Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from 1 July 2012.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 July 2012.

For the Council

The President

A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

( 1 ) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59 .

( 2 ) Council Regulation (EU) No 43/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available to EU vessels for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are not subject to international negotiations or agreements ( OJ L 25, 27.1.2012, p. 1 ).

( 3 ) OJ L 115, 9.5.1996, p. 3 .

( 4 ) Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic ( OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70 ).

COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 694/2012 of 27 July 2012 establishing the fishing opportunities for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay for the 2012/13 fishing season