{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1568/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1568/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/1568",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1568/2005 of 20 September 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 as regards the protection of deep-water coral reefs from the effects of fishing in certain areas of the Atlantic Ocean",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1568",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the following paragraph shall be added:\n‘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:\n(a) area named “Madeira and Canaries”\nLatitude 27° 00′ N\nlongitude 19° 00′ W\nLatitude 26° 00′ N\nlongitude 15° 00′ W\nLatitude 29° 00′ N\nlongitude 13° 00′ W\nLatitude 36° 00′ N\nlongitude 13° 00′ W\nLatitude 36° 00′ N\nlongitude 19° 00′ W\n(b) area named “Azores”\nLatitude 36° 00′ N\nlongitude 23° 00′ W\nLatitude 39° 00′ N\nlongitude 23° 00′ W\nLatitude 42° 00′ N\nlongitude 26° 00′ W\nLatitude 42° 00′ N\nlongitude 31° 00′ W\nLatitude 39° 00′ N\nlongitude 34° 00′ W\nLatitude 36° 00′ N\nlongitude 34° 00′ W\n’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/1568/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:18.180240+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."
}