
Article 1 
The fishing quota allocated to the purse seiners of the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2010 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.
Article 2 
Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by purse seiners flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, place in cages for fattening or farming, tranship, transfer or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 June 2010
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Fokion FOTIADIS
Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
ANNEX

Member State Spain
Stock BFT/AE045W
Gear Purse seiners (PS)
Species Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)
Zone Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean
Date 10.6.2010