{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-123/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-123/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/123",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 of 27 January 2020 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-123",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Fishing zones",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following zone definitions apply:\n(a)ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;\n(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(l). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(m). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(n)‘ICCAT Convention Area’ is the geographical area defined in the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas;\n(o). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(p). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(q). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(r). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(t). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(u). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(v). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 4(b)-(m) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 4(o)(v) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(3), 7(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 70)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Union acceded by Council Decision 86/238/EEC of 9 June 1986 on the accession of the Community to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, as amended by the Protocol annexed to the Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the States Parties to the Convention signed in Paris on 10 July 1984 (OJ L 162, 18.6.1986, p. 33)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/123/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:51.625523+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."
}