{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-1936/article-20c",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-1936/article-20c.json",
  "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/20c",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20c",
  "heading": "Marking of fishing gear",
  "text": "1. Gear used by United Kingdom fishing vessels authorised to fish in the zone shall be marked as follows: the ends of nets, lines and other gear in the sea shall be fitted with flag or radar reflector buoys and by night with light buoys indicating their position and extent.\n2. Marker buoys and similar floating objects indicating the position of fixed fishing gear shall at all times clearly indicate the letter(s) and/or number(s) of the vessel(s) to which they belong.\n3. Fish aggregating devices shall be clearly marked at all times with the letter(s) and/or number(s)of the vessel(s) to which they belong.",
  "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. 20c(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 6(8); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/1936/article/20c",
    "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."
}