Division Article 6

Access to the Natura 2000 site of the Vlakte van de Raan shall be permitted without restrictions, except in the case of the activities listed below, for which access is permitted as from 1 January 2013 under certain restrictions, as follows:

• trawl fisheries within research areas only where necessary for carrying out research;

• trawl fisheries with tickler chains only with a licence under the Nature Conservation Act until 1 January 2016 at the latest;

• shellfish fisheries, fixed gear fisheries and mussel seed capture installations, where regulated by a licence under the Nature Conservation Act or regulated by the management plan;

• other forms of commercial fisheries on the basis of a licence under the Nature Conservation Act or regulated by the relevant management plan.