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Article 1

United Kingdom

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In Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the following paragraph shall be added:

‘5.

Vessels shall be prohibited from using any gillnet, entangling net or trammel net at depths greater than 200 metres and any bottom trawl or similar towed nets operating in contact with the bottom of the sea in the areas bounded by a line joining the following coordinates:

  1. (a)

    area named “Madeira and Canaries”

    Latitude 27° 00′ Nlongitude 19° 00′ W
    Latitude 26° 00′ Nlongitude 15° 00′ W
    Latitude 29° 00′ Nlongitude 13° 00′ W
    Latitude 36° 00′ Nlongitude 13° 00′ W
    Latitude 36° 00′ Nlongitude 19° 00′ W
  2. (b)

    area named “Azores”

    Latitude 36° 00′ Nlongitude 23° 00′ W
    Latitude 39° 00′ Nlongitude 23° 00′ W
    Latitude 42° 00′ Nlongitude 26° 00′ W
    Latitude 42° 00′ Nlongitude 31° 00′ W
    Latitude 39° 00′ Nlongitude 34° 00′ W
    Latitude 36° 00′ Nlongitude 34° 00′ W

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