S.I. No. 366/2012 - European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th September, 2012. | ||
I, Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive No. 92/43/EEC of 21 May 19921 (as amended by Council Directive No. 97/62/EC of 27 October 19972 , Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 20033 and Council Directive No. 2006/105/EC of 20 November 20064 and Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 20095 , so far as those Directives relate to the impact of sea-fisheries on the marine environment, hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 (Amendment) Regulations 2012. | ||
2. The Schedule to the European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 ( SI No. 347 of 2008 ) (as amended by the European Communities (Control on Mussel Fishing) Regulations 2008 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 402 of 2011 )) is amended by- | ||
(a) substituting paragraph (i) for the following- | ||
“(i) within an imaginary line drawn from Latitude 52 degrees 59 minutes 18 seconds North, Longitude 5 degrees 59 minutes 24 seconds West through Latitude 52 degrees 59 minutes 18 seconds North, Longitude 5 degrees 55 minutes 18 seconds West through Latitude 52 degrees 57 minutes 30 seconds North, Longitude 5 degrees 55 minutes 18 seconds West through Latitude 52 degrees 57 minutes 30 seconds North, Longitude 5 degrees 59 minutes 24 seconds West to Latitude 52 degrees 59 minutes 18 seconds North, Longitude 5 degrees 59 minutes 24 seconds West,” and | ||
(b) substituting paragraph (l) for the following- | ||
“(l) within an imaginary line drawn from Latitude 52 degrees 21 minutes 36 seconds North, Longitude 6 degrees 17 minutes West”, through Latitude 52 degrees 21 minutes 36 seconds North, Longitude 6 degrees 15 minutes 36 seconds West, through 52 degrees 14 minutes 48 seconds North, Longitude 6 degrees 15 minutes 36 seconds West, through Latitude 52 degrees 15 minutes 12 seconds North, Longitude 6 degrees 17 minutes 30 seconds West through Latitude 52 degrees 16 minutes 12 seconds North, Longitude 6 degrees 19 minutes West to Latitude 52 degrees 21 minutes 36 seconds North, Longitude 6 degrees 17 minutes West,”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
21 September 2012. | ||
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 are to provide for the closure of some areas for mussel seed fishing having regard to the need to protect the environment. | ||
2 OJ L 305 of 8.11.1997, p. 42. 3 OJ L 284 of 31.10.2003, p. 1. |
