Article 1 
This Regulation lays down technical measures additional to those defined in Regulation (EC) No 850/98 which shall apply exclusively to the Irish Sea (ICES Division VIIa as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3880/91 of 17 December 1991 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic) ( 5 ). Article 2 When fishing in the Irish Sea, it shall be prohibited to use: 1. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls incorporating a cod-end and/or extension piece made entirely or partly of multiple-twine netting materials; 2. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls incorporating a cod-end and/or extension piece of which the thickness of the twine exceeds 6 mm; 3. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls incorporating a cod-end of mesh size range 70 to 79 mm or of mesh size range 80 to 89 mm having more than 120 meshes in any circumference of said cod-end excluding the joinings and selvedges; 4. any demersal towed net which includes any individual quadrilateral mesh of which the bars of the mesh are not of approximately equal length; 5. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls of mesh size range 70 to 79 mm or of mesh size range 80 to 99 mm unless the entire upper half of the anterior part of such a net consists of a panel of netting material attached directly to the headline of the net, extending towards the posterior of the net for at least 15 meshes and constructed of diamond-meshed netting material of which no individual mesh is of mesh size less than 140 mm; 6. any beam trawl of mesh size range 70 to 79 mm or of mesh size range 80 to 99 mm unless the entire upper half of the anterior part of such a net consists of a panel of netting material attached directly to the headline of the net, extending towards the posterior of the net for at least 30 meshes and constructed of diamond-meshed netting material of which no individual mesh is of mesh size less than 180 mm; 7. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls of mesh size range 80 to 99 mm unless a square-meshed panel of mesh size of at least 80 mm is included in such a net, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98; 8. any demersal towed net to which a cod-end of mesh size less than 100 mm is attached by any means other than being sewn into the net, anterior to the cod-end. Article 3 Notwithstanding the conditions laid down in Article 2(1) and (2), when fishing with towed gears in the Irish Sea, it shall be permitted to use a cod-end and/or extension piece constructed of double-twine netting material of which the thickness of any individual twine does not exceed 4 mm. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . The conditions of Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. ( 1 ) OJ C 248 E, 29.8.2000, p. 120. ( 2 ) Opinion of 10 October 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). ( 3 ) OJ L 35, 10.2.2000, p. 10. ( 4 ) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000 (OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 1). ( 5 ) OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1.
Article 2 
When fishing in the Irish Sea, it shall be prohibited to use: 1. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls incorporating a cod-end and/or extension piece made entirely or partly of multiple-twine netting materials; 2. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls incorporating a cod-end and/or extension piece of which the thickness of the twine exceeds 6 mm; 3. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls incorporating a cod-end of mesh size range 70 to 79 mm or of mesh size range 80 to 89 mm having more than 120 meshes in any circumference of said cod-end excluding the joinings and selvedges; 4. any demersal towed net which includes any individual quadrilateral mesh of which the bars of the mesh are not of approximately equal length; 5. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls of mesh size range 70 to 79 mm or of mesh size range 80 to 99 mm unless the entire upper half of the anterior part of such a net consists of a panel of netting material attached directly to the headline of the net, extending towards the posterior of the net for at least 15 meshes and constructed of diamond-meshed netting material of which no individual mesh is of mesh size less than 140 mm; 6. any beam trawl of mesh size range 70 to 79 mm or of mesh size range 80 to 99 mm unless the entire upper half of the anterior part of such a net consists of a panel of netting material attached directly to the headline of the net, extending towards the posterior of the net for at least 30 meshes and constructed of diamond-meshed netting material of which no individual mesh is of mesh size less than 180 mm; 7. any demersal towed net other than beam trawls of mesh size range 80 to 99 mm unless a square-meshed panel of mesh size of at least 80 mm is included in such a net, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98; 8. any demersal towed net to which a cod-end of mesh size less than 100 mm is attached by any means other than being sewn into the net, anterior to the cod-end. Article 3 Notwithstanding the conditions laid down in Article 2(1) and (2), when fishing with towed gears in the Irish Sea, it shall be permitted to use a cod-end and/or extension piece constructed of double-twine netting material of which the thickness of any individual twine does not exceed 4 mm. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . The conditions of Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. ( 1 ) OJ C 248 E, 29.8.2000, p. 120. ( 2 ) Opinion of 10 October 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). ( 3 ) OJ L 35, 10.2.2000, p. 10. ( 4 ) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000 (OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 1). ( 5 ) OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1.
Article 3 
Notwithstanding the conditions laid down in Article 2(1) and (2), when fishing with towed gears in the Irish Sea, it shall be permitted to use a cod-end and/or extension piece constructed of double-twine netting material of which the thickness of any individual twine does not exceed 4 mm. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . The conditions of Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. ( 1 ) OJ C 248 E, 29.8.2000, p. 120. ( 2 ) Opinion of 10 October 2000 (not yet published in the Official Journal). ( 3 ) OJ L 35, 10.2.2000, p. 10. ( 4 ) OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000 (OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 1). ( 5 ) OJ L 365, 31.12.1991, p. 1.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities . The conditions of Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2001. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.