{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1521/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1521/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/1521",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1521 of 15 October 2020 establishing a fisheries closure for pollack in areas 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e for vessels flying the flag of Belgium",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1521",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1521\nof 15 October 2020\nestablishing a fisheries closure for pollack in areas 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e for vessels flying the flag of Belgium\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCouncil Regulation (EU) 2020/123 lays down quotas for 2020.\n(2)\nAccording to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock of pollack in areas 8a, 8b, 8d and 8e by vessels flying the flag of or registered in Belgium have exhausted the quota allocated for 2020.\n(3)\nIt is therefore necessary to prohibit certain fishing activities for that stock.\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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 (OJ L 25, 30.1.2020, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1521/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:23.298863+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."
}