ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1941/2006 are hereby amended as follows: 1. Annex I shall be amended as follows: (a) footnote (1) under the entries concerning the species cod in subdivisions 25-32 (EC waters) and the species cod in subdivisions 22-24 (EC waters) shall be deleted; and (b) Appendix I to Annex I shall be deleted. 2. Annex II shall be amended as follows: (a) point 1.1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘1.1. Fishing with trawls, seines, or similar gears of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set lines or long lines, except drift lines, shall be prohibited: (a) from 1 to 7 January, 31 March to 1 May and 31 December in Subdivisions 22 to 24; and (b) from 1 to 7 January, 5 to 10 April, 1 July to 31 August and 31 December in Subdivisions 25 to 26.’; (b) point 1.2 shall be replaced by the following: ‘1.2. For fishing vessels flying their flag, Member States shall ensure that fishing with trawls, seines or similar gears of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or greater than 90 mm or with bottom set lines or long lines, except drift lines, shall also be prohibited for: (a) 77 calendar days in subdivisions 22 to 24 outside the period referred to in point 1.1(a); and (b) 67 calendar days in subdivisions 25 to 26 outside the period referred to in point 1.1(b). Member States shall divide the days referred to in points (a) and (b) into periods of not less than 5 days, unless the days referred to in points (a) and (b) are added to the periods set out in points 1.1(a) and 1.1(b) respectively, excluding 31 December.’; (c) the following point shall be added: ‘1.3. When fishing with drift lines within the periods and on the days set out in points 1.1 and 1.2, no cod shall be retained on board.’; 3. Point 2.7.1 of Annex III shall be replaced by the following: ‘2.7.1. If a Member State has designated ports for the landings of cod, fishing vessels retaining more than 750 kg of cod live weight may exclusively land the cod at these designated ports.’