S.I. No. 596/2019 - Sea-Fisheries (Community Control System) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Community Control System) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2019.

2. The Sea-Fisheries (Community Control System) Regulations 2016 (

S.I. No. 54 of 2016

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

“‘Council Regulation’ means Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009

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as amended by Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013

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, Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013

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, Council Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013 of 17 December 2013

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, Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014

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

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, Regulation (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019

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and Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019;”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 November, 2019.

MICHAEL CREED,

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 provide for requirements in relation to on-board processing, catch handling and discharge restrictions on pelagic vessels and restrictions on the use of automatic grading equipment as inserted by Article 33 of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 into Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009.

1 OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105

2 OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p.1

3 OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p.1

4 OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p.22

5 OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, P.86

6 OJ L 149, 20.5.2014, p.1

7 OJ L 133, 29.5.2015, p.1

8 OJ L 83, 25.3.2019, p.18

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

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rd December,

2019.

I, MICHAEL CREED, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections

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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 full effect to Article 33 of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019

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, hereby make the following regulations