Article 1
1. This Regulation shall apply to fishing vessels operating within Community waters of ICES Sub-areas IV and VI and ICES Divisions IIa and Vb. 2. It shall not apply to fishing vessels operating within that part of ICES Sub-area VI enclosed by straight lines sequentially joining the following geographical coordinates: 56° 00' N 07° 30' W 56° 00' N 04° 00' W 55° 00' N 04° 00' W 55° 00' N 07° 30' W 56° 00' N 07° 30' W 3. In that area the conditions laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2549/2000 of 17 November 2000 establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa)(3).