S.I. No. 531/2015 - Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 27th November, 2015.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) and the Sea Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), for the purpose of giving full effect to Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 20151 , hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 197 of 2013 ) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2(1) the definition of “Technical Measures Regulation” for the following-

“Technical Measures Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3440/84 of 6 December 19842 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 955/87 of 1 April 19873 , Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2122/89 of 14 July 19894 and Commission Regulation No 146/2007 of 15 February 20075 ), and Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 19986 (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 308/1999 of 8 February 19997 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1459/1999 of 24 June 19998 , Council Regulation (EC) No 2723/1999 of 17 December 19999 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000 of 8 June 200010 , Council Regulation (EC) No 724/2001 of 4 April 200111 , Council Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 of 14 May 200112 , Council Regulation (EC) No 602/2004 of 22 March 200413 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1568/2005 of 20 September 200514 , Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 of 20 December 200515 , Regulation (EU) No. 579/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 201116 , Regulation (EU) No 227/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 201317 , Council Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013 of 17 December 201318 and Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015);”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal.

19 November 2015.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations, amend the Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 197 of 2013 ) which relate to technical conditions for all fishing operations (e.g. permitted nets, species composition of catches, etc.) to include Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 as regards the landing obligation. These regulations make a contravention of any provisions of European legislation implementing technical measures, an offence under the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 .

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