Regulation 7 Commission Regulation (EU) No 724/2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of real-time closures of certain fisheries in the North Sea and SkagerrakI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 724/2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of real-time closures of certain fisheries in the North Sea and Skagerrak is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 3, in point (a) for “Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91” substitute “ Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 ”.

(3)

In Article 6—

(a)

in paragraph 1 for “the coastal Member State and/or the Member State participating in a joint operation under a Joint Deployment Plan shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”;

(b)

for paragraph 2 substitute—

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In the areas identified in accordance with paragraph 1, the fisheries administration must carry out inspections to measure whether the percentage of juveniles reaches the trigger level.”;

(c)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

for “the coastal Member State and/or the Member State participating in a joint operation under a Joint Deployment Plan shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”, and

(ii)

omit point (b);

(d)

omit paragraph 4; and

(e)

in point 5 for “coastal Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”.

(4)

In Article 7—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “coastal Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”, and

(ii)

omit the words “in accordance with Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009” and the comma immediately before it;

(b)

in paragraph 2(c) for “the baseline of the coastal Member State” substitute “ baselines ”;

(c)

in paragraph 3(a) for “Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”; and

(d)

in paragraph 4 for “coastal Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”.

(5)

In Article 8—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for the words from “For the purpose” to “Member State shall” substitute “ The fisheries administration concerned must ”,

(ii)

omit point (b), and

(iii)

in point (d) omit “other “Member States and”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

for “Member States shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”, and

(ii)

for “their FMCs inform the vessels flying their flag” substitute “ its FMC informs United Kingdom fishing vessels ”; and

(c)

for paragraph 3 substitute—

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The fisheries administration concerned must publish on a website accessible to the public the detailed sampling reports and justifications underlying the real-time closure decided in accordance with Article 7.”.

(6)

Omit Article 9.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1