3.7.96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 164/3 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1274/96 of 1 July 1996 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod 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 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system appli- cable to the common fisheries policy ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2870/95 (¥, and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3082/95 of 21 December 1995 allocating, for 1996, catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in Estonian waters (%), provides for cod quotas for 1996; 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 II1 d (Estonian waters ) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden have reached the quota allocated for 1996, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Catches of cod in the waters of ICES division IIId (Esto- nian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or regis- tered in Sweden are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 1996. Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES division IIl d (Esto- nian waters) by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or regis- tered in Sweden is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the above mentioned vessels after the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day follow- ing its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro- pean Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 July 1996. () OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 301, 14. 12. 1995, p. 1. () OJ No L 330, 30. 12. 1995, p. 76. For the Commission Emma BONINO Member of the Commission