1.4.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 89/53 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 711/1999 of 31 March 1999 prohibiting fishing for saithe by vessels flying the flag of a Member State THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2478/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applic- able to the common fisheries policy ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2846/98 (%), and in particular Article 21(3) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 51/1999 of 18 December 1998 allocating, for 1999, certain catch quotas between Member States for vessels fishing in the Norwe- gian exclusive economic zone and the fishing zone around Jan Mayen (°) lays down the saithe quotas for 1999; Whereas, in order to ensure compliance with the provi- sions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, it is necessary for the Commission 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 saithe in the waters of ICES divisions I, Ila and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the quota allocated for 1999, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Catches of saithe in the waters of ICES divisions I, ITa and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Community for 1999. Fishing for saithe in the waters of ICES divisions I, Ila and IIb (Norwegian waters north of 62° N) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment and landing of fish from this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of entry into force 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. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 March 1999. () OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. @) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 5. () OJ L 13, 18.1.1999, p. 67. For the Commission Emma BONINO Member of the Commission