
Article 1 
Fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by purse seiners flying the flag of or registered in Croatia shall be prohibited as of 24 June 2014 at 24.00.
Bluefin tuna caught by those vessels as of that date shall not be retained on board, placed in cages for fattening or farming, transhipped, transferred or landed.
Article 2 
Fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by purse seiners flying the flag of or registered in France shall be prohibited as of 12 June 2014 at 09.04 at the latest.
Bluefin tuna caught by those vessels as of that date shall not be retained on board, placed in cages for fattening or farming, transhipped, transferred or landed.
Article 3 
Fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by purse seiners flying the flag of or registered in Italy shall be prohibited as of 13 June 2014 at 23.02 at the latest.
Bluefin tuna caught by those vessels as of that date shall not be retained on board, placed in cages for fattening or farming, transhipped, transferred or landed.
Article 4 
Fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by purse seiners flying the flag of or registered in Malta shall be prohibited as of 10 June 2014 at 14.39.
Bluefin tuna caught by those vessels as of that date shall not be retained on board, placed in cages for fattening or farming, transhipped, transferred or landed.
Article 5 
Fishing for bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean, east of longitude 45° W, and the Mediterranean Sea by purse seiners flying the flag of or registered in Spain shall be prohibited as of 28 May 2014 at 00.00.
Bluefin tuna caught by those vessels as of that date shall not be retained on board, placed in cages for fattening or farming, transhipped, transferred or landed.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 August 2014.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Michel BARNIER
Vice-President