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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-724/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/724",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/2011 of 25 July 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-724",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 724/2011\nof 25 July 2011\namending Regulation (EU) No 468/2010 establishing the EU list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999, in particular Article 30 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nChapter V of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 lays down procedures for the identification of fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing vessels) as well as procedures for establishing a European Union list of such vessels. Article 37 of that Regulation provides for actions to be taken against fishing vessels included in that list.\n(2)\nThe Union list of IUU fishing vessels is set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 468/2010.\n(3)\nAccording to Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the Union list should comprise fishing vessels included in the IUU vessel lists adopted by regional fisheries management organisations.\n(4)\nAccording to Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, upon the receipt from regional fisheries management organisations of the lists of fishing vessels presumed or confirmed to be involved in IUU fishing, the Commission shall update the Union list.\n(5)\nThe Commission has received the updated lists from the annual meetings of the regional fisheries management organisations.\n(6)\nConsidering that the same vessel might be listed under different names and/or flags depending on the time of its inclusion on the regional fisheries management organisations lists, the updated Union list should include the different names and/or flags as established by the respective regional fisheries management organisations.\n(7)\nRegulation (EU) No 468/2010 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(8)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 131, 29.5.2010, p. 22."
    }
  ],
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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."
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