S.I. No. 264/2023 - Sea-Fisheries (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th May, 2023.

I, CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE, 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), for the purpose of giving full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008¹ , Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1010/2009 of 22 October 2009² , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 86/2010 of 29 January 2010³ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 395/2010 of 7 May 2010⁴ , Commission Regulation (EU) No. 202/2011 of 1 March 2011⁵ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1222/2011 of 28 November 2011⁶ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 336/2013 of 12 April 2013⁷ , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 865/2013 of 9 September 2013⁸ and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/423 of 19 March 2020⁹ , hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 554 of 2010 ) are amended by substituting for the Schedule (as inserted by the Sea Fisheries (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 37 of 2021)) the following Schedule:

“Schedule

Regulation 4

Port	Third Country Nationality	Vessel Size	Species of Fishery product	Presentation of Fishery Product	Times
Burtonport	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<18m	Non-TAC	Fresh only	14:00 to 20:00 weekdays
Rathmullen	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<18m	Non-TAC	Fresh only	14:00 to 20:00 weekdays
Bunagee	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<18m	Non-TAC	Fresh only	10:00 to 20:00 weekdays; 09:00 to 17:00 Saturdays
Glengad	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<18m	Non-TAC	Fresh only	10:00 to 20:00 weekdays; 09:00 to 17:00 Saturdays
Greencastle	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<18m	Non-TAC	Fresh only	10:00 to 20:00 weekdays; 09:00 to 17:00 Saturdays
Malin Head	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<18m	Non-TAC	Fresh Only	10:00 to 20:00 weekdays; 09:00 to 17:00 Saturdays
Dunmore East	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<26m	All Demersal	Fresh and frozen	10:00 to 22:00 weekdays
Howth	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<26m	All Demersal	Fresh and frozen	10:00 to 22:00 weekdays
Ros An Mhíl	UK registered Northern Ireland vessels	<26m	All Demersal	Fresh and frozen	10:00 to 22:00 weekdays
Killybegs	All vessels	All	All	All presentations acceptable at non-Border Control Posts. However, frozen fish may only be landed by fishing vessels registered in Northern Ireland, Norway, Iceland or the Faroe Islands.	All
Castletownbere	All vessels	All	All	All presentations acceptable at non-Border Control Posts. However, frozen fish may only be landed by fishing vessels registered in Northern Ireland, Norway, Iceland or the Faroe Islands.	All

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

25 May, 2023.

CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE,

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.)

This instrument adds Dunmore East, Glengad, Bunagee and Malin Head to those ports already designated for direct landings by fishing vessels registered to Third Countries outside the EU, allowing entry to the EU of such fishery products. It also amends the landing times at Greencastle port.

1 O.J. L 286 of 29.10.2008, p.1.

2 O.J. L 280 of 27.10.2009, p.5.

3 O.J. L 26 of 30.1.2010, p.1.

4 OJ L 115, 8.5.2010, p. 1

5 O.J. L 57, 2.3.2011, p.10.

6 OJ L 314, 29.11.2011, p. 2

7 OJ L 105, 13.4.2013, p. 4

8 OJ L 241, 10.9.2013, p. 1

9 OJ L 84, 20.3.2020, p. 1