
Article 1 
Catches of anglerfish in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium are hereby deemed to have exhausted the quota allocated to Belgium for 2004.
Fishing for anglerfish in the waters of ICES divisions VIIIa, b, d and e by vessels flying the flag of Belgium or registered in Belgium 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 6 August 2004.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 September 2004.
For the Commission
Jörgen HOLMQUIST
Director-General for Fisheries