20.10.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L2773 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2049/2001 of 19 October 2001 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of Sweden THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 284793 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (}), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (3), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2848/2000 of 15 December 2000 fixing for 2001 the fishing opportunities and asso- ciated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2001 (%), lays down quotas for herring for 2001. (20 In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated. (3)  According to the information received by the Commis- sion, catches of herring in the waters of the zone North Sea north of 53°30" N by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have exhausted the quota allocated for 2001. Sweden has prohibited fishing for this stock from 21 September 2001. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Catches of herring in the waters of the zone North Sea north of 53°30" N by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allo- cated to Sweden for 2001. Fishing for herring in the waters of the zone North Sea north of 53°30" N by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of this stock caught by the above 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 from 21 September 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 October 2001. () O] L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. () O] L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5. () O] L 334, 30.12.2000, p. 1. ( O] L 223, 18.8.2001, p. 4. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission