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[F2ProvisionSubject matter
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 on the attachment of devices to trawls, Danish seines and similar nets
Articles 4 to 15Restrictions on the use of devices attached to nets
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2056/2001 establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of stocks of cod in the North Sea and to the west of the coast of Scotland
Article 4Requirements relating to demersal towed nets and to catch composition
Article 5Prohibition of the use of certain demersal towed nets and the carrying on board and use of certain beam trawls
Article 6Prohibition of the use of certain beam trawls in specified areas
Article 7Prohibition of the retention on board of cod in excess of a specified percentage by weight and caught by specified fixed gear
Article 8Prohibition of the use of certain demersal towed nets in specified areas
Article 9aRequirements on the landing of catches
Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stock of hake in ICES sub-areas III, IV, V, VI, and VII and ICES divisions VIII a, b, d, e
Article 2Prohibition on the retention on board of hake in excess of specified percentages of the total catch
Article 3Prohibition of the use of certain towed nets within specified areas, and prohibition of the use of certain other towed nets
Article 4Prohibition of the use of certain beam trawls within specified areas
Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels
Article 3Prohibition of the removal or retention on board, or transhipment, landing, purchase, offer for sale or sale of shark fins
Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy
Article 8Restrictions on the marking of fishing gears
Article 20Prohibition of transhipment at sea
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Article 44Requirements on the stowage of demersal catches subject to multiannual plans
Article 47Restrictions on carriage of fishing gear of multiple types
Article 48Requirements relating to the retrieval of fishing gear lost at sea
Article 49aRequirements on the stowage of catches below the minimum conservation reference size
Article 49cRequirements on the landing of catches below the minimum conservation reference size
Article 54aProhibition of the processing on board, or transhipment for processing, of fish (except for the processing or transhipment of offal or the production of surimi) to produce fish-meal, fish-oil, or similar products
Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy
Article 15(12)Prohibition on retaining catches of species not subject to the landing obligation in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 which are below the minimum conservation reference size
Regulation (EU) 2016/1627 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Article 19(1)Prohibition of sport and recreational fishing of bluefin tuna without an authorisation F5...
[F6Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters]
[F7Article 10(1), (2) and (3)]Prohibition in specified waters of the fishing (including by commercial fisheries from shore) for European sea bass and of the retention, transhipment, relocation or landing of European sea bass caught in certain areas, subject to derogations setting catch limits in specified waters for certain fishing vessels with previously recorded catches of European sea bass using specified gear
[F8Article 10(5)]Restrictions in specified waters on the recreational fishing (including from shore) of European sea bass and the prohibition of the retention, relocation, transhipment or landing of European sea bass caught in certain areas
Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures
Article 7Prohibition of the use of specified gear and fishing methods
Article 8(2)Prohibition of the transhipment, and restrictions on the retention on board or landing, of marine organisms when dredges are carried on board
Article 8(3)Requirements relating to the mesh sizes of towed gear where more than one net is towed simultaneously by one or more fishing vessels
Article 8(4)Prohibition of the use of devices (other than specified devices) that obstruct or diminish the mesh size of the codend or any part of a towed gear, or the carrying on board of devices specifically designed for that purpose
Article 9(1), (2) and (4)Restrictions on the use of static nets and driftnets
Article 10(1) and (2)Prohibition of the catching, retention on board, transhipment, landing, storage, sale, display or offer for sale of specified fish and shellfish species
Article 13(4)Requirements relating to the retention on board and landing whole of specified species for which a minimum conservation reference size is established in Annexes 5, 6 or 7]

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