
Article 1 
Catches of herring in the waters of ICES sub-areas I and II by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Germany for 2004.
Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES sub-areas I and II by vessels flying the flag of Germany or registered in Germany is hereby prohibited, as are the retention on board, transhipment 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 25 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 29 September 2004.
For the Commission
Jörgen HOLMQUIST
Director-General for Fisheries