Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
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"Iris Oifigiúil" of 18th December, 2015. |
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I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) and the Sea Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), for the purpose of giving full effect to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2056/2001 of 19 October 20011 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1897 of 21 October 20152 , hereby make the following regulations: |
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea-Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Cod in the North Sea and to the West of Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2015. |
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2. The Sea-Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Cod in the North Sea and to the West of Scotland) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 177 of 2006 ) are amended by substituting in Regulation 2(1) for the definition of "Commission Regulation" the following: |
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"Commission Regulation" means Commission Regulation (EC) No 2056/2001 of 19 October 2001 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1897 of 21 October 2015." |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, |
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9 December 2015. |
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SIMON COVENEY, |
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE |
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) |
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These Regulations amend the Sea-Fisheries (Conservation and Rational Exploitation of Cod in the North Sea and to the West of Scotland) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 177 of 2006 ) which provide for technical control measures on Cod in the North Sea and to the West of Scotland, as outlined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2056/2001 of 19 October 2001, amended to adopt the measures in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1897 of 21 October 2015 concerning unintended catches subject to the landing obligation requirement of the Common Fisheries Policy. |
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