The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Council Regulation (EC) No 2115/2005 establishing a recovery plan for Greenland halibut in the framework of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation

4.—(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2115/2005 establishing a recovery plan for Greenland halibut in the framework of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1 for “the Community” substitute “a fisheries administration”.

(3) Omit Article 3.

(4) In Article 4—

(a) for “Community fishing vessels” substitute “United Kingdom fishing vessels”; and

(b) for “the flag Member State” substitute “a fisheries administration”.

(5) In Article 5—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States shall” in both places it occurs, substitute “A fisheries administration must”,

(ii) for “Community fleet register number” substitute “United Kingdom fleet register number (UKFR)”, and

(iii) for “Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 of 30 December 2003 on the Community fishing fleet register” substitute “Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/218”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Each Member State shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “Commission” substitute “NAFO Secretariat”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Commission” substitute “NAFO Secretariat”, and

(ii) omit the final sentence; and

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “Each Member State shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”,

(ii) for “its vessels” substitute “vessels in its fleet”, and

(iii) omit the final sentence.

(6) In Article 6—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “the flag Member State” substitute “a fisheries administration”,

(ii) in point (a) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”, and

(iii) in point (c) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(b) for paragraph 2 substitute—

“2.   A fisheries administration must, upon receipt, transmit the reports provided for in paragraph 1(b) to the NAFO Secretariat.”; and

(c) in paragraph 3 for “Member States’” substitute “United Kingdom’s”.

(7) In Article 8—

(a) in paragraph 2 for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”,

(ii) for “Commission” substitute “NAFO Secretariat”, and

(iii) omit the final sentence; and

(c) omit paragraph 4.

(8) In Article 9 for “Member States” substitute “country”.

(9) In Article 10—

(a) in paragraph 1 for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”; and

(b) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) omit “, with a copy to the Commission,”.

(10) Omit Article 12.