{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-593/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/593",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2009 of 8 July 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 as regards the list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North Atlantic",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-593",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 593/2009\nof 8 July 2009\namending Council Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 as regards the list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries in the North Atlantic\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to 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, and in particular point 4 of Annex XV thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe European Community has, since 1981, been a Party to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries.\n(2)\nIn March 2009 the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) amended the list of vessels that have been confirmed as having engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries. Implementation of this amendment in the Community legal order should be ensured.\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 43/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 22, 26.1.2009, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 227, 12.8.1981, p. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "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."
}