29. 2. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 58/23 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 514/84 of 28 February 1984 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod and plaice by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands 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 by vessels of the Member States (!), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1729/83 (%), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 320/84 of 31 January 1984 fixing, for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks occurring in the Community’s fishing zone, provisional total allowable catches for 1984, the provisional share of these catches available to the Community, the allocation of that share between the Member States and the conditions under which the total allowable catches may be fished () provides for cod and saithe quotas for 1984 ; Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantitative limitations on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission to fix by Regulation 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 by the Netherlands to the Commission, catches of cod in waters of ICES divisions VII (except VII a) and VIII (EC zone) and of plaice in ICES division VII h to k by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands had reached by mid-February 1984 the quota allocated for 1984 ; whereas the Netherlands have prohibited fishing for and landing of these stocks as from 18 February 1984 ; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Catches of cod in waters of ICES divisions VII (except VII a) and VIII (EC zone) and of plaice in ICES divi- sion VII h to k by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 1984. Fishing for cod in waters of ICES divisions VII (except VII a) and VIII (EC zone) and for plaice in waters of ICES division VII h to k by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the tran- shipment and the landing of cod and plaice fished in these divisions by the abovementioned vessels after the date of application of 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 18 February 1984. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 February 1984. () OJ No L 220, 29. 7. 1982, p. I. (3 O] No L 169, 28. 6. 1983, p. 14. () O] No L 37, 8. 2. 1984, p. 1. For the Commission Giorgios CONTOGEORGIS Member of the Commission