Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2287/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1..

   In Annex IV the following point is added:

   ‘19.

   Trawling ban in waters around the Azores, the Canary Islands and Madeira

   Vessels shall be prohibited from using any bottom trawl or similar towed nets operating in contact with the bottom of the sea in waters under the sovereignty or the jurisdiction of Member States within the areas bounded by a line joining the following coordinates:

   1. (a)

      Azores

      Latitude 36° 00′ N	longitude 23° 00′ W
      Latitude 42° 00′ N	longitude 23° 00′ W
      Latitude 42° 00′ N	longitude 34° 00′ W
      Latitude 36° 00′ N	longitude 34° 00′ W

   2. (b)

      Canary Islands and Madeira

      Latitude 27° 00′ N	longitude 19° 00′ W
      Latitude 26° 00′ N	longitude 15° 00′ W
      Latitude 29° 00′ N	longitude 13° 00′ W
      Latitude 36° 00′ N	longitude 13° 00′ W
      Latitude 36° 00′ N	longitude 19° 00′ W

   ’.

2. 2..

   In Annex V the following is added in point 6:

   1. (g)

      ‘By way of derogation from the number of days referred to in point (a), Table I, “Grouping of fishing gears referred to in point 4a”, Member States may increase the maximum days present within the area and absent from port to 12 for vessels fitted with VMS and holding special fishing permits, referred to in point 17(b) of Annex IV, that are valid one calendar month or more.

      Such vessels

      • shall notify national authorities of the place and time at which any landings of fish will be made at least four hours before such a landing occurs,

      • may only aggregate days as laid down in point (b) for the period that a special fishing permit, referred to in point 17(b) of Annex IV, is held without interruption,

      • may only transfer days as referred to in point 10 to vessels that benefit from an increase of the fishing days in accordance with this point.’.