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Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 CHAPTER XI — FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 17–Article 20 · 4 articles

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Article 17

Temporary cessation measures adopted in order to achieve the objectives of the plan shall be deemed as temporary cessation of fishing activities for the purposes of points (a) and (c) of Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005

Article 18

Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 is amended as follows: (1) Article 13(3) is deleted; (2) the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 16a Area restriction on fishing 1.   It shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity from 1 May to 31 October within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured in accordance with the WGS84 coordinate system: (a) Area 1: — 55° 45′ N, 15° 30′ E — 55° 45′ N, 16° 30′ E — 55° 00′ N, 16° 30′ E — 55° 00′ N, 16° 00′ E — 55° 15′ N, 16° 00′ E — 55° 15′ N, 15° 30′ E — 55° 45′ N, 15° 30′ E (b) Area 2: — 55° 00′ N, 19° 14′ E — 54° 48′ N, 19° 20′ E — 54° 45′ N, 19° 19′ E — 54° 45′ N, 18° 55′ E — 55° 00′ N, 19° 14′ E (c) Area 3: — 56° 13′ N, 18° 27′ E — 56° 13′ N, 19° 31′ E — 55° 59′ N, 19° 13′ E — 56° 03′ N, 19° 06′ E — 56° 00′ N, 18° 51′ E — 55° 47′ N, 18° 57′ E — 55° 30′ N, 18° 34′ E — 56° 13′ N, 18° 27′ E. 2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, fishing with gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or larger than 157 mm or with drifting lines shall be permitted. No other gear shall be kept on board.’; (3) the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 28aa Procedure for adopting technical measures in the context of multiannual plans The Commission is empowered, for the purpose of adopting the acts referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( *1 ) and for the duration thereof, to adopt technical measures. Such technical measures shall be established by means of delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 28b of this Regulation and Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and may, where appropriate, derogate from the following: (a) specifications of target species, mesh sizes and minimum conservation reference sizes laid down in Annexes II, III and IV to, and referred to in Articles 3 and 4 and Article 14(1) of, this Regulation; (b) structures, characteristics and rules governing the use of active gears laid down in Article 5(2), (3) and (4) and Article 6 of, and in Annex II to, this Regulation; (c) structures, characteristics and rules governing the use of passive gears laid down in Article 8 of this Regulation; (d) the list(s) of coordinates of areas and periods where fishing prohibitions or restrictions apply as laid down in Articles 16 and 16a of this Regulation; (e) the species to which Article 18a(1) of this Regulation applies, as well the geographical areas and periods of application of restrictions on fishing for certain stocks laid down in that paragraph, as well as the technical details of the derogation laid down in Article 18a(2) of this Regulation. ( *1 )   Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 establishing a multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 ( OJ L 191, 15.7.2016, p. 1 ).’;" (4) in Article 28b(2), (3) and (5), the words ‘Articles 14a and 28a’ are replaced by the words ‘Articles 14a, 28a and 28aa’.

Repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007

Article 19

Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 is repealed. References made to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Entry into force

Article 20

This Regulation shall enter into force on the fifth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

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