S.I. No. 511/2015 - Sea-Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Deep-Sea Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Deep-Sea Species) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Deep-Sea Species) Regulations 2006 (

S.I. No. 175 of 2006

) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2(1) the definition of “Council Regulation” for the following-

“‘Council Regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002

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(as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2269/2004 of 20 December 2004

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and Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 876/2003 of 21 May 2003

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;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal.

5 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 (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Deep-Sea Species) Regulations 2006 (

S.I. No. 175 of 2006

) which provide for control measures as well as collection of additional data on deep-sea species, as outlined in Council Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002 of 16 December 2002, as regards specific access requirements and associated conditions applicable to fishing for deep-sea stocks, and amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015, as regards the landing obligation.

1 OJ L 133, 29.5.2015, p. 1

2 OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 6

3 OJ L 396, 31.12.2004, p. 1

4 OJ L 126, 22.5.2003, p. 22

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

20

th November

, 2015.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

and

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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 effect to Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015

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(as it relates to deep sea species), hereby make the following regulations