Article 20 Transhipment operations
United Kingdom
Transhipments at sea shall be prohibited in F1United Kingdom waters. They shall be allowed only subject to an authorisation and to the conditions laid down in this Regulation in ports or places close to the shore F2... designated for this purpose, and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 43(5).
If the transhipment operation is interrupted, permission may be required before the transhipment operation is resumed.
For the purposes of this Article, relocation, pair trawling activities and fishing operations involving joint action by two or more F3United Kingdom fishing vessels shall not be considered as transhipment.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(21)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 20(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(21)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Art. 20(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(21)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)