31. 8. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 205/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2072/95 of 29 August 1995 concerning the stopping of fishing for cod by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom 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 ('), and in particular Article 21 (3) thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3366/94 of 20 December 1994, laying down for 1995 certain conserva- tion and management measures for fishery resources in the Regulatory Area as defined in the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North West Atlantic Fisheries (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1761/95 (*), provides for cod quotas for 1995 ; 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 NAFO zone 3M by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom have reached the quota allocated for 1995 ; whereas the United Kingdom has prohibited fishing for this stock as from 4 August 1995 ; whereas it is therefore necessary to abide by that date, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Catches of cod in the waters of NAFO zone 3M by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or registered in the United Kingdom are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the United Kingdom for 1995. Fishing for cod in the waters of NAFO zone 3M by vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom or regis- tered in the United Kingdom is prohibited, as well as the retention on board, the transhipment and the landing of such stock captured by the abovementioned 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 with effect from 4 August 1995. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 August 1995. () OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. () OJ No L 363, 31. 12. 1994, p. 60. () O] No L 171, 2i. 7. 1995, p. 1. For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission