The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

1.  Under the heading “Descriptor 3”—

(a) under the sub-heading “Criteria, including criteria elements, and methodological standards”—

(i) in the third column of the table, in point (a) under “Use of criteria”, for “agreed at Union level” substitute “jointly agreed by the competent authorities”;

(ii) in footnote (3) to that table, for “Article 17(2)(a) of Directive 2008/56/EC” substitute “Regulations 10(2) and 11(4) of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010”;

(b) under the sub-heading “Specifications and standardised methods for monitoring and assessment”—

(i) in paragraph 1—

(aa) in the words before point (a), for “Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008” substitute “Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the common fisheries policy”, and omit footnote (4);

(bb) in point (b), for “by Council under Article 43(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union” substitute “in relation to the United Kingdom and its exclusive economic zone”;

(cc) omit point (c);

(dd) omit point (e);

(ii) for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.  Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 establishes a framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector which shall be used for monitoring in Descriptor 3.”.