{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2336/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2336/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/2336",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/2336 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-sea stocks in the north-east Atlantic and provisions for fishing in international waters of the north-east Atlantic and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2336",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "1. This Regulation applies to fishing activities or intended fishing activities in the following waters:\n(a) by United Kingdom fishing vessels and third-country fishing vessels in United Kingdom waters of the North Sea, of the north-western waters and of the south-western waters as well as United Kingdom waters of ICES zone IIa;\n(b) by United Kingdom fishing vessels in international waters of CECAF areas 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.\n2. Paragraph 1 of this Article is without prejudice to Article 16(5).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 27(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2336/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:17.022271+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."
}