# The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 8: Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 1 for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(3) In Article 2—
(a) in the heading omit “and Union”;
(b) in points (a) and (b) for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”; and
(c) in point (c) for “Union law” substitute “ law applying in the United Kingdom or any part of it ”.
(4) In Article 3(2)—
(a) for point (b) substitute—
“(b) ‘fishing authorisation’ means—
(i) in respect of a United Kingdom fishing vessel, an authorisation within the meaning of point 10 of Article 4 of the Control Regulation or an authorisation issued by a third country entitling a United Kingdom fishing vessel to carry out specific fishing operations in the waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of that third country, during a specified period, in a given area or for a given fishery under specific conditions; and
(ii) in respect of a third country vessel, an authorisation issued by a fisheries administration entitling the third country vessel to carry out fishing operations in United Kingdom waters during a specified period, in a given area or for a given fishery under specific conditions. Such an authorisation may be by way of, or contained in, a licence issued by the fisheries administration;”;
(b) in point (c) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(c) in point (d) omit the second sentence;
(d) in point (e) for “, a third country or a Member State” substitute “ or a third country ”; and
(e) in point (f)—
(i) after “arrangement by which a” insert “ United Kingdom ”,
(ii) omit “flying the flag of a Member State”, and
(iii) omit “either another Member State or”.
(5) In the heading to Title 2 for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(6) In Article 4—
(a) for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(b) for “its flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”.
(7) In Article 5—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “A flag Member State” substitute “ A fisheries administration ”,
(ii) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”,
(iii) in point (a) for “non-Union” substitute “ non-United Kingdom ”,
(iv) in point (c ) for “under Union law” substitute “ by Fisheries Rules ”,
(v) in point (d) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”, and
(vi) in point (e) for “flag Member State” substitute “ United Kingdom ”; and
(b) omit paragraph 2.
(8) In Article 6—
(a) in paragraph 1 for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) for “flag Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”, and
(ii) omit point (d).
(c) in paragraph 3—
(i) for “flag Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”, and
(ii) in point (d), for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(d) in paragraph 4—
(i) for “flag Member State shall” substitute “ fisheries administration must ”, and
(ii) omit point (b); and
(e) in paragraph 5 for “the flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”.
(9) In Article 7—
(a) in paragraph 1 for “the flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”;
(b) in paragraph 2 for “the flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”;
(c) in paragraph 3 for “flag Member State shall” substitute “ fisheries administration must ”;
(d) in paragraph 4—
(i) for “the flag Member State” in each place it occurs, substitute “ a fisheries administration ”,
(ii) omit “and the Commission”, and
(iii) for “the Commission” in the second place it occurs, substitute “ a fisheries administration ”; and
(e) omit paragraphs 5, 6 and 7.
(10) In the heading to Chapter 2 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(11) In Article 8 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(12) In Article 9 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(13) In Article 10—
(a) in the heading omit “by the flag Member State”; and
(b) for “flag Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”.
(14) Omit Articles 11, 12 and 13.
(15) In Article 14—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “11” substitute “ 10 ”, and
(ii) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”; and
(b) omit paragraph 2.
(16) Omit Article 15.
(17) In Article 16 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(18) In Article 17—
(a) in the heading omit “by the flag Member States ”;
(b) in paragraph 1 for “flag Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”;
(c) in paragraph 2 for “The flag Member State shall” substitute “ A fisheries administration must ”; and
(d) in paragraph 3 for “of a Member State or of the Union” substitute “ in the United Kingdom ”.
(19) Omit Article 18.
(20) In the heading to Chapter 3 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(21) In Article 19—
(a) for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(22) In Article 20—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”,
(ii) in point (a) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”, and
(iii) in point (b) for “its flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”; and
(b) in paragraph 2 for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(23) In Article 21—
(a) in the heading omit “by the flag Member States ”;
(b) for “flag Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”; and
(c) in point (b), for “transposing Union law” substitute “ relevant laws transposing them ”.
(24) Omit Article 22.
(25) In the heading to Chapter 4 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(26) In Article 23 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(27) In Article 24—
(a) in the heading omit “by the flag Member States ”;
(b) for “flag Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”; and
(c) in point (b) for “flag Member State” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(28) Omit Article 25.
(29) In the heading to Chapter 5 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(30) In Article 26—
(a) for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(b) in paragraph 4 for “its flag Member State” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”;
(c) in paragraph 5—
(i) for “the flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”,
(ii) omit “its”, and
(iii) for “the CFP” substitute “ Fisheries Rules ”; and
(d) in paragraph 6—
(i) for “the flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”, and
(ii) omit the final sentence.
(31) In Article 27 for “the flag Member State shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”.
(32) In Article 28—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”, and
(ii) omit the second sentence;
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”, and
(ii) for “their flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”; and
(c) in paragraph 3, for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(33) In Article 29—
(a) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”; and
(b) for “the flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”.
(34) In Article 30—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”, and
(ii) for “its flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”;
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) for “flag Member State shall” substitute “ fisheries administration must ”,
(ii) omit “in accordance with Article 109 of the Control Regulation,”; and
(c) in paragraph 3, for “the flag Member State” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”.
(35) In the heading to Title 3 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(36) In Article 31, for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(37) In Article 32—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”,
(ii) for “the Commission” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”;
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) for “Union waters” substitute “ United Kingdom waters ”, and
(ii) for “Union vessels” substitute “ United Kingdom fishing vessels ”; and
(c) in paragraph 3 for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(38) In Article 33(1)—
(a) for “The Commission” substitute “ A fisheries administration ”;
(b) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(c) in point (c) for “Union” substitute “ relevant retained direct EU ”; and
(d) in point (d) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(39) In Article 34—
(a) in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, for “the Commission” wherever it occurs, substitute “ a fisheries administration ”; and
(b) in paragraph 3 omit “and the Member States”.
(40) In Article 35—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “the Commission shall” substitute “ a fisheries administration must ”; and
(ii) omit “and the Member States”; and
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) for “The Commission” in each place it occurs, substitute “ A fisheries administration ”; and
(ii) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.
(41) In Article 36—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) for “the Commission” in the first place it occurs, substitute “ a fisheries administration ”,
(ii) omit “and the competent inspection authorities of the Member States”, and
(iii) omit the final sentence; and
(b) omit paragraph 4.
(42) Omit Article 37.
(43) In Article 38—
(a) in paragraph 1 for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(b) for paragraph 2 substitute—
“
2 A third country fishing vessel authorised to fish in United Kingdom waters must send to a fisheries administration the data which United Kingdom fishing vessels are required to send to a fisheries administration under the Control Regulation.”;
(c) omit paragraph 3;
(d) in paragraph 4—
(i) for “Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;
(ii) for “the Commission or the body designated by it” substitute “ a fisheries administration ”;
(e) in paragraph 5 for “coastal Member State” substitute “ fisheries administration ”.
(44) Omit Articles 39 to 45.
(45) Omit Articles 47 and 48.

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