Article 1
Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1160 of 12 May 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the sprat box and the plaice box in the North Sea
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1160 of 12 May 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the sprat box and the plaice box in the North Sea
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Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX Part C of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 is amended as follows: (1) point 2.2 is amended as follows: (a) point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) vessels whose engine power exceeds 221 kW shall be permitted to use bottom otter trawls, and paired vessels whose combined engine power exceeds 221 kW shall be permitted to use bottom pair trawls provided that such vessels do not engage in directed fishing for plaice and sole and comply with the relevant mesh size rules contained in Part B of this Annex;’; (b) the following point (d) is added: ‘(d) vessels whose engine power exceeds 221 kW shall be permitted to use Danish seines provided that such vessels comply with the mesh size provided for in point 1.1 of Part B of this Annex.’; (2) point 2.4 is replaced by the following: ‘2.4. Vessels permitted to fish in the area referred to in point 2.1 shall be included in a list to be provided to the Commission by each Member State. The total engine power of the vessels referred to in point 2.2(a) within the list shall not exceed the total engine power in evidence for each Member State at 1 January 1998. The permitted fishing vessels shall hold a fishing authorisation in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. From 1 July 2021, only beam trawlers with a length overall of maximum 24 meters may be added to that list.’; (3) the following paragraphs are added to point 4: ‘By way of derogation from the third indent of the first paragraph, that indent shall not apply until 31 December 2023 to fishing with the following gear: (a) towed gear with a mesh size of less than 32 mm; (b) purse seines; or (c) gillnets, entangling nets, trammel nets and driftnets with a mesh size of less than 30 mm. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit by 15 December 2023 to the Commission monitoring data supporting the derogation.’.
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