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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-264/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/264",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 21 May 2012 amending Decision 2008/620/EC establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the cod stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the eastern Channel, the waters west of Scotland and the Irish Sea (2012/264/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-264",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Decision\nof 21 May 2012\namending Decision 2008/620/EC establishing a specific control and inspection programme related to the cod stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the eastern Channel, the waters west of Scotland and the Irish Sea\n(2012/264/EU)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006, and in particular Article 95 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Decision 2008/620/EC established a specific control and inspection programme applicable for a period of four years to ensure the harmonised implementation of the measures laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 for the recovery of cod stocks in the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Skagerrak, the eastern Channel, the waters west of Scotland and the Irish Sea.\n(2)\nThe specific control and inspection programme is necessary for the organisation of operational cooperation between Member States concerned and to allow the Community Fisheries Control Agency to organise joint deployment plans in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005.\n(3)\nIn order to ensure the continued harmonised implementation of the measures established for the recovery of the cod stocks, the specific control and inspection programme should be extended for a period of one year.\n(4)\nDecision 2008/620/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision have been established in concert with the Member States concerned.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 198, 26.7.2008, p. 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 70, 9.3.2004, p. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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