COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1967/2006 
of 21 December 2006 
 
concerning management measures for the sustainable 
exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 
and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 
 
 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 
thereof, 
 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
 
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Whereas: 
 
(1) The provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the 
conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries 
Policy1 apply to the Mediterranean Sea. 
 (2) By Decision 98/392/EC
2 the Council has concluded the United Nations Convention on the 
Law of the Sea, which contains principles and rules relating to the conservation and management of the living resources of the high seas. In accordance with the rules of  that 
Convention, the Community endeavours to coordinate the management and conservation of living aquatic resources with other coastal States.  
 (3) Pursuant to Decision 98/416/EC
3 the Community is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on 
the General Fisheries Commission of the Mediterranean, (hereinafter the "GFCM"). The GFCM agreement provides a framework for regional cooperation on the conservation and 
management of Mediterranean marine resources by adopting recommendations in the area 
covered by the GFCM Agreement which become binding on the Contracting Parties. 
 (4) The biological, social and economic characteristics of the Mediterranean fisheries require the 
Community to establish a specific management framework.  
                                                
 
1 OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. 
2 OJ L 179, 23.6.1998, p. 1. 
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(5) The Community has undertaken to apply the precautionary approach in taking measures 
designed to protect and conserve living aquatic resources and marine ecosystems and to 
provide for their sustainable exploitation. 
 (6) The management system provided for in this Regulation covers operations relating to the 
fishing of Mediterranean stocks carried out by Community vessels whether in Community waters or in international waters, by third country vessels in Member States fishing zones or by citizens of the Union in the Mediterranean High Sea. 
 (7) However, so that scientific research is not impeded, this Regulation should not apply to any 
operations required for the purposes of such research. 
 
(8) It is necessary to establish an effective management framework, through an appropriate 
sharing of responsibilities between the Community and the Member States. 
 
(9) The strict protection of certain marine species already afforded by Council 
Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora
1 and applicable to marine waters under Member States' sovereignty should be 
extended to the Mediterranean High Sea.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7 . Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the 
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(10) Pursuant to Council Decision 1999/800/EC1 on concluding the Protocol concerning specially 
protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean, and on accepting the annexes to 
that Protocol ( Barcelona Convention) which, in addition to the provisions relating to the 
conservation of sites of Mediterranean importance, provides for drawing up lists of 
endangered or threatened species and species whose exploitation is regulated. 
 (11) It is necessary to adopt new technical measures for fishing replacing those laid down in 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 of 27 June 1994 laying down certain technical measures 
for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean
2 to take account of new 
scientific advice. Account should also be taken of the main elements of the Action Plan on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea under 
the Common Fisheries Policy. 
 (12) Regulation (EC) no 1626/94 should therefore be repealed. 
 
(13) Excessive catches of undersized individuals should be avoided. To that end it is necessary to 
protect certain areas where juveniles congregate, taking account of the local biological conditions. 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 322, 14.12.1999, p. 1. 
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(14) Fishing gear that is too harmful to the marine environment or leads to the depletion of certain 
stocks should be prohibited or more strictly regulated. 
 
(15) In order to avoid further increases in mortality rates for juveniles and to substantially reduce 
the amount of discards of dead marine organisms by fishing vessels, it is appropriate to provide for increases in mesh sizes and hook sizes for trawl nets, bottom-set nets and 
longlines. used for fishing for certain species of marine organisms and for the mandatory use of square-meshed netting. 
 (16) In order to allow for a transitional period, before increasing the mesh size of bottom trawl 
nets, it is appropriate to determine some characteristics in the rigging of the trawl nets that will enhance the selectivity of the currently used mesh size. 
 (17) The management of fishing effort should be the main tool to deliver sustainable fisheries in 
the Mediterranean Sea. To that end it is appropriate to determine the overall dimensions of the main types of passive fishing gears to limit one factor which affects the fishing effort 
deployed. 
 (18) Part of the coastal zone should be reserved for selective fishing gears used by small-scale 
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(19) It is appropriate to determine the minimum landing sizes of certain marine organisms in order 
both to improve their exploitation and to set standards upon which Member States can build 
their management system for coastal fisheries. To this end, the selectivity of a certain fishing 
gear should correspond, as closely as possible, to the minimum landing size established for a 
certain species or group of species caught by that gear. 
 (20) In order not to hinder artificial restocking or transplantation of fish stocks and other marine 
organisms, operations necessary for the conduct of such activities should be permitted, 
provided they are compatible with the sustainability of the species concerned. 
 (21) Since leisure fisheries are very important in the Mediterranean, it is necessary to ensure that 
they are carried out in a manner that does not significantly interfere with commercial fishing, is compatible with sustainable exploitation of living aquatic resources and complies with 
Community obligations in respect of Regional Fishery Organisations. 
 (22) In view of the specific characteristics of many Mediterranean fisheries, which are restricted to 
certain geographical sub-zones, and taking into account the tradition of applying effort management system at sub-regional level, it is appropriate to provide for the establishment of 
Community and national management plans, combining in particular effort management with 
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(23) In order to ensure an efficient control of fishing activities certain specific measures 
complementary to or more stringent than those provided by Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common 
fisheries policy1 should be taken. In particular, there is a need to lower the current threshold 
of 50 kg of live-weight equivalent, for species other than highly migratory and small pelagic species caught in the Mediterranean Sea that must be recorded in the logbook.  
 
(24) Since Community fisheries account for more than 75 % of the catches of the swordfish in the 
Mediterranean Sea, it is appropriate to lay down management measures. In order to ensure that these measures are effective, the  technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks 
of highly migratory species should emanate from the competent regional fisheries organisations. Accordingly, the Commission should submit suitable proposals to the GFCM 
and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) as 
appropriate. The absence of an agreement within a specified period of time will not prevent 
the EU from adopting measures to this effect until a definitive agreement is reached on a 
multilateral basis. 
                                                
 
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(25) Specific provisions concerning fishing in the waters around Malta have been introduced by 
Council Regulation (EC) No 813/2004, in accordance with the Act of Accession and in 
particular Article 21 and Annex III thereof. It is appropriate to maintain such provisions. 
 (26) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in 
accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission
1.  
 
(27) Amendments to the Annexes to this Regulation should also be adopted in accordance with 
Decision 1999/468/EC, 
 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
                                                 
1  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 
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CHAPTER I 
SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS 
 
Article 1  
Scope 
 
1. This Regulation shall apply:  
(a) to the conservation, management and exploitation of living aquatic resources where such 
activities are pursued 
 
 (i) in the maritime waters of the Mediterranean Sea to the east of the line 5°36' W 
 (hereinafter "Mediterranean Sea") falling under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of  Member States;  
  (ii) by Community fishing vessels in the Mediterranean Sea outside the waters  
 referred to in (i);  
 
 (iii) by nationals of Member States, without prejudice to the primary responsibility of  
 the flag State, in the Mediterranean Sea, outside the waters referred to in (i); and 
 
(b) to marketing of fishery products caught in the Mediterranean Sea. 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/19
 
2. This Regulation shall not apply to fishing operations conducted solely for the purpose of 
scientific investigations, which are carried out with the permission and under the authority of the 
Member State or Member States concerned. 
 
Article 2  
Definitions 
 For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:  
 
1) "towed gears" means any fishing gear, with the exclusion of troll lines, towed either by the 
engine power of the fishing vessel or hauled by means of winches with the fishing vessel either anchored or slowly under way, including in particular towed nets and dredges; 
  (a) "towed nets" means trawl nets, boat seines and shore seines; 
 
  (i) "trawl nets" means nets which are actively towed by the main boat engine and 
consisting of a cone- or pyramid-shaped body (as trawl body) closed at the back by a cod-end and which can extend at the opening by the wings or can be mounted 
on a rigid frame. Horizontal opening is either obtained by otter boards or provided 
by a beam or frame of variable shape and size. Such nets can be towed either on 
the bottom (bottom trawl net) or in midwater (pelagic trawl net); L 409/20 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
 
  (ii) "boat seines" means surrounding nets and towed seines which are operated and 
hauled by means of ropes and winches from a boat under way or at anchor and not towed by means of the main boat engine, consist of two lateral wings and a central 
bunt either in the form of a spoon or with a bag in the rearmost part and may 
operate from the surface to the bottom depending on the target species;  
  
  (iii) "shore seines" means surrounding nets and towed seines set from a boat and 
operated from the shore; 
  (b) "dredges" means gears which are either actively towed by the main boat engine (boat 
dredge) or hauled by a motorised winch from an anchored vessel (mechanised dredge) to catch bivalves, gastropods or sponges and which consist of a net bag or metal basket 
mounted on a rigid frame or rod of variable size and shape whose lower part may carry 
a scraper blade that can be either rounded, sharp or toothed, and may or may not be 
equipped with skids and diving boards. Some dredges are equipped with hydraulic 
equipment (hydraulic dredges). Dredges pulled by hand or by manual winch in shallow 
waters with or without a boat to catch bivalves, gastropods or sponges (hand dredges) 
shall not be considered towed gears for the purpose of this Regulation; 
 2) "fishing protected area" means a geographically-defined sea area in which all or certain 
fishing activities are temporarily or permanently banned or restricted in order to improve the exploitation and conservation of living aquatic resources or the protection of marine 
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3) "bottom-set net" means a trammel net, a bottom-set gillnet or a combined bottom-set net;  
 
 (a)  "trammel net" means any net made up of two or more pieces of net hung jointly in 
parallel on a single headline, fixed, or capable of being fixed by any means to the bottom of the sea; 
  (b)  "bottom-set gillnet" means any net made up of a single piece of net held vertically in the 
water by floats and weights fixed or capable of being fixed by any means to the bottom 
of the sea and maintain the gear in place either close to the bottom or floating in the 
water column; 
  (c)  "combined bottom-set net" means any bottom-set gillnet combined with a trammel net 
which constitutes the lower part; L 409/22 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
4) "surrounding nets" means nets which catch fish by surrounding them both from the sides and 
from below. They may or may not be equipped with a purse line. 
 
 (a)  "purse seines" means any surrounding net the bottom of which is drawn together by 
means of a purse line at the bottom of the net, which passes through a series of rings along the ground rope, enabling the net to be pursed and closed. Purse seines may be 
used to catch small pelagic species, large pelagic species or demersal species; 
 
5) "traps" means fishing gear which is fixed to or deployed on the bottom and which acts as a 
trap to catch marine species. They are constructed in the form of a basket, pot, barrel or cage, and in the majority of cases they comprise a rigid or semi-rigid frame made of various 
material (wood, wicker, metal rods, wire netting, etc.) that may or may not be covered with 
netting. They have one or more funnels or mouths with smooth ends that allow species to 
enter the internal chamber. They may be used separately or in groups. When used in groups a 
main line carries numerous traps on branch lines of variable length and spacing depending on 
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6) "longlines" means a fishing gear which comprises a main line carrying numerous hooks on 
branch lines (snoods) of variable length and spacing depending on the target species. It may be deployed either vertically or horizontally to the sea surface; it may be set either at or near 
the bottom (bottom-set longline) or drifting in midwater or near the surface (surface longline); 
 7) "hooks" means a bent, sharpened piece of steel wire usually with barb. The point of a hook 
may be either straight or even reversed and curved; the shank can be of varying length and 
form and its cross section can be round (regular) or flattened (forged). The total length of a 
hook shall be measured as the maximum overall length of the shank from the tip of the hook 
which serves for fastening the line and is usually shaped as an eye, to the apex of the bend. 
The width of a hook shall be measured as the greatest horizontal distance from the external 
part of the shank to the external part of the barb; 
 8) "leisure fisheries" means fishing activities exploiting living aquatic resources for recreation or 
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9) "fishing aggregating devices (FADs)"means any equipment floating on the sea surface and 
aggregating underneath either juveniles or adult specimens of highly migratory species; 
 
10) "St Andrew's cross" is a grab which employs scissor-like action to harvest either the bivalve 
mollusc Pinna nobilis  or the red coral from the sea-bed; 
 
11) "seagrass bed" means an area where the seabed is characterized by the dominant presence of 
phanerogams, or where such vegetation has existed and is in need of restoration action. 
Seagrass is a collective terms for the species Posidonia oceanica,  Cymodocea nodosa , 
Zoostera marina  and Zoostera noltii;  
 
12) "coralligenous habitat" means an area where the seabed is characterized by the dominant 
presence of a specific biological community named "coralligenous", or where such community has existed and is in need of restoration action. Coralligenous is a collective term 
for a very complex biogenic structure given by the continuous overlapping over a pre-existent 
rocky or hard substratum of calcareous strata mainly deriving from the building activity of 
encrusting calcareous coralline red algae and animal organisms as Porifera, Ascidians, 
Cnidarians (horny corals, seafans, etc.), Bryozoans, Serpulids, Annelids, together with other 
limestone-fixers organisms; 
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13) "mäerl bed" means an area where the seabed is characterized by the dominant presence of a 
specific biological community named "mäerl", or where such community has existed and is in 
need of restoration action. Mäerl is a collective term for a biogenic structure due to several 
species of coralline red algae (Corallinaceae), which have hard calcium skeletons and grow as 
unattached free living branched, twig-like or nodule corallines algae on the seabed, forming 
accumulations within the ripples of mudflats or sandflats seabed. Maerl beds are usually 
composed of one or a variable combination of red algae, in particular, Lithothamnion  
coralloides  and Phymatolithon calcareum;  
 14) "direct restocking" means the activity of releasing live wild animals of selected species in 
waters where they occur naturally, in order to use the natural production of the aquatic environment to increase the number of individuals available for fisheries and/or to increase 
the natural recruitment; 
 15) "transplantation" means the process by which a species is intentionally transported and 
released by humans within areas of established populations and continuing genetic flow where it occurs; 
 16) "non-indigenous species" means a species whose historically known natural range occurs 
outside the area of interest; 
 
17) "introduction" means the process by which a non-indigenous species is intentionally moved 
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CHAPTER II 
PROTECTED SPECIES AND HABITATS 
 
Article 3  
Protected species 
 
1. The deliberate catching, retention on board, transhipment or landing of marine species referred to in Annex IV to Directive 92/43/EEC shall be prohibited except when a derogation has 
been granted according to Article 16 of Directive 92/43/EEC. 
 
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the retention on board, transhipment or landing of specimens of 
marine species referred to in paragraph 1 which have been incidentally caught shall be authorised as 
far as this activity is necessary to secure assistance for the recovery of the individual animals and 
provided that the competent national authorities concerned have been duly informed in advance.  
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Article 4  
Protected habitats 
 
1. Fishing with trawl nets, dredges, purse seines, boat seines, shore seines or similar nets above 
seagrass beds of, in particular, Posidonia oceanica  or other marine phanerogams shall be 
prohibited.  By way of derogation from the first subparagraph
, the use of purse seines, boat seines or similar 
nets, whose overall drop and behaviour in fishing operations mean that the purse-line, the lead-line or the hauling ropes do not touch the seagrass bed may be authorised within management plans 
provided for under either Article 18 or Article 19 of this Regulation.
  
 2. Fishing with trawl nets, dredges, shore seines or similar nets above coralligenous habitats  and 
mäerl beds shall be prohibited. 
 
3. The use of towed dredges and trawl nets fisheries at depths beyond 1 000 m shall be 
prohibited. 
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4. The prohibition established in paragraphs 1, subparagraph 1 and paragraph 2 shall, from the 
date of entry into force of this Regulation, apply to all Natura 2000 sites, all special protected areas 
and all specially protected areas of Mediterranean interest (SPAMI) which have been designated for 
the purpose of the conservation of these habitats under either Directive 92/43/EEC or 
Decision 1999/800/EC. 
 
5. By way of derogation from the paragraph 1, subparagraph 1, fishing by vessels of less than or equal to 12 metres overall length and engine power of less than or equal to 85 kW with bottom 
towed nets traditionally undertaken on Posidonia beds may be authorised by the Commission in 
accordance with the procedure provided in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 
provided that:
  
 (i) The fishing activities concerned are regulated by a management plan provided for under 
Article 19 of this Regulation.  
 
(ii) The fishing activities concerned affect not more than 33 % of the area covered by seagrass 
beds of Posidonia oceanica  within the area covered by the management plan. 
 
(iii) The fishing activities concerned affect not more than 10 % of seagrass beds in the territorial 
waters of the Member State concerned. 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/29
Fishing activities authorised pursuant to this paragraph shall: 
 
(a) fulfil the requirements of Article 8(1)(h), of Article 9(3)(2) and of Article 23; 
 
(b) be regulated in order to ensure that catches of species mentioned in Annex III are minimal.  
 
However, Article 9(3), subparagraph 1 shall not apply.  
Whenever a fishing vessel, operating under the provisions of this paragraph, is either withdrawn 
from the fleet with public funds the special fishing permit to undertake this fishing activity shall be 
withdrawn and shall not be reissued. 
 
Member States concerned shall establish a monitoring plan and report to the Commission every 
three years from the entry into force of this Regulation on the status of the seagrass beds of 
Posidonia oceanica  affected by bottom towed nets activities and the list of fishing vessels 
authorised. The first report shall be communicated to the Commission before 31 July 2009.   
6. Member States shall take appropriate steps to ensure the collection of scientific information 
with a view to the identification and mapping of habitats to be protected under this Article. 
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CHAPTER III 
FISHING PROTECTED AREAS 
 
Article 5  
Information procedure establishing fishing protected areas 
 
Member States shall provide to the Commission, for the first time before 31 December 2007, 
information relevant to the establishment of fishing protected areas, and to the possible management 
measures to be applied therein, both in waters under their jurisdiction and beyond where the 
protection of nursery areas, of spawning grounds or of the marine ecosystem from harmful effects 
of fishing requires special measures. 
 
Article 6  
Community fishing protected areas 
 
1. On the basis of information provided pursuant to Article 5 of this Regulation , as well as any 
other relevant information for the same purpose, the Council shall designate, within two years from the adoption of this Regulation, fishing protected areas occurring essentially beyond the territorial 
seas of Member States, concerning the types of fishing activities banned or authorised in such areas.  
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2. The Council may subsequently designate  other fishing protected areas, or change their 
delimitation and management rules established therein, on the basis of new relevant scientific 
information. 
 
3. Member States and the Commission shall take appropriate steps to ensure adequate collection 
of scientific information with a view to scientific identification and mapping of areas to be 
protected in accordance with this Article. 
 
Article 7  
National fishing protected areas 
 1. Member States shall designate, within two years from the adoption of this Regulation and on 
the basis of information provided under Article 5 of this Regulation, further fishing protected areas, 
with respect to the fishing  protected areas already established by the time of entering into force of 
this Regulation, within their territorial waters in which fishing activities may be banned or restricted in order to conserve and manage living aquatic resources or maintain or improve the conservation 
status of marine ecosystems. The competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall 
decide on the fishing gears that may be used in those protected areas, as well as the appropriate 
technical rules which shall not be less stringent than Community legislation. 
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2. Member States may subsequently designate other fishing protected areas or change the 
delimitations and management rules established under paragraph 1 on the basis of new relevant 
scientific information. Member States and the Commission shall take appropriate steps to ensure 
adequate collection of scientific information with a view to scientific identification and mapping of 
areas to be protected in accordance with this Article. 
 
3. The measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be notified to the Commission. In applying provisions in paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall inform the Commission of the 
scientific, technical, and legal reasons underpinning the requirement of special measures. 
 
4. When a proposed fishing protected area within the territorial waters of a Member State is 
liable to affect the vessels of another Member State, it shall be designated only after the 
Commission, the Member State and the Regional Advisory Council concerned have been consulted 
in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 8(3) to (6) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. 
 
5. If the Commission considers that the fisheries management measures notified pursuant to 
paragraph 3 are not sufficient to ensure a high level of protection of resources and the environment, 
it may, after having consulted the Member State, ask it to amend the measure or may propose that 
the Council designate a fishing protected area or
 adopt fisheries management measures in respect of 
the waters concerned.  30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/33
CHAPTER IV 
Restrictions concerning fishing gears 
 
Article 8  
Prohibited fishing gears and practices 
 
1. The following shall not be used for fishing or kept on board:  
 
(a) toxic, soporific or corrosive substances, 
 
(b) electric shock generators, 
 
(c) explosives,  
 
(d) substances that can explode if mixed, 
 
(e) towed devices for harvesting red coral or other type of corals or coral-like organisms, 
 
(f) pneumatic hammers or other percussive instruments for the collection, in particular, of  
 bivalve molluscs digging within the rocks, 
 
(g) St Andrew's cross and similar grabs for harvesting, in particular, red coral or other type  
 of corals or coral-like organisms, 
 
(h) panels of netting smaller than 40mm mesh size opening for bottom trawlers. L 409/34 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
2. Bottom-set nets shall not be used to catch the following species: Albacore ( Thunnus 
alalunga ), Bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ), Swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ), Ray's bream ( Brama 
brama ), Sharks ( Hexanchus griseus; Cetorhinus maximus ; Alopiidae; Carcharhinidae; Sphyrnidae; 
Isuridae and Lamnidae).  
 
By way of derogation, accidental by-catches of no more than 3 specimens of the sharks species 
referred to in the first subparagraph above may be retained on board or landed provided that they are not protected species under Community law. 
 
3. The catching, keeping on board, transhipping, landing, storing, selling and displaying or 
offering for sale of date shell ( Lithophaga litophaga ) and common piddock ( Pholas dactylus ) shall 
be prohibited.  
4. Spear-guns shall be prohibited if used in conjunction with underwater breathing apparatus 
(aqualung) or at night from sunset to dawn.
  
 5. The catching, keeping on board, transhipping, landing, storing, selling and displaying or 
offering for sale of berried females crawfish ( Palinuridae spp. ) and berried female lobster 
(Homarus gammarus ) shall be prohibited. Berried females of crawfish and berried female lobster 
shall be returned at sea immediately after accidental catching or may be used for direct restocking 
and transplantation within management plans established either under Article 18 or Article 19 of 
this Regulation. 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/35
Article 9  
Minimum mesh sizes 
 
1. The use for fishing and the keeping on board of a towed net, a surrounding net or a gillnet 
shall be prohibited, unless the mesh size in that part of the net having the smallest meshes complies 
with paragraphs 3 to 6 of this Article. 
 2. The mesh size shall be determined by the procedures specified in Commission 
Regulation (EC) No 129/2003
1. 
 3. For towed nets, other than those referred to in paragraph 4, the minimum mesh size shall be:  
 
1) until 30 June 2008: 40 mm; 
 
2) from 1 July 2008, the net referred to in point 1 shall be replaced by a square-meshed net of 
40 mm at the cod-end or, at the duly justified request of the shipowner, by a diamond meshed net of 50 mm.  
  In relation to the previous subparagraph, fishing vessels shall be authorised to use and keep on 
 board only one of the two types of net; 
 
3) The Commission shall submit a report on the implementation of this paragraph to the 
European Parliament and the Council by 30 June 2012, on the basis of which as well as on the basis of the information delivered by Member States before 31 December 2011 it shall 
propose due adjustments where appropriate. 
                                                
 
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4. For trawl nets targeting sardine and anchovy, where these species account for at least 80 % of 
the catch in live weight after sorting, the minimum mesh size shall be 20 mm. 
 
5. For surrounding nets the minimum mesh size shall be 14 mm. 
 
6. (a) Bottom-set gillnets shall not have a mesh size opening smaller than 16 mm. 
  (b) For bottom-set gillnets targeting red sea bream, where this species accounts for at  least 
  20 % of the catch in live weight, the minimum mesh size shall be 100 mm. 
 
7. A Member State may allow a derogation from the provisions set out in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 
for boat seines and shore seines which are concerned by a management plan as referred to in 
Article 19 and provided that the fisheries concerned are highly selective, have a negligible effect on 
the marine environment and are not concerned by provisions under Article 4 paragraph 5. 
 
8. Member States shall provide up to date scientific and technical justifications for such a 
derogation. 
 
Article 10
 
Minimum hook size 
 
The use for fishing and the keeping on board of any longlines with hooks of a total length less 
than 3,95 cm and of a width less than 1,65 cm shall be prohibited for any fishing vessel using 
longlines and landing or having on board a quantity of red sea-bream ( Pagellus bogaraveo ) that 
constitutes more than 20 % of the catch in live weight after sorting. 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/37
Article 11  
Attachments to and rigging of trawl nets 
 
1. The mesh in any part of the net shall not be obstructed or otherwise effectively diminished 
except by devices permitted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3440/841 or listed in Annex I(a) 
to this Regulation.  2. The rigging of trawl nets shall comply with the technical specifications laid down in 
Annex I(b) to this Regulation. 
 
Article 12
 
Dimensions of fishing gears 
 It shall be prohibited to carry on board or to deploy at sea fishing gear not in compliance with the 
dimensions specified in Annex II. 
 
Article 13
 
Minimum distances and depths for the use of fishing gears 
 1. The use of towed gears shall be prohibited within 3 nautical miles of the coast or within the 
50 m isobath where that depth is reached at a shorter distance from the coast.  
                                                
 
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By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, the use of dredges shall be authorised within 
3 nautical miles irrespective of the depth provided that the catch of species other than shellfish does 
not exceed 10 % of the total live weight of the catch. 
 
2. The use of trawl nets shall be prohibited within 1,5 nautical miles of the coast . The use of boat 
dredges and of hydraulic dredges shall be prohibited within 0,3 nautical miles of the coast.  
 
3. The use of purse seines shall be prohibited within 300 meters of the coast or within the 
50 metres isobath where that depth is reached at a shorter distance from the coast. 
 
A purse seine shall not be deployed at depths less than 70 % of the overall drop of the purse seine 
itself as measured in Annex II of this Regulation. 
 
4. The use of dredges for sponge fishing shall be prohibited within the 50 m isobath and shall 
not be undertaken within 0,5 nautical miles of the coast.  
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5. At the request of a Member State, the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided 
in article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 shall allow a derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 
and 3, on condition that such derogation is justified by particular geographical constraints, such as 
the limited size of coastal platforms along the entire coastline of a Member State or the limited 
extent of trawlable fishing grounds, where the fisheries have no significant impact on the marine 
environment and affect a limited number of vessels, and provided that those fisheries cannot be 
undertaken with another gear and are subject to a management plan as referred to in Article 18 or Article 19. Member States shall provide up to date scientific and technical justifications for such 
derogation. 
 
6. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 trawl nets may be temporarily used until 
31 December
 2007 at a shorter distance from the coast than 1.5 nautical miles provided that depth is 
greater than the 50 metres isobath. 
 
7. By way of derogation from paragraph 3 purse seines may be temporarily used until 
31 December 2007 at a shorter distance from the coast than 300 metres or at a depth less than the 
50 metres isobath but not less than the 30 metres isobath. Purse seine may be temporarily used, until 
31 December 2007 at depths less than 70 % of the overall drop of the purse seine itself as measured 
in Annex II of this Regulation. 
 
8. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 both boat dredges and hydraulic dredges may be 
temporarily used until 31 December 2007 at a shorter distance from the coast than 0,3 nautical 
miles. L 409/40 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
9. The derogation referred to in paragraph 5 shall apply only to fishing activities already 
authorised by Member States and to vessels with a track record in the fishery of more than 5 years 
and shall not involve any future increase in fishing effort provided.  
A list of authorised fishing vessels and their characteristics shall be communicated to the 
Commission by 30 April 2007 and shall report the comparison with the characteristics of this fleet 
on 1 January 2000. 
 In addition these fishing activities shall: 
 
(a) fulfil the requirements of Article 4, Article 8(1)(h), Article 9(3)(2) and Article 23, 
 
(b) not interfere with the activities of vessels using gears other than trawls, seines or similar 
 towed nets, 
 
(c) be regulated in order to ensure that catches of species mentioned in Annex III, with the 
 exception of mollusc bivalves, are minimal, 
 
(d) not target cephalopods. 
 
Member States concerned shall establish a monitoring plan and report to the Commission every 
three years from the entry into force of this Regulation. The first report shall be communicated to 
the Commission before 31 July 2009. In the light of these reports the Commission may take actions 
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10. Derogations from paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be allowed for fisheries benefiting from a 
derogation under Article 4(5) of this Regulation and in accordance with the procedure provided in 
Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. 
 
11. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 the use of trawl nets between 0,7 and 1,5 nautical 
miles off the coast shall be authorised subject to the following conditions: 
 – sea-depth shall not be less than the 50 metres isobath, 
 
– particular geographical constraints such as the limited size of coastal platforms along the 
 entire coastline of the Member State or the limited extension of trawlable fishing grounds, 
 
– no significant impact on the marine environment, 
 
– compliance with paragraph 9 subparagraph 3(a), (b), 
 
– it shall not entail any increase in fishing effort with respect to what is already authorised by 
 Member States. 
 
Member States shall notify to the Commission by the 30 September 2007 the modalities of applying 
this derogation. This notification shall include a list of authorised fishing vessels and zones, as 
identified by geographic coordinates both on land and at sea. L 409/42 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
Member States concerned shall monitor the fishing activities in the zones concerned and ensure a 
scientific evaluation. The results of the scientific evaluation shall be communicated to the 
Commission every three years from the entry into force of this Regulation. The first report shall be 
communicated to the Commission by 31 July 2009.  
 
If the Commission, on the basis of the notifications provided by Member States in accordance with 
subparagraphs 2 and 3, or of new scientific advice, considers that the conditions for a derogation are not met, it may after having consulted the Member State concerned, ask it to amend the derogation 
or may propose to the Council appropriate measures for the protection of the resources and the 
environment.  
 
Article 14
 
Transitional derogations to the minimum mesh size 
and minimum distance from the coast 
for the use of fishing gears 
 1. Any fishing gear referred to in Article 9(3), (4) and (5), the minimum mesh size of which is 
smaller than that established therein, and the use of which is in accordance with national law in 
force on 1 January 1994, may be used until 31 May 2010 even if it does not fulfil the requirements 
of Article 13(9). 
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2. Any fishing gear referred to in Article 13(1), (2) and (3), used at a shorter distance from the 
coast than that established therein, and the use of which is in accordance with national law in force 
on 1 January 1994, may be used until 31 May 2010 even if it does not fulfil the requirements of 
Article 13(9). 
 
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 apply unless the Council decides otherwise, acting by a qualified majority 
on a proposal from the Commission and in the light of scientific evidence.  
CHAPTER V 
MINIMUM SIZES OF MARINE ORGANISMS 
 
Article 15
 
Minimum sizes of marine organisms 
 
1. A marine organism which is smaller than the minimum size specified in Annex III 
(hereinafter "undersized marine organisms") shall not be caught, retained on board, transhipped, 
landed, transferred, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale. 
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2. The size of marine organisms shall be measured in accordance with Annex IV. If more than 
one method of measuring size is permitted, the marine organisms shall be deemed to be of the 
required size if at least one of the stipulated measurements is equal to or greater than the relevant 
minimum size. 
 
3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to fries of sardine landed for human consumption if caught by 
boat seines or shore seines and authorised in accordance with national provisions established in a management plan as referred to in Article 19, provided that the stock of sardine concerned is within 
safe biological limits. 
 
Article 16
 
Direct restocking and transplantation 
 
1. By way of derogation from Article 15 undersized marine organisms may be caught, retained 
on board, transhipped, landed, transferred, stored, sold, displayed or offered for sale live for the 
purpose of direct restocking or transplantation with the permission and under the authority of the 
Member State where those activities take place. 
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2. Member States shall ensure that the capture of undersized marine organisms for the purposes 
referred to in paragraph 1 is carried out in a manner that is compatible with any Community 
management measure applicable to the species concerned. 
 
3. Marine organisms caught for the purposes specified in paragraph 1 shall be either returned to 
the sea or be used for extensive aquaculture. If subsequently recaptured, they may be sold, stored, 
displayed or offered for sale providing that they meet the requirements specified in Article 15.  
4. The introduction and transplantation of and direct restocking with non-indigenous species 
shall be prohibited except when carried out according to paragraph (b) of Article 22 of Council 
Directive 92/43/EEC. 
 
CHAPTER VI 
NON-COMMERCIAL FISHING 
 
Article 17
 
Leisure fisheries 
 1. The use of towed nets, surrounding nets, purse seines, boat dredges, mechanised dredges, 
gillnets, trammel nets and combined bottom-set nets shall be prohibited for leisure fisheries. The 
use of longlines for highly migratory species shall also be prohibited for leisure fisheries.  
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2.  Member States shall ensure that leisure fisheries are conducted in a manner compatible with 
the objectives and rules of this Regulation. 
 
3.  Member States shall ensure that catches of marine organisms resulting from leisure fisheries 
are not marketed. Nevertheless, by way of exception, the marketing of species caught in sportive 
competitions may be authorised provided that the profits from their sale are used for charitable 
purposes.  
4. Member States shall take measures both to record and to ensure separate collection of data on 
catches resulting from leisure fisheries in respect of the highly migratory species listed in Annex I 
to Regulation (EC) 973/2001
1 and occurring in the Mediterranean. 
 5. Member States shall regulate underwater fishing with spearguns in particular to fulfil the 
obligations set out in Article 8(4).  
 
6.  Member States shall inform the Commission of all measures adopted pursuant to this Article. 
 
                                                
 
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CHAPTER VII 
Management plans 
 
Article 18  
Community-level management plans 
 
1. The Council may adopt management plans for specific Mediterranean fisheries, in particular, in areas totally or partially beyond the territorial waters of Member States. These plans may, in 
particular, include: 
 
(a) fishing effort management measures;  
 
(b) specific technical measures, including where appropriate temporary derogations to the rules of 
this Regulation when such derogations are necessary for the operation of the fisheries and provided that the sustainable exploitation of the concerned resources is ensured by the 
management plan; 
 (c) the extension of compulsory use of vessel monitoring systems or similar systems for vessels 
between 10 m and 15 m in length overall;  
 
(d) temporary or permanent restrictions to zones, reserved to certain gears or to vessels having 
undertaken obligations in the framework of the management plan. L 409/48 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
Management plans shall provide for the issuing of special fishing permits in accordance with 
Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.  
 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 vessels of an overall 
length of less than 10 m may be required to have a special fishing permit. 
 
2. Member States and/or a Regional Advisory Council for the Mediterranean Sea may submit suggestions to the Commission on matters relating to the setting up of management plans. The 
Commission shall reply to such requests within three months of the receipt. 
 
3. Member States and the Commission shall ensure adequate scientific monitoring of the 
management plans. In particular, certain management measures for fisheries exploiting short life 
species shall be revised each year to take into account changes that are likely to occur in the 
recruitment strength. 
 
Article 19
 
Management plans for certain fisheries 
in territorial waters 
 1. Member States shall adopt, by 31 December 2007, management plans for fisheries conducted 
by trawl nets, boat seines, shore seines, surrounding nets and dredges within their territorial waters. 
Article 6(2), (3) and (4) first subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 shall apply to those 
management plans. 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/49
2. Member States may subsequently designate other management plans on the basis of new 
relevant scientific information. 
 
3. Member States, shall ensure adequate scientific monitoring of the management plans. In 
particular, certain management measures for fisheries exploiting short life species shall be revised 
each year to take into account changes that are likely to occur in the recruitment strength. 
 4. Management plans may include measures which go beyond the provisions of this Regulation 
for the purpose of: 
 
(a) increasing the selectivity of fishing gear; 
 
(b) reducing discards; 
 
(c) limiting the fishing effort. 
 
5. The measures to be included in the management plans shall be proportionate to the objectives, 
the targets and the expected time frame, and shall have regard to: 
 
(a) the conservation status of the stock or stocks; 
 
(b) the biological characteristics of the stock or stocks; 
 
(c) the characteristics of the fisheries in which the stocks are caught; 
 
(d) the economic impact of the measures on the fisheries concerned. L 409/50 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
6. Management plans shall provide for the issuing of special fishing permits in accordance with 
Regulation (EC) No 1627/94.  
 
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 vessels of an overall 
length of less than 10 m may be required to have a special fishing permit. 
 
7. Management plans referred to in paragraph 1shall be notified to the Commission, by 30 September 2007 for it to present its observations before the plan is adopted. Management plans 
referred to in paragraph 2 shall be notified to the Commission 6 months in advance of the foreseen 
date of entry into force. The Commission shall communicate the plans to the other Member States. 
 
8. Where a management plan is likely to affect the vessels of another Member State, it shall be 
adopted only after consultation of the Commission, the Member State and the Regional Advisory 
Council concerned in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 8(3) to (6) of 
Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. 
 
9. If the Commission, on the basis of the notification referred to in paragraph 7 or of new 
scientific advice, considers that a management plan adopted under either paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 
is not sufficient to ensure a high level of protection of resources and the environment, it may, after 
having consulted the Member State, ask it to amend the plan or may propose to the Council 
appropriate measures for the protection of the resources and the environment.  
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CHAPTER VIII 
CONTROL MEASURES 
 
Article 20  
Catch of target species 
 
1. The percentages referred to in Article 9(4) and (6), Article 10 and Article 13(1) shall be calculated as the proportion by live weight of all living aquatic organisms on board after sorting or 
on landing. They may be calculated on the basis of one or more representative samples. 
 
2. In the case of fishing vessels from which quantities of living aquatic organisms have been 
transhipped, the quantities transhipped shall be taken into account when calculating the percentages 
referred to in paragraph 1.  
 
Article 21
 
Transhipment 
 Only masters of fishing vessels who complete a logbook in accordance with Article 6 of 
Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 may tranship living aquatic organisms to other vessels, or receive 
transhipments of such organisms from other vessels. 
 
Article 22
 
Designated ports 
 1. Catches of bottom trawlers, pelagic trawlers, purse seines, surface longliners, boat dredges 
and hydraulic dredges shall be landed and marketed for the first time only at any of the ports 
designated by the Member States. L 409/52 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
2. Member States shall notify to the Commission by 30 April 2007 a list of designated ports. 
The Commission shall transmit the list to the other Member States. 
 
Article 23  
Monitoring of catches 
 
In Article 6(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 the second sentence shall be replaced by the following:  
 
"For the fisheries operations in the Mediterranean Sea any amount greater than 15 kg of live-weight 
equivalent retained on board of any species indicated on a list adopted in conformity with 
paragraph 8 must be recorded in the logbook. 
 
However, for highly migratory species and small pelagic species any amount greater than 50 kg of 
live-weight equivalent must be recorded in the logbook.". 
 
Article 24
 
Register of vessels authorised to fish 
in the GFCM Agreement area 
 
1. Before 1 June 2007 each Member State shall send the Commission, through the accustomed 
data-processing support, a list of the vessels of more than 15 metres overall length flying its flag 
and registered in its territory that it authorises to fish in the GFCM area by issue of a fishing permit. 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/53
2. The list indicated in paragraph 1 shall include the following information: 
 
(a) vessel's Community fleet register number (CFR), and external marking as defined in Annex I 
 to Regulation (EC) No 26/20041; 
 (b) period authorised for fishing and/or transhipment; 
 (c) fishing gears used. 
 
3. The Commission shall send the list to the GFCM Executive Secretariat before 1 July 2007 so 
that these vessels can be entered on the GFCM register of vessels more than 15 metres in overall 
length authorised to fish in the GFCM Agreement area (hereinafter referred to as the GFCM 
register). 
 
4. Any change to be made to the list indicated in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the 
Commission for transmission to the GFCM Executive Secretariat, the same procedure applying, at 
least 10 working days before the vessel begins fishing activity in the GFCM area. 
 
                                                
 
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5. Community fishing vessels more than 15 metres in overall length that are not entered on the 
list indicated in paragraph 1 shall not fish, retain on board, tranship or land any type of fish and 
shellfish within the GFCM area.  
 6. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that: 
 
(a) only vessels flying their flag that are included in the list indicated in paragraph 1 and hold on  board a fishing permit issued by them are authorised, on the terms of the permit, to carry out 
 fishing activities in the GFCM area;  
 
(b) no fishing permit is issued to vessels that have carried out illegal, unregulated and unreported 
fishing in the GFCM area or elsewhere (IUU fishing), unless the new owners provide adequate documentary evidence that the previous owners and operators have no longer any 
legal, beneficial or financial interest in, or exercise any control over, their vessels, or that their 
vessels neither take part in nor are associated with IUU fishing; 
 (c) to the extent possible, their national legislation prohibits owners and operators of vessels 
flying their flag that are included in the list indicated in paragraph 1 from taking part in or being associated with fishing activities in the GFCM Agreement area by vessels not on the 
GFCM register; 
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(d) to the extent possible, their national legislation requires owners of vessels flying their flag that 
are included in the list indicated in paragraph 1 to be nationals or legal entities within the flag 
Member State; 
 (e) their vessels comply with all the relevant GFCM conservation and management measures. 
 
7. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit fishing, retention on board, transhipment and landing of fish and shellfish caught in the GFCM area by vessels more than 
15 metres in overall length that are not on the GFCM register. 
 
8. Member States shall without delay pass on to the Commission any information showing that 
there are strong reasons for suspecting that vessels more than 15 metres in overall length that are 
not on the GFCM register are fishing for or transhipping fish and  shellfish in the GFCM Agreement 
area.  
 
CHAPTER IX 
MEASURES FOR HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES 
 
Article 25
 
Swordfish fisheries 
 
The Council shall decide on technical measures for the protection of juvenile swordfish in the 
Mediterranean Sea before 31 December 2007. L 409/56 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
CHAPTER X 
MEASURES FOR THE WATERS AROUND MALTA 
 
Article 26  
The 25-mile management zone around Malta 
 
1. The access of Community vessels to the waters and resources in the zone extending up to 25 nautical miles from baselines around the Maltese islands (hereinafter "the management zone") 
shall be regulated as follows: 
 
(a) fishing within the management zone shall be limited to fishing vessels smaller than 12 metres 
overall length using other than towed gears; 
 
(b) the total fishing effort of those vessels, expressed in terms of the overall fishing capacity, shall 
not exceed the average level observed in 2000-2001 that corresponds to 1 950 vessels with an overall engine power and tonnage of 83 000 kW and 4 035 GT respectively. 
 2. By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 1, trawlers not exceeding an overall length 
of 24 metres shall be authorised to fish in certain areas within the management zone, as described in 
Annex V, part (a), to this Regulation, subject to the following conditions:  
 
(a) the overall fishing capacity of the trawlers allowed to operate in the management zone must 
not exceed the ceiling of 4 800 kW; 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/57
 
(b) the fishing capacity of any trawler authorised to operate at a depth of less than 200 metres 
must not exceed 185 kW; the isobath of 200 metres of depth shall be identified by a broken line, the waypoints of which are listed in Annex V, part (b), to this Regulation; 
 (c) trawlers fishing in the management zone shall hold a special fishing permit in accordance 
with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 laying down general provisions concerning 
special fishing permits and shall be included in a list containing their external marking and 
vessel's Community fleet register number (CFR) as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) 
No 26/2004 to be provided to the Commission annually by the Member States concerned; 
 (d) the capacity limits laid down in points (a) and (b) shall be periodically re-evaluated, following 
advice from relevant scientific bodies concerning their effects on the conservation of stocks. 
 
3. If the overall fishing capacity referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2, exceeds the overall 
fishing capacity of trawlers with an overall length equal to, or less than, 24 metres and operating in 
the management zone in the reference period 2000-2001 (hereinafter referred to as the "reference 
fishing capacity"), the Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 29 
allocate this surplus of available fishing capacity between the Member States taking into account 
the interest of the Member States requesting an authorisation.  
 
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4. Special fishing permits for the surplus of available fishing capacity referred to in paragraph 3 
shall be issued only to vessels included in the Community fleet register at the date of application of 
this Article.  
 
5. If the overall fishing capacity of the trawlers authorised to operate in the management zone in 
accordance with point (c) of paragraph 2 exceeds the ceiling laid down in point (a) of paragraph 2, 
because that ceiling has been lowered after the revision provided for in point (d) of paragraph 2, the Commission shall allocate fishing capacity between Member States on the following basis:  
 
(a) fishing capacity in kW corresponding to vessels having fished in the zone during the 
period 2000-2001 shall rank first; 
 
(b) fishing capacity in kW corresponding to vessels having fished at any other time in the zone 
shall rank second; 
 
(c) any remaining fishing capacity for other vessels shall be divided between the Member States 
taking into account the interests of the Member States requesting an authorisation. 
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6. By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 1, vessels fishing with purse seines or 
longlines and vessels fishing for dolphinfish in accordance with Article 27 shall be authorised to 
operate within the management zone. They shall be granted a special fishing permit in accordance 
with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 and shall be included in a list containing their 
external marking and vessel's Community fleet register number (CFR) as defined in Annex I to 
Regulation (EC) No 26/2004, to be provided to the Commission by each Member State. The fishing 
effort shall anyhow be controlled in order to safeguard the sustainability of these fisheries in the zone. 
 
7. The master of any trawler authorised to fish in the management zone in accordance with 
paragraph 2 which is not equipped with VMS shall signal each entry into and exit from the 
management zone to its authorities and to the authorities of the coastal state. 
 
Article 27
 
Dolphinfish fishery 
 1. It shall be prohibited to fish dolphinfish ( Coryphaena spp.) within the management zone by 
fish aggregating devices (FADs) from 1 January to 5 August each year.   
2. The number of vessels participating in the dolphinfish fishery within the zone shall not 
exceed 130.  
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3. The Maltese authorities shall establish FAD course lines and allocate each FAD course line to 
Community fishing vessels at the latest by that 30 June each year. Community fishing vessels flying 
a flag other than of Malta shall not be authorised to operate a FAD course line within the 12-mile 
zone. 
 
The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 29, establish the 
criteria to be applied for the establishment and allocation of FAD course lines.  
4. Fishing vessels authorised to participate in dolphinfish fishery shall be granted a special 
fishing permit in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 and shall be included in 
a list containing their external marking and vessel's Community fleet register number (CFR) as 
defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 26/2004 to be provided to the Commission by the 
Member State concerned. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1(2)of Regulation (EC) 
No 1627/94, vessels of an overall length of less than 10 metres shall be required to have a special 
fishing permit. 30.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 409/61
CHAPTER XI 
FINAL PROVISIONS 
 
Article 28  
Decision-making procedure 
 
Except where otherwise provided for in this Regulation, the Council shall act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 37 of the Treaty. 
 
Article 29
 
Implementing rules 
 Detailed rules for the implementation of Articles 26 and 27 of this Regulation shall be adopted in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. 
 
Article 30
 
Amendments 
 Amendments to the Annexes shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in 
Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002. 
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Article 31  
Repeal 
 
The Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 is repealed. 
 
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall 
be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex VI.  
Article 32
 
Entry into force 
 This Regulation shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following that of its publication in the 
Official Journal of the European Union . 
  
 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
 
Done at Brussels, 21 December 2006. 
 
 For the Council 
 The President 
 J. KORKEAOJA 
  
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 ANNEX I  
 
Technical conditions for attachments to and rigging of trawl nets 
 
Definitions 
 
For the purposes of this Annex:  
(a) "multiple twine netting" means netting constructed of two or more twines, where the twines 
can be separated between the knots without damage to the twine structure; 
 
(b) "knotless netting" means netting which is composed of meshes of four sides of approximately 
equal length in which the corners of the meshes are formed by the interweaving of the twines of two adjacent sides of the mesh; 
 (c) "square-meshed netting" means a construction of netting mounted so that of the two sets of 
parallel lines formed by the mesh bars, one set is parallel to and the other at right angles to the long axis of the net; 
 (d) "the trawl body" means the tapered section in the front part of a trawl net; 
 
(e) "the extension piece" means the untapered section, made of one or more panels, between the 
trawl body and the cod-end; L 409/64 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
 (f) "the cod-end" means the rearmost part of a trawl net, of net of the same mesh size, having 
either a cylindrical or a tapering shape, whose transversal cross-sections are nearly a circle of 
the same or decreasing radius respectively;  
 (g) "balloon cod-end" means any cod-end composed of one or more adjoining panels, of net of 
the same mesh size, whose number of meshes increases going to the rearmost part of the gear causing an extension of the transversal length, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the net, and of the circumference of the cod-end; 
 (h) "pocket type cod-end" means any cod-end whose vertical height diminishes towards the 
rearmost part of the cod-end and whose transversal cross-sections are nearly an ellipse of the same or decreasing major axis. The rearmost part of the cod-end is either composed by a 
single folded panel or by transversally lacing together, with respect to the longitudinal axis of 
the net, the rearmost upper and lower panels; 
 (i) "transversal lacing rope" means any external or internal rope running transversally, with 
respect to the longitudinal axis of the net, in the rearmost part of the cod-end either along the join between two upper and lower panels or along the bend of the single rearmost panel. It can 
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(j) "circumference-perimeter" of any cross section in a diamond mesh netting of a trawl net shall 
be calculated as the number of meshes in that cross section multiplied by the stretched mesh size;  
 (k) "circumference-perimeter" of any cross section in a square mesh netting of a trawl net shall be 
calculated as the number of meshes in that cross section multiplied by the mesh side length. 
 
 (a) Authorised attachments to trawl nets
 
  1. Notwithstanding Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 either a transversal, with 
respect to the longitudinal axis of the net, or lengthways zip-fastener mechanical device may be used to close the opening for emptying the pocket-type cod-end. 
  2. The transversal zip-fastener shall be attached at a distance which is not more than 1 
metre from the rear meshes of the cod-end. 
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 (b) Rigging requirements  
 
 1. A balloon cod-end shall be prohibited in trawl nets. Within any single cod-end the 
number of equal sized meshes around any circumference of the cod-end shall not increase from the front end to the rear end. 
  2. The circumference of the rearmost part of the trawl body (the tapered section) or of the 
extension piece (the untapered section) shall not be smaller than the circumference of 
the front end of the cod-end sensu stricto . In the case of a square mesh cod-end, in 
particular, the circumference of the rearmost part of the trawl body or of the extension piece shall be from 2 to 4 times the circumference of the front end of the cod-end 
sensu stricto .  
  3. Square mesh panels may be inserted into any towed net and shall be placed in front of 
any extension piece or at any point between the front of any extension piece and the posterior of the cod-end. It shall not be obstructed in any way by either internal or 
external attachments. It shall be constructed of knotless netting or of netting constructed 
with non-slip knots, and shall be inserted in such a way that the meshes remain fully 
open at all times while fishing. Detailed rules for further technical specifications of 
square mesh panels shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
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  4. Analogously, technical devices with a view of improving selectivity of trawl nets, other 
than that referred to in point b.3 above, may be authorised in accordance with the 
procedure referred to in Article 29 of this Regulation. 
  5. The carrying on board or the use of any towed net the cod-end of which is constructed 
wholly or in part of any type of netting material made of meshes other than square mesh or diamond mesh shall be prohibited unless authorised in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 29 of this Regulation. 
  6. Paragraph 4-5 shall not apply to any boat seine the cod-end of which has a mesh size 
smaller than 10 mm. 
 
 7. By way of modification of Article 6(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 the mesh size 
of the strengthening bag shall not be less than 120 mm for bottom trawlers if the cod-end mesh is smaller than 60 mm. This provision shall apply only to the 
Mediterranean Sea and shall be without prejudice to other Community waters. If the 
cod-end mesh size is equal to or greater than 60 mm then Article 6(4) of 
Regulation (EEC) No 3440/84 shall apply. 
  8. The pocket type cod-end shall not have more than one opening to empty. 
 
 9. The length of the transversal lacing rope shall be not less than 20 % of the 
circumference of the cod-end. L 409/68 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
  10. The circumference of the strengthening bag, as defined in Article 6 of 
Regulation No 3440/84, shall not be less than 1,3 times that of the cod-end for bottom 
trawl nets. 
  11. The carrying on board or the use of any towed net constructed wholly or in part in the 
cod-end of single twine netting materials having a twine thickness of more than 3,0 millimetres shall be prohibited. 
 
 12. The carrying on board or the use of any towed net constructed wholly or in part in the 
cod-end of netting materials consisting of multiple twines shall be prohibited.  
 
 13. Netting materials having a twine thickness greater than 6 mm shall be prohibited in any 
part of a bottom trawl net. 
 
   
 
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 ANNEX II  
 
Requirements relating to the characteristics of fishing gear 
 
Definitions 
 
For the purposes of this Annex:  
1) the length of nets shall be defined by the length of the float line. The length of bottom-set and 
drifting nets may be also defined on the basis of the weight or volume of its mass.  
 
2) the drop of nets shall be defined as the sum of the height of the meshes (including knots) 
when wet and stretched perpendicular to the float line. 
 
1. Dredges 
 
 The maximum breadth of dredges shall be 3 m, except in the case of dredges for sponge 
 fishing. 
 
2. Surrounding nets (purse seines and seines without purse lines) 
 
 The length of netting shall be restricted to 800 m and the drop to 120 m, except in the case of 
 tuna seines. 
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 3. Bottom-set nets 
 
 3.1 Trammel nets and bottom-set gillnets 
 
  1. The maximum drop of a trammel net – shall not exceed 4 m. 
 
  2. The maximum drop of a bottom-set gillnet shall not exceed 10 m.  
  3. It shall be prohibited to have on board or set more than 6 000 m of trammel net, 
bottom-set gillnet per vessel, taking into account that, as from January 2008, in the case of a single fisherman, such nets may not exceed 4 000 metres, to which a 
further 1 000 metres may be added for a second fisherman and another 
1 000 metres for a third one. Until 31 December 2007 such nets shall not exceed 
5 000 metres in the case of single or a second fisherman and 6 000 metres for a 
third one. 
   4. Monofilament or twine diameter of the bottom-set gillnet shall not exceed 0,5mm. 
 
   5. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, bottom-set gillnet of maximum length 
shorter than 500 m may have a maximum drop up to 30 m. It shall be prohibited to have on board or set more than 500 m of bottom-set gillnet when it exceeds the 
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  3.2. Combined bottom-set nets (trammel nets+gillnets) 
  
  1. The maximum drop of a combined bottom-set net shall not exceed 10 m. 
 
  2. It shall be prohibited to have on board or set more than 2 500 m of combined nets 
per vessel. 
   3. Monofilament or twine diameter of the gillnet shall not exceed 0,5 mm.  
 
  4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, combined bottom-set net of maximum 
length of 500 m may have a maximum drop of 30 m. It shall be prohibited to have on board or set more than 500 m of combined bottom-set when it exceeds the drop 
limit of 10 m as established in paragraph 1. 
 4. Bottom-set longline 
 
 1. It shall be prohibited to have on board or set more than 1 000 hooks per person on board 
within the overall limit of 5 000 hooks per vessel. 
 
 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 each vessel undertaking fishing trips longer 
than 3 days may have on board a maximum number of 7 000 hooks.
  
 
5. Traps for deep-water crustacean fishery 
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 6. Surface-set longline (floating) 
 
 It shall be prohibited to have on board or set more than: 
 
 1. 2 000 hooks per vessel for vessels targeting bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) where this 
species account for at least 70 % of the catch in live weight after sorting; 
  2. 3 500 hooks for vessels targeting swordfish (Xyphias gladius) where this species 
account for at least 70 % of the catch in live weight after sorting; 
 
 3. 5 000 hooks per vessel for vessels targeting albacore (Thunnus alalunga) where this 
species account for at least 70 % of the catch in live weight after sorting; 
 
 4. By way of derogation from subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 each vessel undertaking fishing 
trips longer than 2 days may have on board an equivalent number of spare hooks. 
 
7. Trawl nets 
 
 Technical specifications limiting the maximum dimension of floatline, groundrope, 
circumference or perimeter of trawl nets along with the maximum number of nets in multi-rig trawl nets shall be adopted, by October 2007, in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 30 of this Regulation.  
 
   
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 ANNEX III  
 
Minimum Sizes of marine organisms 
 
SCIENTIFIC NAME  COMMON NAME Minimum size 
1. Fishes   
Dicentrarchus labrax Sea-bass  25 cm 
Diplodus annularis Annular sea-bream  12 cm  
Diplodus puntazzo Sharpsnout sea-bream  18 cm 
Diplodus sargus White sea-bream  23 cm 
Diplodus vulgaris Two-banded sea-bream  18 cm 
Engraulis encrasicolus * European anchovy  9 cm 
Epinephelus spp. Groupers  45 cm 
Lithognathus mormyrus Stripped sea-bream  20 cm 
Merluccius merluccius *** Hake   20 cm  
Mullus spp. Red mullets  11 cm 
Pagellus acarne Spanish sea-bream  17 cm 
Pagellus bogaraveo Red sea-bream  33 cm 
Pagellus erythrinus Common pandora  15 cm 
Pagrus pagrus Common sea-bream  18 cm 
Polyprion americanus Wreckfish  45 cm  
Sardina pilchardus** European sardine  11 cm  
Scomber spp. Mackerel  18 cm 
Solea vulgaris Common sole  20 cm 
Sparus aurata Gilt-head sea-bream  20 cm 
Trachurus spp. Horse mackerel, Scad  15 cm  L 409/74 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006
  
SCIENTIFIC NAME  COMMON NAME Minimum size 
2. Crustaceans    
Homarus gammarus Lobster  300 mm  TL 
105 mm CL  
Nephrops norvegicus Norway lobster  20 mm CL 
70 mm TL  
Palinuridae  Crawfish  90 mm CL  
Parapenaeus longirostris Deep water rose shrimp  20 mm CL 
3. Mollusc bivalves    
Pecten jacobeus Scallop  10 cm  
Venerupis spp. Carpet-clams  25 mm  
Venus spp. Venus-shells  25 mm  
 
TL total length; CL carapace length; 
 
(*) Anchovy: Member States may convert the minimum size into 110 specimens per kg; 
 (**) Sardine: Member States may convert the minimum size into 55 specimens per kg;   (***) Hake: Nevertheless, until 31 December 2008 a margin of tolerance of 15 % of weight 
will be permitted for hake between 15 and 20 cm. This tolerance limit shall be complied with by both individual vessels, at sea or at the place of landing, and at the markets of first sale after landing. This limit shall also be complied with in any subsequent commercial transaction at national and international level. 
 
   
 
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 ANNEX IV  
 
Measurement of the size of a marine organism 
 
1. The size of any fish shall be measured, as shown in Figure 1, from the tip of the snout to the 
 end of the tail fin. 
 2. The size of a Norway lobster ( Nephrops norvegicus)  shall be measured as shown in Figure 2: 
  – either as the length of the carapace, parallel to the midline, from the back of either eye 
socket to the midpoint of the distal dorsal edge of the carapace, or, 
 
 – as the total length, from the tip of the rostrum to the rear end of the telson, not including 
the setae. 
 
3. The size of a lobster ( Homarus gammarus ) shall be measured as shown in Figure 3, – either 
as the length of the carapace, parallel to the midline, from the back of either eye socket to the midpoint of the distal dorsal edge of the carapace, or, 
  – as the total length, from the tip of the rostrum to the rear end of the telson, not including 
the setae. 
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 4. The size of a crawfish (Palinuridae) shall be measured as shown in Figure 4 as the length of 
the carapace, parallel to the midline, from the tip of the rostrum to the midpoint of the distal 
dorsal edge of the carapace. 
 5. The size of any bivalve mollusc shall be measured as shown in Figure 5, across the longest 
part of the shell. 
 
Figure 1 
 
 
 
 
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Figure 3 Figure 2 
 
(a) Carapace length (b) Total length 
 
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 Figure 4 
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 Figure 5 
 
  
     
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 ANNEX V  
 
25 mile management zone around Maltese Islands 
 
(a) Authorised trawlable areas to the approaches of the Maltese islands: geographic coordinates 
 
Zone A Zone H 
A1 – 36.01 72°N, 14 .14 42°E 
A2 – 36.02 89°N, 14 .17 92°E A3 – 35.98 22°N, 14 .27 42°E 
A4 – 35.84 89°N, 14 .32 42°E 
A5 – 35.81 06°N, 14 .25 42°E A6 – 35.97 06°N, 14 .24 59°E
 H1 – 35 .67 39°N, 14 .67 42°E H2 – 35 .46 56°N, 14 .84 59°E H3 – 35 .42 72°N, 14 .76 09°E 
H4 – 35 .51 06°N, 14 .63 25°E 
H5 – 35 .64 06°N, 14 .60 25°E
 
Zone B Zone I 
B1 – 35. 790 6°N, 14. 440 9°E B2 – 35. 803 9°N, 14. 490 9°E B3 – 35. 793 9°N, 14. 495 9°E 
B4 – 35. 752 2°N, 14. 424 2°E 
B5 – 35. 760 6°N, 14. 415 9°E B6 – 35. 770 6°N, 14. 432 5°E
 I1 – 36.1 489°N, 14.3 909°E I2 – 36.2 523°N, 14.5 092°E I3 – 36.2 373°N, 14.5 259°E 
I4 – 36.1 372°N, 14.4 225°E
 
Zone C Zone J 
C1 – 35. 840 6°N, 14. 619 2°E 
C2 – 35. 855 6°N, 14. 669 2°E 
C3 – 35. 832 2°N, 14. 654 2°E 
C4 – 35. 802 2°N, 14. 577 5°E  J1 –  36. 218 9°N, 13. 910 8°E J2 –  36. 268 9°N, 14. 070 8°E 
J3 –  36. 247 2°N, 14. 070 8°E 
J4 –  36. 197 2°N, 13. 922 5°E
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Zone D Zone K 
D1 – 36 .04 22°N, 14 .34 59°E 
D2 – 36 .02 89°N, 14 .46 25°E 
D3 – 35 .99 89°N, 14 .45 59°E 
D4 – 36 .02 89°N, 14 .34 09°E  K1 – 35 .97 39°N, 14 .02 42°E K2 – 36 .00 22°N, 14 .04 08°E 
K3 – 36 .06 56°N, 13 .96 92°E 
K4 – 36 .13 56°N, 13 .85 75°E K5 – 36 .04 56°N, 13 .92 42°E
 
Zone E Zone L 
E1 – 3 5.9 789°N, 1 4.7 159°E E2 – 3 6.0 072°N, 1 4.8 159°E 
E3 – 3 5.9 389°N, 1 4.7 575°E 
E4 – 3 5.8 939°N, 1 4.6 075°E E5 – 3 5.9 056°N, 1 4.5 992°E
 L1 – 35.9 856°N, 1 4.1 075°E L2 – 35.9 956°N, 1 4.1 158°E 
L3 – 35.9 572°N, 1 4.0 325°E 
L4 – 35.9 622°N, 1 3.9 408°E
 
Zone F Zone M 
F1 – 36. 142 3°N, 14. 672 5°E F2 – 36. 143 9°N, 14. 789 2°E F3 – 36. 013 9°N, 14. 789 2°E 
F4 – 36. 003 9°N, 14. 614 2°E
 M1 – 3 6.48 56°N,14 .32 92°E 
M2 – 3 6.46 39°N,14 .43 42°E M3 – 3 6.36 06°N,14 .48 75°E 
M4 – 3 6.34 23°N,14 .42 42°E 
M5 – 3 6.41 56°N,14 .42 08°E
 
Zone G Zone N 
G1 – 36 .07 06°N, 14 .93 75°E G2 – 35 .93 72°N, 15 .00 00°E G3 – 35 .79 56°N, 14 .98 25°E 
G4 – 35 .71 56°N, 14 .87 92°E 
G5 – 35 .84 89°N, 14 .68 25°E
 N1 – 36 .11 55°N, 14 .12 17°E N2 – 36 .10 79°N, 14 .07 79°E N3 – 36 .07 17°N, 14 .02 64°E 
N4 – 36 .04 58°N, 14 .03 76°E 
N5 – 36 .05 16°N, 14 .08 96°E N6 – 36 .09 89°N, 14 .13 55°E 
 
 
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 (b) Geographic coordinates of some way-points along the 200m isobath within the 25-mile 
management zone 
 
ID Latitude Longitude 
1 36.36 73°N  14.55 40°E 
2 36.31 59°N  14.55 67°E 3 36.27 35°N  14.53 79°E 
4 36.23 57°N  14.47 85°E 
5 36.16 99°N  14.43 16°E 6 36.13 07°N  14.35 34°E 
7 36.11 17°N  14.21 27°E 
8 36.10 03°N  14.16 58°E 9 36.08 59°N  14.15 2°E 10  36.05 47°N  14.14 3°E 
11  35.99 21°N  14.15 84°E 
12  35.97 44°N  14.18 15°E 13  35.96 08°N  14.22 35°E 14  35.92 96°N  14.21 64°E 
15  35.89 83°N  14.23 28°E 
16  35.86 7°N 14.49 29°E 17  35.83 58°N  14.28 45°E 18  35.81 91°N  14.27 53°E 
19  35.78 63°N  14.35 34°E 
20  35.75 42°N  14.43 16°E 21  35.73 55°N  14.44 73°E 22  35.72 25°N  14.50 98°E 
23  35.69 51°N  14.53 65°E 
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 25  35.57°N  14.52 21°E 
26  35.53 48°N  14.58 8°E 27  35.50 37°N  14.61 92°E 
28  35.51 28°N  14.63 49°E 
29  35.57°N  14.67 17°E 30  35.59 75°N  14.64 7°E 31  35.59 03°N  14.60 36°E 
32  35.60 34°N  14.57 4°E 
33  35.65 32°N  14.55 35°E 34  35.67 26°N  14.57 23°E 
35  35.66 68°N  14.59 37°E 
36  35.66 18°N  14.64 24°E 37  35.65 3°N 14.66 61°E 38  35.57°N  14.68 53°E 
39  35.52 94°N  14.71 3°E 
40  35.50 71°N  14.74 43°E 41  35.48 78°N  14.78 34°E 42  35.49 29°N  14.82 47°E 
43  35.47 62°N  14.82 46°E 
44  36.20 77°N  13.94 7°E 45  36.19 54°N  13.96°E 46  36.17 73°N  13.94 7°E 
47  36.18 48°N  13.93 13°E 
48  36.19 54°N  13.92 5°E 49  35.45 92°N  14.18 15°E 50  35.47 62°N  14.18 95°E 
51  35.47 55°N  14.21 27°E 
52  35.46 05°N  14.21 99°E 53  35.44 53°N  14.19 71°E 
 
 
   
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 ANNEX VI  
Correlation table 
 
Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 Present Regulation 
Article 1(1) Article 1(1) 
Article 1(2) first subparagraph Article 7, Article 17 and Article 19 
Article 1(2) second subparagraph Article 3 
Article 2(1) and (2) Article 8 
Article 2(3) Article 13(5), Article 17 and Article 19 
Article 3(1) first subparagraph Article 13(1) first subparagraph and (5) 
Article 3(1) second subparagraph Article 13(5), Article 14(2) and (3), Article 19 
Article 3(1) third (1a) subparagraph Article 4, Article 13(9), Article 13(10), Article 19 
Article 3(2) Article 13(1) second subparagraph and (8) and Article 
19 
Article 3(3) Article 4, Article 13(10) and Article 19 
Article 3(4) Article 13(3) and (7) and Article 19 
Article 4 Article 7 
Article 5 Article 12 and Annex II 
Article 6(1) first subparagraph and Article 6(2) Article 9(1) and (2) 
Article 6(1) second subparagraph  Article 9(7), Article 14(1) and (3) 
Article 6(3) Annex II Definitions 
Article 7 Article 22 
A rti cle  8(1 ) an d (3 ) A rti cle  15, A nne x III and A nnex IV  
Article 8a  Article 26 
Article 8b Article 27 
Article 9 Article 1(2) 
Article 10a Article 29 
Article 11 Article 32 
Annex I Article 3 and Article 4 
Annex II Article 11, Annex I and Annex II 
A nnex III A rti cle  9(3 ), ( 4) a nd ( 5) 
A nnex IV  A nnex III 
Annex V(b) Annex V 
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