trawl, Danish seine and similar net in the geographical area bounded by a line joining the following coordinates: Whereas: . . . o 54° 23' N, 14° 35" E, (1)  The Intematlona.l Baltic Sea Fishery Commission adopted 54° 21’ N, 14° 40’ E, a recommendation on 21 September 1991 to ban the 54° 17’ N. 14° 33’ E fishing with trawls on the Oderbank Plateau. This recom- o ot e my o mendation was implemented in Community law by 540 07, N, 140 25, E Article 8(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 88/98 of 540 10, N, 140 21, E, 18 December 1997 laying down certain technical >4” 14" N, 14" 25" E, measures for the conservation of fishery resources in 54° 17" N, 14° 17" E, waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (). 54° 24’ N, 14° 11’ E, 54° 27" N, 14° 25" E, (20 In view of the accession of Poland to the European 54° 23" N, 14° 35’ E. Union, the geographical area in which the trawling ban applies should be extended to Polish waters. Artide 2 (3)  Regulation (EC) No 88/98 should therefore be amended This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following accordingly, its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 February 2005. For the Council The President J.-C. JUNCKER () OJ L9, 15.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 (O] L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 12).