
Article 1 
Catches of herring in the waters of ICES divisions Vb (EC waters), VIaN and VIb by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated for 2004.
Fishing for herring in the waters of ICES divisions Vb (EC waters), VIaN and VIb by vessels flying the flag of France or registered in France 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 23 October 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 8 December 2004.
For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission