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Division 9.8 The naval services or other competent authorities shall have the right to remove unattended gear at sea in ICES Zones IIIa, IVa, Vb, VIa, VIb, VII b, c, j, k, and XII east of 27° W, and as from 1 October 2010 in ICES Zones VIII, IX, X, in the following situations:F1

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  1. (a)

    the gear is not properly marked;

  2. (b)

    the buoy markings or VMS data indicate that the owner has not been located at a distance less than 100 nautical miles from the gear for more than 120 hours;

  3. (c)

    the gear is deployed in waters with a charted depth greater than that permitted;

  4. (d)

    the gear is of an illegal mesh size.

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