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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/117 Article 2

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/117 Article 2

Definitions

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply in addition to those laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011  ( 6 ) : (a) ‘bottom contacting gear’ means any of the following gear: bottom trawl, beam trawl, bottom otter trawl, otter twin trawl, bottom pair trawl, nephrops trawl, shrimp trawl, seine net, Danish anchor seine, Scottish seine, boat or vessel seine and dredge; (b) ‘restricted areas’ mean the geographical areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the positions listed in the Annex to this Regulation, which shall be measured according to the WGS84 coordinate system. (c) ‘Member States concerned’ means Denmark, Germany and Sweden.

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