S.I. No. 47/2023 - Sea-Fisheries (North Western Waters Landing Obligation) (Amendment) Regulations 2023


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th February, 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 further effect to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20131 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 20152 , Regulation (EU) 2017/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 20173 and Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 20194 ) and effect to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2290 of 19 August 20225 hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (North Western Waters Landing Obligation) (Amendment) Regulations 2023.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (North Western Waters Landing Obligation) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 101 of 2021 ) are amended in Regulation 2(1) by the insertion after “25 August 2021” (as inserted by the Sea-Fisheries (North Western Waters Landing Obligation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 224 of 2022 )) in the definition of “Commission Regulation” of the following:

“and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2290 of 19 August 2022”.

3. The Sea-Fisheries (North Western Waters Landing Obligation) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 224 of 2022 ) are revoked.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 February, 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.)

These Regulations give effect to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2290 of 19 August 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015 as regards certain exemptions to the Landing obligation in Western Waters for 2023.

1 OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22

2 OJ L 133, 29.5.2015, p.1

3 OJ L 302, 17.11.2017, p. 1

4 OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105

5 OJ L 303, 23.11.2022, p. 12