Article 1 Derogation
United Kingdom
Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply in territorial waters of Spain adjacent to the coast of the Catalan region to fishing for sand eel (Gymnammodytes cicerelus and G. semisquamatus) and gobies (Aphia minuta and Crystalogobius linearis) by boat seines which are used by vessels:
- (a)
registered in the maritime census managed by the Autonomous Community of Catalonia;
- (b)
having a track record in the fishery of more than five years; and
- (c)
holding a fishing authorization and operating under the management plan adopted by Spain in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006.