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COUN CIL REGUL ATION (EC)  No 813 /2004 
of 26 .4.2004 
amend ing R egula tion (EC)  No 1626/94 
as regards certain cons ervation mea sures 
relating to waters around  Malta 
THE COUN CIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Havi ng regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro pean Comm unity, 
Having  regar d to th e Tre aty of  Acces sion of t he Cze ch Rep ublic, Es tonia, Cypr us, Lat via, 
Lithuania, Hungary , Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slova kia (hereinaft er referred to as the "Treaty of 
Accession") 1, and in particul ar Article 2(3) t hereof ,
Havi ng regard to the Act of Access ion of the Czech Republic,  Estonia, Cy prus, Latv ia, Lithuania, 
Hungary, Malta , Poland,  Slovenia and Slova kia (herein after referred to as the "Act of Accession" ) 2, 
and in particular  Article 21 thereof , 
Having r egard to the proposa l from t he Commi ssion, 
1OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 17. 
2OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 23. 
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Whereas: 
(1) Pursuant to Article 21 of the Act of Access ion, Regulation  (EC) No 1626 /94 of 27 June 1994  
laying down certain tech nical meas ures for the conservatio n of fishery resources in the 
Medit erranean 1 is to  be am ended in ac cordance w ith th e guidel ines set out in Annex III of the 
Act of Accession with a view to ado pting th e necessary conservation me asures relati ng to 
waters ar ound Malt a. 
(2)T hese measures need to be adopted before acces sion so as to be applica ble from the accession 
of Malt a, 
HAS  ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
1OJ L 171, 6.7.1994, p. 1.  Regulation as last amend ed by Regulation (EC) No 9 73/2001  
(OJ L  137, 19.5.2001, p. 1). 
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Article 1
Regulation ( EC) N o 1626/94  is hereby amended  as follow s: 
1) the followin g Articles sh all be inserted: 
"Article 8a 
25-mile management zone around Malta 
1.   The access of Comm unity vess els to the wate rs and resources in the zone extending up to 
25 nauti cal miles from base lines aro und the Mal tese islands ( hereinafter "the managem ent 
zone") sh all be regulated  as follows: 
(a) fishing wit hin the ma nage ment  zone  shall be limited to  fishing vesse ls sma ller than 
12 metre s overall len gth using other than towed gears; 
(b) the to tal fishing effort of t hose vess els, expressed in  term s of the overall f ishing 
capaci ty, sh all no t exceed the ave rage level obser ved in 2000- 2001 that co rresponds to
1 950 vessels  with an overall eng ine pow er and ton nage of  83 00 0 kW a nd 4 0 35 GT
respectively.
2.   By way of de rogatio n from point  (a) of parag raph 1, trawlers not exceeding an overa ll 
lengt h of 24 metres shall be author ised to fish in certa in areas within th e manageme nt zone, as 
describ ed in Anne x V, part (a), to this Regulation,  subject to the followin g conditions : 
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(a) the overall fishing capacity of the trawlers allowed to operate in the management zone 
shall  not exceed the ceiling of 4 800 kW; 
(b) the fishing capaci ty of any trawler authorised to operate at a depth of less than 
200 metres shall not exceed 185 kW; the isobath of 200 metres of depth shall be 
identified  by a broken line,  the waypoin ts of which are listed in Annex V, part (b), to 
this Regu lation; 
(c) trawlers fishing in the management zone shall h old a sp ecial fis hing permi t in 
accordance with  Article 7 of Reg ulation (E C) No 162 7/94 of 27 June  1994 la ying down 
general provisions concerning special fishing perm its 1 and shall be includ ed in  a list 
containing their name, their international registration number and vessel character istics 
to be pr ovided to the Commission annually by th e Me mber States concerned; 
(d) the capaci ty limits lai d down in points (a ) and (b) shall be periodically re-evaluated, 
followin g advice from  relevant scien tific bodies concerning  their effects  on the 
conservation of stocks. 
3.   If the overall  fishing  capacity referred to in point (a) of paragr aph 2, exceeds the overall 
fishing capacity of trawlers with an overall leng th equa l to, or less tha n, 24 me tres and
operating in the  manag ement zon e in the  reference period 2000-2001 (hereinafter referred to 
as the " reference fishing capacit y"), the Commission shall, in accordanc e with the procedure 
laid down in Article 10a,  allocate this surplu s of availab le fish ing capacity between the 
Member States taking in to accoun t the interes t of the Member States requ esting an 
author isatio n. 
1OJ 171 , 6.7.1994, p. 7. 
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The r efere nce f ishing capacity shall correspond to 3 600 kW. 
4.   Specia l fishing pe rmits for the  surplus o f availabl e fishing capaci ty referred to in 
parag raph 3 shall b e issu ed only to vessels inc luded in the  Communi ty fle et reg ister at th e 
date of appli cation of th is Article. 
5.   If the overal l fishing capa city of the tra wlers authoris ed to op erate in the man agement 
zone  in acco rdanc e with poi nt (c) of paragr aph 2 exceeds the ceiling laid down in poin t (a) of 
paragr aph 2, because that ceiling has been lowe red af ter the revision  provided for in point (d ) 
of pa ragraph 2, the Com missi on sh all allocate fishing capacity between  Member States on the 
following basis: 
(a) fishin g capacity in kW correspond ing to vessels having fished in the zone during the 
period 2000-2001 shall rank first; 
(b) fishing capacity in kW  correspond ing to vessels having fished at any oth er time in the 
zone sh all rank s econd ; 
(c) any remai ning fishing  capaci ty for other ves sels shall  be divi ded betwee n the M ember 
States taking into accou nt the interest s of the Member Sta tes reque sting an 
authorisation. 
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6.   By w ay of der ogatio n from  point (a) o f parag raph 1,  vess els fis hing w ith purs e seines o r 
longlines an d vessels fishing for dolp hinfish in accordance with Article 8b shall be authorised 
to operate within the management zone.  They shall be granted a special fishing permit in 
accordan ce with Article 7 of Regulati on (EC) N o 1627/94 an d shall b e included in a list 
contain ing their name, their internation al regis tration numb er and vess els character istics to b e
provided to the Commission by each Member State. 
The fishing effort shall anyhow be controlled in order to safeg uard the su stainabi lity of these 
fisheri es in the zone. 
7.   The mast er of a ny trawle r authori sed to fish in the management zone in accordance with 
parag raph 2 which is not  equippe d with VMS sh all sign al each entry into and exit from the 
management zone to its authorities and to  the auth orities of the coastal state. 
Article 8b 
Dolphinfish fishery 
1.   It shall b e prohib ited to fis h dolph infish ( Coriphaena s pp .) within the manage ment  zone 
by fishing  aggr egating devices (FADs) fro m 1 Ja nuary to 5 August  each yea r.  
2.   The number of vessels participating in the dolphinfish fishe ry wit hin the zone shall not 
exceed 130.
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3.   The Maltese authorities shall  establish FAD c ourse lin es and allocate each FAD course 
line to Comm unity fishing vessels at the la test by 30 June each year.  Community fishing  
vessels flying a flag othe r than that  of Malta shall not be autho rised to operate a FA D cours e 
line within the 12-mile zone. 
4.   Fishing  vessels  authorised to participa te in dolphinfish fishery shall be gran ted a  specia l 
fishing permit in accord ance w ith A rticle 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 and shall be 
included in a list contain ing their name, their international registration number and vessels 
character istics to be provided to the Commis sion by each Member State. 
Notw ithstanding the provisio ns of Article 1 (2) of Regu lation (EC)  No 1627/94, vessels of an 
overall length of less than 10 metres shall be required to have a s pecial fis hing permit."; 
2) the following Article  shall be inser ted: 
"Article 10a 
Implementing rule s and amendments 
Detai led rules for the i mplem entatio n of Articles  8a and 8b, in particular, on the criteria to be 
applied for the establishment a nd allocation of FAD cou rse lines purs uant to Article 8 b(3),  
shall  be ado pted in acc ordance with the proc edure referred to in Article 3 0(2) of Council 
Regula tion ( EC) N o 2371/2002 of 20 D ecem ber 2 002 on the conservation and sustainable 
exploitation of fisher ies resource s under the  Common Fisheri es Polic y 1."; 
1OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. 
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3) the text appea ring in the Annex to this Regulati on shall b e inserted after Annex IV. 
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the 
Treaty of A ccession. 
This Regu lation s hall be bind ing in its entirety and directly applicable in all M ember S tates. 
Done  at Luxe mbou rg, 26.4.2004 . 
           F or the Council 
The President 
      J . WALSH 
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ANNEX
"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 – 36.0172°N,14.1442°E
A2 – 36.0289°N,14.1792°E
A3 – 35.9822°N,14.2742°E
A4 – 35.8489°N,14.3242°E
A5 – 35.8106°N,14.2542°E
A6 – 35.9706°N,14.2459°EH1 – 35.6739°N,14.6742°E
H2 – 35.4656°N,14.8459°E
H3 – 35.4272°N,14.7609°E
H4 – 35.5106°N,14.6325°E
H5 – 35.6406°N,14.6025°E
Zone B Zone I 
B1 – 35.7906°N, 14.4409°E
B2 – 35.8039°N, 14.4909°E
B3 – 35.7939°N, 14.4959°E
B4 – 35.7522°N, 14.4242°E
B5 – 35.7606°N, 14.4159°E
B6 – 35.7706°N, 14.4325°EI1 – 36.1489°N,14.3909°E
I2 – 36.2523°N,14.5092°E
I3 – 36.2373°N,14.5259°E
I4 – 36.1372°N,14.4225°E
Zone C Zone J 
C1 – 35.8406°N, 14.6192°E
C2 – 35.8556°N, 14.6692°E
C3 – 35.8322°N, 14.6542°E
C4 – 35.8022°N, 14.5775°EJ1 – 36.2189°N, 13.9108°E
J2 – 36.2689°N, 14.0708°E
J3 – 36.2472°N, 14.0708°E
J4 – 36.1972°N, 13.9225°E
Zone D Zone K 
D1 – 36.0422°N,14.3459°E
D2 – 36.0289°N,14.4625°E
D3 – 35.9989°N,14.4559°E
D4 – 36.0289°N,14.3409°EK1 – 35.9739°N,14.0242°E
K2 – 36.0022°N,14.0408°E
K3 – 36.0656°N,13.9692°E
K4 – 36.1356°N,13.8575°E
K5 – 36.0456°N,13.9242°E
Zone E Zone L 
E1 – 35.9789°N, 14.7159°E
E2 – 36.0072°N, 14.8159°E
E3 – 35.9389°N, 14.7575°E
E4 – 35.8939°N, 14.6075°E
E5 – 35.9056°N, 14.5992°EL1 – 35.9856°N, 14.1075°E
L2 – 35.9956°N, 14.1158°E
L3 – 35.9572°N, 14.0325°E
L4 – 35.9622°N, 13.9408°E
Zone F Zone M 
F1 – 36.1423°N, 14.6725°E
F2 – 36.1439°N, 14.7892°E
F3 – 36.0139°N, 14.7892°E
F4 – 36.0039°N, 14.6142°EM1 – 36.4856°N,14.3292°E
M2 –  36.4639°N,14.4342°E
M3 –  36.3606°N,14.4875°E
M4 –  36.3423°N,14.4242°E
M5 –  36.4156°N,14.4208°E
Zone G Zone N 
G1 – 36.0706°N,14.9375°E
G2 – 35.9372°N,15.0000°E
G3 – 35.7956°N,14.9825°E
G4 – 35.7156°N,14.8792°E
G5 – 35.8489°N,14.6825°EN1 – 36.1155°N,14.1217°E
N2 – 36.1079°N,14.0779°E
N3 – 36.0717°N,14.0264°E
N4 – 36.0458°N,14.0376°E
N5 – 36.0516°N,14.0896°E
N6 – 36.0989°N,14.1355°E
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(b) Geographic coordinat es of some way-point s along the 200m isobath within the 25-mile 
manage ment  zone 
 I D LatitudeL ongitude 
 1  3 6.3673°N 14.5540°E
 2  3 6.3159°N 14.5567°E
 3  3 6.2735°N 14.5379°E
4 36.2357°N 14.4785°E
5 36.1699°N 14.4316°E
6 36.1307°N 14.3534°E
7 36.1117°N 14.2127°E
8 36.1003°N 14.1658°E
9 36.0859°N 14.152°E
10 3 6.0547°N 14.143°E
11 3 5.9921°N 14.1584°E
12 3 5.9744°N 14.1815°E
13 3 5.9608°N 14.2235°E
14 3 5.9296°N 14.2164°E
15 3 5.8983°N 14.2328°E
16 3 5.867°N 14.4929°E
17 3 5.8358°N 14.2845°E
18 3 5.8191°N 14.2753°E
19 3 5.7863°N 14.3534°E
20 3 5.7542°N 14.4316°E
21 3 5.7355°N 14.4473°E
22 3 5.7225°N 14.5098°E
23 3 5.6951°N 14.5365°E
24 3 5.6325°N 14.536°E
25 3 5.57°N 14.5221°E 
26 3 5.5348°N 14.588°E
27 3 5.5037°N 14.6192°E
28 3 5.5128°N 14.6349°E
29 3 5.57°N 14.6717°E 
30 3 5.5975°N 14.647°E
31 3 5.5903°N 14.6036°E
32 3 5.6034°N 14.574°E
33 3 5.6532°N 14.5535°E
34 3 5.6726°N 14.5723°E
35 3 5.6668°N 14.5937°E
36 3 5.6618°N 14.6424°E
37 3 5.653°N 14.6661°E
38 3 5.57°N 14.6853°E 
39 3 5.5294°N 14.713°E
40 3 5.5071°N 14.7443°E
41 3 5.4878°N 14.7834°E
42 3 5.4929°N 14.8247°E
43 3 5.4762°N 14.8246°E
44 3 6.2077°N 13.947°E
45 3 6.1954°N1 3.96°E 
46 3 6.1773°N 13.947°E
47 3 6.1848°N 13.9313°E
48 3 6.1954°N 13.925°E
49 3 5.4592°N 14.1815°E
50 3 5.4762°N 14.1895°E
51 3 5.4755°N 14.2127°E
52 3 5.4605°N 14.2199°E
53 3 5.4453°N 14.1971°E".