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  "legislation": "eur/2001/1936",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001 of 27 September 2001 laying down control measures applicable to fishing for certain stocks of highly migratory fish",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-1936",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "General principles",
  "text": "A fisheries administration must act to ensure that vessels within their fleet respect the provisions applicable in the zone.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 869/2004 of 26 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001 laying down control measures applicable to fishing for certain stocks of highly migratory fish."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 6(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 20 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 6(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:56:46.832168+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."
}