{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27/annex-VI/part-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27/annex-VI/part-II.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/27",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 27/2005 of 22 December 2004 fixing for 2005 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where catch limitations are required",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-27",
  "path": "annex/VI/part/II",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS OF LICENCES AND FISHING PERMITS FOR THIRD COUNTRY VESSELS IN COMMUNITY WATERS",
  "text": "Applies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters.\nThe licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was issued.\nThe annual number of days at sea is limited to 200.\nTo be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes and obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches, or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant.\nThe contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application.\nWhere the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission.\nApplicable from 1 January to 30 April 2005.\nPending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2005.\nThe annual number of days at sea is limited to pm.\nThe annual number of days at sea is limited to 350.\nTo be fished exclusively with longlines.\nOf which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gillnets.\nFlag State\nFishery\nNumber of licences\nMaximum number of vessels present at any time\nNorway\nHerring, North of 62°00′N\n18\n18\nFaroe Islands\nMackerel, VIa (north of 56°30′N), VIIe,f,h, horse mackerel, IV, VIa (north of 56°30′N), VIIe,f,h; herring, VIa (north of 56°30′N)\n14\n14\nHerring north of 62°00′N\n21\n21\nHerring, IIIa\n4\n4\nIndustrial fishing for Norway pout and sprat, IV, VIa (north of 56°30′N): sandeel, IV (including unavoidable by-catches of blue whiting)\n15\n15\nLing and tusk\n20\n10\nBlue whiting, VIa (north of 56°30′N), VIb, VII (west of 12°00′W)\n20\n20\nBlue ling\n16\n16\nPorbeagle (all zones except NAFO 3PS)\n3\n3\nRussian Federation\nHerring, IIId (Swedish waters)\npm\npm\nHerring, IIId (Swedish waters, non-fishing mother ships)\npm\npm\nSprat\n4\npm\nBarbados\nPenaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters)\n5\npm\nSnappers (French Guyana waters)\n5\npm\nGuyana\nPenaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters)\npm\npm\nSurinam\nPenaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters)\n5\npm\nTrinidad and Tobago\nPenaeus shrimps (French Guyana waters)\n8\npm\nJapan\nTuna (French Guyana waters)\npm\nKorea\nTuna (French Guyana waters)\npm\npm\nVenezuela\nSnappers (French Guyana waters)\n41\npm\nSharks (French Guyana waters)\n4\npm",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Applies only to the Latvian zone of EC waters."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The licences concerning fishing for shrimp in the waters of the French Department of Guyana shall be issued on the basis of a fishing plan submitted by the authorities of the third country concerned, approved by the Commission. The period of validity of each of these licences shall be limited to the fishing period provided for in the fishing plan on the basis of which the licence was issued."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The annual number of days at sea is limited to 200."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "To be fished exclusively with long lines or traps (snappers) or long lines or mesh nets having a minimum mesh of 100 mm, at depths greater than 30 m (sharks). To issue these licences, proof must be produced that a valid contract exists between the ship owner applying for the licence and a processing undertaking situated in the French Department of Guyana, and that it includes and obligation to land at least 75 % of all snapper catches, or 50 % of all shark catches from the vessel concerned in that department so that they may be processed in that undertaking's plant. The contract referred to above must be endorsed by the French authorities, which shall ensure that it is consistent both with the actual capacity of the contracting processing undertaking and with the objectives for the development of the Guyanese economy. A copy of the duly endorsed contract shall be appended to the licence application. Where the endorsement referred to above is refused, the French authorities shall give notification of this refusal and state their reasons for it to the party concerned and to the Commission."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Applicable from 1 January to 30 April 2005."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Pending the conclusion of fisheries consultations with Norway for 2005."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "The annual number of days at sea is limited to pm."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "The annual number of days at sea is limited to 350."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "To be fished exclusively with longlines."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Of which at any given time a maximum of 10 for vessels fishing cod with gillnets."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/27/annex/VI/part/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:58.558939+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."
}