
Article 1 
Catches of blue whiting in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faroese waters) 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 2004.
Fishing for blue whiting in the waters of ICES division Vb (Faroese waters) by vessels flying the flag of a Member State or registered in a Member State is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transshipment and landing of this stock caught by the above vessels after the date of application of this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 29 April 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 7 July 2004.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission