{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-724/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-724/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2010/724",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 724/2010 of 12 August 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of real-time closures of certain fisheries in the North Sea and Skagerrak",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-724",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Closure of fisheries",
  "text": "1. When a sample referred to in Article 6(3)(a) shows a percentage of juveniles that reaches the trigger level, the fisheries administration concerned shall prohibit fishing in the area concerned with any fishing gear other than:\n(a) pelagic trawls, purse seines, driftnets and jiggers targeting herring, mackerel, and horse mackerel;\n(b) pots;\n(c) scallop dredges; and\n(d) gillnets\n....\n2. The area to be closed in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be defined on the basis of the following criteria:\n(a) the area shall have 4, 5 or 6 joining points;\n(b) the midpoint of the fishing operation or operations with samples above the trigger level shall equal the midpoint of the closed area;\n(c) when the closed area is based on one sample and lies outside the waters up to 12 miles from baselines, it shall be 50 square miles.\n3. The real-time closure referred to in paragraph 1 shall:\n(a) enter into force 12 hours following the decision by the concerned fisheries administration; and\n(b) apply for 21 days after which it shall automatically cease to apply at midnight UTC.\n4. If the area to be closed includes zones under the jurisdiction or sovereignty of neighbouring third countries, the fisheries administration concerned shall without delay inform those third countries.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 7(4)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 7(4)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 7(2)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 7(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 7(4)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 7(4)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/724/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:40.836809+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."
}