Article 6a General derogations for the NAFO Regulatory areaF1

United Kingdom

By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, fish caught in the NAFO Regulatory Area above catch limits allocated by F2applicable laws must not be retained on-board.

Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007, which prohibits to retain on board by-catch above 1 250 kg or 5 %, whichever is greater, of species for which the catch limit is set to 0 by F3applicable laws must apply by way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1386/2007, which requires returning immediately to the sea any fish below the minimum sizes set out in Annex III of that Regulation, shall apply by way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1352 of 18 April 2017 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/98 on the implementation of the Union's international obligations, as referred to in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, under the International Convention for the Conservation of the Atlantic Tunas and the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries.
F2: Words in Art. 6a(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 10(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Art. 6a(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 10(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)