Alternative specifications for the T90 trawl codend
Article 4
1. The use of T90 trawls having a codend compliant with the following specifications shall be authorised by way of derogation from Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005: (a) the mesh size of the codend shall be at least 115 mm, by way of derogation from footnote 2 to Annex II and point (b) of Appendix 2 to that Annex; (b) the number of meshes in any circumference in the codend sensu strictu and the extension piece, excluding joinings and selvedges, shall be 80 meshes round, by way of derogation from point (e) of Appendix 2 to that Annex; (c) the length of the codend shall be at least 9 m; 2. The codend shall meet all other specifications laid down in Appendix 2 to that Annex.