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Council Regulation (EU) No 39/2013 Article 4

Fishing zones

Article 4

For the purposes of this Regulation the following zone definitions shall apply: (a) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) zones are the geographical areas specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009  ( 14 ) ; (b) ‧Skagerrak‧ means the geographical area bounded on the west by a line drawn from the Hanstholm lighthouse to the Lindesnes lighthouse and on the south by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast; (c) ‧Kattegat‧ means the geographical area bounded on the north by a line drawn from the Skagen lighthouse to the Tistlarna lighthouse and from this point to the nearest point on the Swedish coast and on the south by a line drawn from Hasenøre to Gnibens Spids, from Korshage to Spodsbjerg and from Gilbjerg Hoved to Kullen; (d) ‧Functional Unit 16 of ICES Subarea VII‧ means the geographical area bounded by rhumb lines sequentially joining the following positions:   53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W,   53° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,   51° 30′ N 11° 00′ W,   51° 30′ N 13° 00′ W,   51° 00′ N 13° 00′ W,   51° 00′ N 15° 00′ W,   53° 30′ N 15° 00′ W; (e) ‧Gulf of Cádiz‧ means the geographical area of ICES division IXa east of longitude 7° 23′ 48″ W; (f) CECAF (Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic Fisheries) areas are the geographical areas specified in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 216/2009  ( 15 ) .

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