Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2340/2002 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   the following Article shall be inserted:

   ‘Article 3a

   1.

   The catches between 1 January and 1 May 2004 taken by vessels from the Member States which acceded on 2004 shall be counted against the quotas laid down in Annex I.

   2.

   Not later than 15 days after the date of publication of this Regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union the Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall notify the Commission of the amount of their catches between 1 January and 1 May 2004.’;

2. 2..

   the following Article 4a shall be inserted:

   ‘Article 4a

   Article 23(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 847/96 and Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy^f1 shall not apply to catches taken before 1 May 2004 in excess of the quota determined in Annex I to this Regulation by vessels from the Member States which acceded in 2004.’;

3. 3..

   Annex I shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.