
Article 1 
The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2016 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 vessels 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, relocate, tranship 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, 2 December 2016.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
João AGUIAR MACHADO
Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
ANNEX

No 35/TQ72
Member State Belgium
Stock SRX/07D.and relevant special conditions RJN/07D., RJC/07D., RJH/07D., RJM/07D., RJE/07D., RJU/07D., SRX/*67AKD, RJN/*67AKD, RJC/*67AKD, RJH/*67AKD, RJM/*67AKD, RJE/*67AKD
Species Skates and rays (Rajiformes)including Cuckoo ray (Leucoraja naevus), thornback ray (Raja clavata), blonde ray (Raja brachyura), spotted ray (Raja montagui), small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) and undulate ray (Raja undulata)
Zone Union waters of VIIdand relevant special conditions in Union waters of VIa, VIb, VIIa-c and VIIe-k
Closing date 26.10.2016