{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-960/annex-VII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-960/annex-VII.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/960",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2015/960 of 19 June 2015 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 as regards certain fishing opportunities",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-960",
  "path": "annex/VII",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "VII",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex VI shall be replaced by the following:\n‘ANNEX VI\nIOTC CONVENTION AREA\n1.\nMaximum number of Union vessels authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area\nMember State\nMaximum number of vessels\nCapacity (gross tonnage)\nSpain\n22\n61 364\nFrance\n27\n45 383\nPortugal\n5\n1 627\nItaly\n1\n2 137\nUnion\n55\n110 511\n2.\nMaximum number of Union vessels authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Convention Area\nThis figure does not include vessels registered in Mayotte; it may be increased in the future in accordance with Mayotte's fleet development plan.\nMember State\nMaximum number of vessels\nCapacity (gross tonnage)\nSpain\n27\n11 590\nFrance\n41\n7 882\nPortugal\n15\n6 925\nUnited Kingdom\n4\n1 400\nUnion\n87\n27 797\n3.\nThe vessels referred to in point 1 shall also be authorised to fish for swordfish and albacore in the IOTC Convention Area.\n4.\nThe vessels referred to in point 2 shall also be authorised to fish for tropical tunas in the IOTC Convention Area.’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This figure does not include vessels registered in Mayotte; it may be increased in the future in accordance with Mayotte's fleet development plan."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/960/annex/VII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:38.039576+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."
}