Council Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 of 27 July 2009 excluding certain groups of vessels from the fishing effort regime laid down in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008

The following groups of vessels shall be excluded from the application of the fishing effort regime laid down in Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008: (a) the group of vessels flying the flag of Sweden, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from Sweden dated 26 February 2009 as completed by letter dated 8 April 2009, fishing in the Skagerrak and Kattegat during the period in which these vessel are fishing solely with a sorting grid as defined in Appendix 2 to Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and targeting Norway lobster; (b) the group of vessels flying the flag of Spain, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from Spain dated 2 December 2008 as completed by letters dated 6 and 14 March 2009, using bottom trawls of mesh size equal to or larger than 100 mm on the shelf slope off the West of Scotland in depths between 200 and 1000 metres and targeting mainly deep-sea species and hake.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 February 2009.