Article I

The Uitvoeringsregeling visserij shall be amended as follows:

A

In Article 13, under b, the phrase ‘in the areas referred to in annex 3a and annex 5’ shall be replaced by ‘in the areas referred to in annexes 3a, 3b and 5’.

The Article shall thus read:

Article 13

It shall be prohibited to fish with:

1. a..

   trawl nets with or without tickler chains in the Eastern Scheldt east of the Eastern Scheldt dam, and

2. b..

   trawl nets with tickler chains in the areas mentioned in Annexes 3a, 3b and 5.

B

In Article 35(1) under b, the phrase ‘in the areas referred to in annexes 3, 3a and 5’ shall be replaced by ‘in the areas referred to in annexes 3, 3a, 3b and 5’.

C

In Article 35(1) under c, the phrase ‘in the areas referred to in annexes 3a en 6’ shall be replaced by ‘in the areas referred to in annexes 3a, 3b and 6’.

Article 35 shall thus read:

Article 35

1.

A licence within the meaning of Article 33 shall not be granted for:

a.

Fishing in the area mentioned in annex 3;

b.

Fishing with fishing gear fit for the catching of shellfish in the areas mentioned in annex 3, 3a, 3b and 5 and

c.

Fishing with fishing gear fit for the catching of shrimps in the areas mentioned in annex 3a, 3b and 6.

2.

By way of derogation from the first paragraph, introduction and part b of this Article, a licence can be granted for fishing cockles without mechanical means in the areas mentioned in annex 5a.

D

The annex attached to this regulation shall be inserted after annex 3a, as annex 3b.