Legal provisions of COM(2014)265 - Prohibition on driftnet fisheries

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dossier COM(2014)265 - Prohibition on driftnet fisheries.
document COM(2014)265 EN
date May 14, 2014

Contents

Article 1 - Scope

This Regulation shall apply to all fishing activities within the scope of  the Common Fisheries Policy as set out in  Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

Article 2 - Definition

1. For the purpose of this Regulation the definitions set out in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply.

2. In addition, a driftnet means a net made up of one or more walls of netting, hung jointly in parallel on the headline(s), held on the water surface or at a certain distance below it by floating devices and  drifting with the current, either independently or with the boat to which it may be attached. It may be equipped with devices aiming to stabilise the net or to limit its drift such as a sea-anchor or an anchor on the bottom attached at one single end of the net.

Article 3 - Prohibition of driftnets

It shall be prohibited:

(a)     to catch any marine biological resource with driftnets; and

(b)     to keep any kind of driftnet on board of fishing vessels

Article 4 - Amendments of related Regulations

1. In Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, paragraph 3 is deleted.

2. Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 is amended as follows:

(a)     Article 1a is deleted;

(b)     in Annex I, points A (b) and E (b) are deleted;

(c)     in Annex III ,  point D is deleted.

3. Article 2(o), Article 9 and Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 are deleted.

4. In Annex II (a) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, the words 'and drifting nets' are deleted.

Article 5 - Repeal

Regulation (EC) No 894/97    is repealed.

Article 6 - Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2015.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.