Article 1 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 43/2012

Regulation (EU) No 43/2012 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 12(1) the following point is added:

   1. (g)

      ‘giant manta ray (Manta birostris) in all waters.’;

2. (2)

   after Article 13 a new article is inserted as follows:

   ‘Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 754/2009

   Article 13a

   In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009, the following point is added:

   1. (i)

      the group of vessels flying the flag of the United Kingdom identified in the request from the United Kingdom dated 16 March 2012, which participate in a fishery targeting Queen Scallops (Aequipecten opercularis) in the Irish Sea (ICES area VIIa) around the Isle of Man, using a specialised otter trawl gear with an 80-100 mm mesh trawl configured to select against fish catches (2ft low headline, short or no bridles and small trawl mouth);’;’;

3. (3)

   Annex I is amended in accordance with the text in Annex I to this Regulation.