{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-289/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/289",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 289/2005 of 17 February 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 as regards the extension of the trawling ban to Polish waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-289",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EC) No 289/2005\nof 17 February 2005\namending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 as regards the extension of the trawling ban to Polish waters\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the 2003 Act of Accession and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission adopted a recommendation on 21 September 1991 to ban the fishing with trawls on the Oderbank Plateau. This recommendation was implemented in Community law by Article 8(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 88/98 of 18 December 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in waters of the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound.\n(2)\nIn view of the accession of Poland to the European Union, the geographical area in which the trawling ban applies should be extended to Polish waters.\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 88/98 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 9, 15.1.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 (OJ L 150, 30.4.2004, p. 12)."
    }
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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."
}