Legal provisions of COM(2012)277 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources

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dossier COM(2012)277 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources.
document COM(2012)277 EN
date November 21, 2012

Contents

Article 1

In Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

‘2.   In the waters up to 12 nautical miles from baselines under their sovereignty or jurisdiction, Member States shall be authorised from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2014 to restrict fishing to fishing vessels that traditionally fish in those waters from ports on the adjacent coast. This shall be without prejudice to the arrangements for Union fishing vessels flying the flag of other Member States under existing neighbourhood relations between Member States and the arrangements contained in Annex I, fixing for each Member State the geographical zones within the coastal bands of other Member States where fishing activities are pursued and the species concerned.’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2013.

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