Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (c. 1380)

PART IV U.K. MANAGEMENT OF FISHING CAPACITY

F1 Article 21 U.K. Establishment of systems of transferable fishing concessions

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Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 21 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(11); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 22 U.K. Adjustment and management of fishing capacity

1. [F2 A fisheries administration must] put in place measures to adjust the fishing capacity of [F3 its fleet to the fishing opportunities available to it] over time, taking into account trends and based on best scientific advice, with the objective of achieving a stable and enduring balance between them.

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5. No exit from the fleet supported by public aid shall be permitted unless preceded by the withdrawal of the fishing licence and the fishing authorisations.

6. The fishing capacity corresponding to the fishing vessels withdrawn with public aid shall not be replaced.

[F5 7. A fisheries administration must, jointly with the other fisheries administrations, ensure that the fishing capacity of the United Kingdom fleet does not exceed at any time 231,106 GT or 909,141 kW.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 22(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(12)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 22(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(12)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Art. 22(2)-(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(12)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Art. 22(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(12)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 23 U.K. Entry/Exit scheme

1. [F6 A fisheries administration must] manage entries into [F7 its fleet] and exits from [F7 its fleet] in such a way that the entry into the fleet of new capacity without public aid is compensated for by the prior withdrawal of capacity without public aid of at least the same amount.

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Textual Amendments

F6 Words in Art. 23(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(13)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Words in Art. 23(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(13)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Art. 23(2)-(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(13)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 24 U.K. Fishing fleet registers

1. [F9 A fisheries administration must] record the information on ownership, on vessel and gear characteristics and on the activity of F10 ... fishing vessels [F11 in its fleet] that is necessary for the management of measures established under this Regulation.

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3. The [F13 Secretary of State must] maintain a [F14 United Kingdom] fishing fleet register containing the information [F15 referred to in paragraph 1]. [F16 Public access must be provided] to the [F14 United Kingdom] fishing fleet register, while ensuring that personal data is adequately protected.

[F17 4. Subject to paragraph 5, the Secretary of State may make regulations establishing technical operational requirements for the recording, format and transmission of the information referred to in paragraph 1.

5. Where, in the circumstances described in paragraph 6, the exercise of the power to make regulations under paragraph 4 would be outside the jurisdiction of the Secretary of State under Article 1(7), before making such regulations under that power the Secretary of State must obtain the consent of—

(a) the Scottish Ministers, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within their jurisdiction under Article 1(3) in the circumstances described in paragraph 6;

(b) the Welsh Ministers, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within their jurisdiction under Article 1(4) in the circumstances described in paragraph 6;

(c) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in Northern Ireland, to the extent that the exercise of the power would be within its jurisdiction under Article 1(5) in the circumstances described in paragraph 6.

6. The circumstances referred to in paragraph 5 are circumstances where the power in paragraph 4 is treated as a power exercisable by “a fisheries administration” instead of a power exercisable by the Secretary of State.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Words in Art. 24(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(14)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10 Word in Art. 24(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(14)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F11 Words in Art. 24(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(14)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F12 Art. 24(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(14)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F13 Words in Art. 24(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(14)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F14 Words in Art. 24(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(14)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F15 Words in Art. 24(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(14)(c)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F16 Words in Art. 24(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 3(14)(c)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F17 Art. 24(4)-(6) substituted for Art. 24(4) (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 26(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)