{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2014/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2014/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/2014",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2014 of 21 August 2020 specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2021-2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2014",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:\n(1) ‘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(2) ‘Flemish panel’ means the last tapered netting section of a beam trawl whose:\nposterior 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(3) ‘Benthos release panel’ means a panel of larger mesh or square mesh netting fitted into the lower panel of a trawl, usually a beam trawl to release any benthic material and seabed debris before it passes into the codend;\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 furthermore 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 Norway lobster.",
  "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/2020/2014/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:15.154966+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."
}