L 22912 Official Journal of the European Union 13.9.2003 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1602/2003 of 12 September 2003 prohibiting fishing for herring by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands 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 applicable to the common fisheries policy (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (3, and in particular Article 21(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2002 of 20 December 2002 fixing for 2003 the fishing opportunities and asso- ciated fishing conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required (%), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/2003 (%), lays down quotas for herring for 2003. (20 In order to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to the quantity limits on catches of stocks subject to quotas, the Commission must fix the date by which catches made by vessels flying the flag of a Member State are deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated. (3)  According to the information received by the Commis- sion, catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (EC waters, international waters and Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Netherlands have exhausted the quota for 2003. The Netherlands have prohibited fishing for this stock from 13 August 2003. This date should be adopted in this Regulation also, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 Catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions I and 1I (EC waters, international waters and Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Nether- lands are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to the Netherlands for 2003. Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES divisions I and II (EC waters, international waters and Norwegian waters) by vessels flying the flag of the Netherlands or registered in the Nether- lands is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, trans- hipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation. Atticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 13 August 2003. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 September 2003. 1 () OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1. () OJ L 122,16.5.2003, p. 1. () OJ L 356, 31.12.2002, p. 12. () OJL 201, 8.8.2003, p. 3. For the Commission Jorgen HOLMQUIST Director-General for Fisheries