1. 11. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 262/27 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2565/95 of 30 October 1995 concerning the stopping of fishing for Greenland halibut 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 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 (3, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1761/95 (%), provides for Greenland halibut 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 available for Member States ; Whereas, according to the information communicated to the Commission, catches of Greenland halibut in the waters of NAFO zones 2 and 3 by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State have reached the quota available for Member States for 1995, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Catches of Greenland halibut in the waters of NAFO zones 2 and 3 by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota available for Member States for 1995. Fishing for Greenland halibut in the waters of NAFO zones 2 and 3 by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State 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 entry into force of this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day tollowing 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, 30 October 1995. () OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1. () O] No L 363, 31. 12. 1994, p. 60. () O] No L 171, 21. 7. 1995, p. 1. For the Commission Emma BONINO Member of the Commission