S.I. No. 531/2015 - Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 27th November, 2015. | ||
I, SIMON COVENEY, 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) 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 1 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 20151 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) (Amendment) Regulations 2015. | ||
2. The Sea-Fisheries (Technical Measures) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 197 of 2013 ) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2(1) the definition of “Technical Measures Regulation” for the following- | ||
“Technical Measures Regulation’ means Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3440/84 of 6 December 19842 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 955/87 of 1 April 19873 , Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2122/89 of 14 July 19894 and Commission Regulation No 146/2007 of 15 February 20075 ), and Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 19986 (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 308/1999 of 8 February 19997 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1459/1999 of 24 June 19998 , Council Regulation (EC) No 2723/1999 of 17 December 19999 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000 of 8 June 200010 , Council Regulation (EC) No 724/2001 of 4 April 200111 , Council Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 of 14 May 200112 , Council Regulation (EC) No 602/2004 of 22 March 200413 , Council Regulation (EC) No 1568/2005 of 20 September 200514 , Council Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 of 20 December 200515 , Regulation (EU) No. 579/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 201116 , Regulation (EU) No 227/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 201317 , Council Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013 of 17 December 201318 and Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015);”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal. | ||
19 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 (Technical Measures) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 197 of 2013 ) which relate to technical conditions for all fishing operations (e.g. permitted nets, species composition of catches, etc.) to include Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 as regards the landing obligation. These regulations make a contravention of any provisions of European legislation implementing technical measures, an offence under the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 . | ||
