{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-43/annex-III/part-A/division-5/division-5a/division-5a.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-43/annex-III/part-A/division-5/division-5a/division-5a.5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/43",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 of 16 January 2009 fixing for 2009 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-2009-43",
  "path": "annex/III/part/A/division/5/division/5a/division/5a.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5a.5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where the cod quota of a Member State has been utilised up to a level of 90 % at any time before 15 November 2009, it shall be obligatory for all vessels of that Member State referred to in point 5a.1 using gears with a mesh size of 80 mm or greater, with the exception of vessels using Danish seines to use for the remainder of the year the fishing gear described in Appendix 4 to this Annex or any other gear the technical attributes of which result in similar catch rates of cod, as confirmed by STECF, or, for vessels targeting Norway lobster, a sorting grid as described in Appendix 3 to this Annex or any other gear with a proven equivalent escapement capability.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/43/annex/III/part/A/division/5/division/5a/division/5a.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:42.098169+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."
}