# Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (repealed) EU Regulation No 2371/2002 ยท adopted 20 December 2002 Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (repealed) ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES ## 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY ## 4 Types of measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Recovery plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Management plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Commission emergency measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Member State emergency measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Member State measures within the 12 nautical mile zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Member State measures applicable solely to fishing vessels flying their flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: ADJUSTMENT OF FISHING CAPACITY ## 11 Adjustment of fishing capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Reference levels for fishing fleets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Entry/Exit scheme and overall capacity reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Exchange of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Fishing fleet registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Conditionality of Community financial assistance and reduction of fishing effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: RULES ON ACCESS TO WATERS AND RESOURCES ## 17 General rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Shetland Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Review of access rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Allocation of fishing opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: COMMUNITY CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM ## 21 Community control and enforcement system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Conditions for access to waters and resources and for marketing of fisheries products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Responsibilities of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Inspection and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Follow-up of infringements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Responsibilities of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Evaluation and control by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Cooperation and coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: DECISION-MAKING AND CONSULTATION ## 29 Decision-making procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Committee for fisheries and aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Regional Advisory Councils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Procedure for the establishment of Regional Advisory Councils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 34 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: ACCESS TO COASTAL WATERS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 17(2) ### Division 1: COASTAL WATERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ## A ACCESS FOR FRANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B ACCESS FOR IRELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## C ACCESS FOR GERMANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## D ACCESS FOR THE NETHERLANDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## E ACCESS FOR BELGIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2: COASTAL WATERS OF IRELAND ## A ACCESS FOR FRANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B ACCESS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## C ACCESS FOR THE NETHERLANDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## D ACCESS FOR GERMANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## E ACCESS FOR BELGIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 COASTAL WATERS OF BELGIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 COASTAL WATERS OF DENMARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 COASTAL WATERS OF GERMANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 COASTAL WATERS OF FRANCE AND THE OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 COASTAL WATERS OF SPAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 COASTAL WATERS OF THE NETHERLANDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 COASTAL WATERS OF FINLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 COASTAL WATERS OF SWEDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 COASTAL WATERS OF CROATIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 COASTAL WATERS OF SLOVENIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: SHETLAND BOX ## A Geographical limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Fishing effort authorised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2371 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2371 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.