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Article 1U.K.

Regulation (EU) No 53/2010 is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1(2) is deleted;

2.

the following Article is inserted:

Article 30aClosed areas for purse-seine fisheries

The fishing by purse-seine vessels for bigeye tuna and yellowfin tuna shall be prohibited in the following high seas areas:

(a)

the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the exclusive economic zones of Indonesia, Palau, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea;

(b)

the international waters enclosed by the boundaries of the exclusive economic zones of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.;

3.

Annex IA is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation;

4.

Annex IB is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation;

5.

Annex IH is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation;

6.

Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex IV to this Regulation.