
Article 1 
The fishing quota allocated to the Member States concerned shall be deemed to be exhausted from 24 April 2012.
Article 2 
Fishing activities in category 9 by vessels flying the flag in the Member States concerned shall be prohibited as from midnight on 23 April 2012. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish 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, 29 May 2012.
For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Lowri EVANS
Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries