{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1403/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/1403",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1403 of 22 August 2016 excluding ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from the application of a fishery closure period in 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1403",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1403\nof 22 August 2016\nexcluding ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from the application of a fishery closure period in 2016\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing a multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 779/97, and in particular Article 29(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nProvisions for setting the fisheries closure periods for cod stocks in the Baltic Sea are set out in Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007.\n(2)\nUnder Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007, the Commission may exclude ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 from the scope of the fisheries closure period if the amount of cod caught in ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 during the most recent reporting period was below a certain threshold.\n(3)\nTaking into account the reports submitted by the relevant Member States and the advice of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, ICES Subdivisions 27 and 28.2 should be excluded from the scope of the said fisheries closure period in 2016.\n(4)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for 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 248, 22.9.2007, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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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."
}