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  "long_title": "This Order, which revokes the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota Measures) Order 1996, as amended by the Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Quota Measures) (Amendment) Order 1996, makes provision for the enforcement of certain of the enforceable Community restrictions and other obligations relating to sea fishing set out in Council Regulation (EC) No. 390/97 (OJ No. L66, 6.3.97, p.1) (“the Council Regulation”). The Council Regulation fixes total allowable catches and member States’ quotas for 1997 and lays down certain conditions under which they may be fished.",
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