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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2157/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/2157",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2157/2005 of 23 December 2005 setting out the licence fees applicable in 2006 to Community vessels fishing in Greenland waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2157",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2157/2005\nof 23 December 2005\nsetting out the licence fees applicable in 2006 to Community vessels fishing in Greenland waters\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1245/2004 of 28 June 2004 on the conclusion of the Protocol modifying the fourth Protocol laying down the conditions relating to fishing provided for in the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the local Government of Greenland, on the other, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 4 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 1245/2004 provides that owners of Community vessels who receive a licence for a Community vessel authorised to fish in waters in the exclusive economic zone of Greenland are to pay a licence fee in accordance with Article 11(5) of the fourth Protocol.\n(2)\nCommission Regulation (EC) No 2140/2004 of 15 December 2004 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation No 1245/2004 as regards applications for fisheries licences in waters in the exclusive economic zone of Greenland implements an Administrative Arrangement on fisheries licences as set out in Article 11(5) of the fourth Protocol.\n(3)\nPart B.4 of the Administrative Agreement specifies that license fees for 2006 are to be fixed by an annex to that Arrangement and based on 3 % of the price per tonne per species.\n(4)\nIt is appropriate to set out in this Regulation licence fees for 2006, which were agreed by the Community and Greenland on 12 December 2005 in an annex to the Administrative Arrangement.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on fisheries and aquaculture,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 237, 8.7.2004, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 369, 16.12.2004, p. 49."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}