{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-59/annex-II/division-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-59/annex-II/division-I.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2002/59",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-59",
  "path": "annex/II/division/I",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "FISHING VESSELS",
  "text": "Fishing vessels with a length of more than 15 metres overall shall be fitted with an automatic identification system (AIS) as provided for in Article 6a according to the following timetable:\nfishing vessels of overall length 24 metres and upwards but less than 45 metres: not later than 31 May 2012 ,\nfishing vessels of overall length 18 metres and upwards but less than 24 metres: not later than 31 May 2013 ,\nfishing vessels of overall length exceeding 15 metres but less than 18 metres: not later than 31 May 2014 ,\nnew-built fishing vessels of overall length exceeding 15 metres are subject to the carrying requirement laid down in Article 6a as from 30 November 2010 .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2011/15/EU of 23 February 2011 amending Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/59/annex/II/division/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:55.865932+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}