The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 fixing for 2019 and 2020 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks

5.—(1) Council Regulation (EU) 2018/2025 fixing for 2019 and 2020 the fishing opportunities for Union fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks is amended as follows.

(2) Omit Article 1.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) omit point (a),

(ii) for point (b) substitute—

“(b) ‘catch quota’ means the maximum quantity of sea fish that may be caught by United Kingdom fishing vessels as determined by the Secretary of State;”,

(iii) in point (c) for “State” substitute “state or country”, and

(iv) omit point (d); and

(b) in paragraph 2 omit point (b).

(4) Omit Articles 3 to 5.

(5) For Article 6 substitute—

“Article 6 Conditions for landing catches and bycatches

Where a United Kingdom fishing vessel makes a catch that is—

(a) not subject to the landing obligation established under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013; and

(b) subject to catch quota,

that catch may only be retained on board or landed if the fishing vessel has been allocated a proportion of the relevant catch quota and that allocation has not been exhausted.”.

(6) In Article 7—

(a) in paragraph 1 for “Union” in both places it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”; and

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Union” in each place it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”, and

(ii) omit the words from “, with the exception of cases” to the end.

(7) Omit Articles 8 and 9.

(8) In the Annex—

(a) in Part 1, omit paragraph 1 and the table immediately following it; and

(b) omit Part 2.