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 Skagerrak

(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—

“2.

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—

“3.

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.