29.7.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 223/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 818/2014 of 24 July 2014 establishing a prohibition of fishing for redfish in NAFO 3M area by vessels flying the flag of a Member State of the European Union THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy ('), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2014 (3 lays down quotas for 2014. (2)  According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the European Union have exhausted the mid-term quota allocated for 2014. (3) It is therefore necessary to prohibit directed fishing activities for that stock. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Quota exhaustion The fishing quota allocated to the Member States referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2014 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex. Article 2 Prohibitions Directed fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or regis- tered in the Member States referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. () OJL343,22.12.2009,p. 1. (}) Council Regulation (EU) No 432014 of 20 January 2014 fixing for 2014 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, to Union vessels, in certain non-Union waters (O] L 24, 28.1.2014, p. 1).