Division (1) This specific control and inspection programme shall cover the geographical areas defined as follows:F1

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(a)

‘Eastern Atlantic’ means International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES ^f1 ) subareas 7, 8, 9, 10 as defined in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ^f2 and FAO ^f3 division 34.1.2;
(b)

‘Mediterranean’ means FAO subareas 37.1, 37.2 and 37.3 or geographical sub-areas 1 to 27 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ^f4 ;
(c)

‘ Northern Adriatic ’ and ‘ Southern Adriatic ’ means the geographical subareas 17 and 18 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011;
(d)

‘ Strait of Sicily ’ means the geographical sub-areas 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011;
(e)

‘ Ionian Sea ’ means the geographical subareas subareas 19, 20 and 21 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011;
(f)

‘ Levant Sea ’ means the geographical subareas subareas 24, 25, 26 and 27 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011;
(g)

‘ Alboran Sea ’ means the geographical sub-areas 1 to 3 as defined in Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011.

Annotations

F1: Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1320 of 22 September 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1986 establishing specific control and inspection programmes for certain fisheries.

f1: ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are as defined in Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic ( OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70 ).
f2: Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic ( OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70 ).
f3: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.
f4: Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea ( OJ L 347, 30.12.2011, p. 44 ).