# Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006, Article 20: Transhipment operations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Transhipments at sea shall be prohibited in United 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 ... designated for this purpose, and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 43(5).
2. If the transhipment operation is interrupted, permission may be required before the transhipment operation is resumed.
3. For the purposes of this Article, relocation, pair trawling activities and fishing operations involving joint action by two or more United Kingdom fishing vessels shall not be considered as transhipment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1224/article/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1224/article-20
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