
Article 1 
Catches of cod in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC waters) and the North Sea by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Sweden for 2004.
Fishing for cod in the waters of ICES division IIa (EC waters) and the North Sea by vessels flying the flag of Sweden or registered in Sweden 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 its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 13 June 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 25 August 2004.
For the Commission
Jörgen HOLMQUIST
Director-General for Fisheries