{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-45/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-45/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2018/45",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/45 of 20 October 2017 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea and in Union waters of ICES Division IIa for the year 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-45",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:\n(1) ‘Seltra panel’ means a selectivity device which:\nconsists of a top panel of at least 270 mm mesh size (diamond mesh) placed in a four-panel section and mounted with a joining ratio of three meshes of 90 mm to one mesh of 270 mm, or of a top panel of at least 140 mm mesh size (square mesh),\nis at least 3 metres long,\nis positioned no more than 4 metres from the cod line, and\nis the full width of the top sheet of the trawl (i.e. from selvedge to selvedge).\n(2) ‘Netgrid selectivity device’ means a selectivity device consisting of a four-panel section inserted into a two-panel trawl with an inclined sheet of diamond mesh netting with a mesh size of at least 200 mm, leading to an escape hole in the top of the trawl.\n(3) ‘Flemish Panel’ means the last tapered netting section of a beam trawl whose:\nanterior is directly attached to the cod-end,\nupper and lower netting sections are constructed of at least 120 mm mesh as measured between the knots,\nstretched length is at least 3 m.\n(4) ‘SepNep’ means an otter trawl which:\nis constructed within the mesh size range of 80 to 99 +≥ 100 mm,\nis fitted with multiple cod-ends of mesh sizes ranging from at least 80 to 120 mm attached to a single extension piece, the uppermost cod-end being constructed with a mesh size of at least 120 mm and fitted with a separation panel with a maximum mesh size of 105 mm, and\nmay also be fitted with an optional selection grid with a bar spacing of at least 17 mm provided it is constructed in such a way so as to allow the escape of small Nephrops.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/45/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:19.099580+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."
}