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Division 3.2 The following measures shall apply from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012 :F1F2

United Kingdom

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  1. (a)

    no more than 5 % of the beam trawler fleet by Member State shall be allowed to use the electric pulse trawl;

  2. (b)

    the maximum electrical power in kW for each beam trawl shall be no more than the length in metre of the beam multiplied by 1,25;

  3. (c)

    the effective voltage between the electrodes shall be no more than 15 V;

  4. (d)

    the vessel shall be equipped with an automatic computer management system which records the maximum power used per beam and the effective voltage between electrodes for at least the last 100 tows. It shall be not possible for non authorised person to modify this automatic computer management system;

  5. (e)

    it shall be prohibited to use one or more tickler chains in front of the footrope.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 of 27 November 2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011.

F2

Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 579/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011.