Council Regulation (EU) No 1106/2011 of 20 October 2011 amending Regulations (EU) No 57/2011 and (EC) No 754/2009 as regards the protection of the species porbeagle , certain TACs and certain fishing effort limits set for Germany and Ireland

‘1 It shall be prohibited for third-country vessels to fish for, to retain on board, to tranship or to land the following species: (a) basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in all EU waters; (b) angel shark (Squatina squatina) in all EU waters; (c) common skate (Dipturus batis) in EU waters of ICES division IIa and ICES Subareas III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X; (d) undulate ray (Raja undulata) and white skate (Rostroraja alba) in EU waters of ICES Subareas VI, VII, VIII, IX and X; (e) porbeagle (Lamna nasus) in all EU waters; and (f) guitarfishes (Rhinobatidae) in EU waters of ICES Subareas I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XII.’;

In Regulation (EC) No 754/2009, Article 1 is hereby amended as follows: (a) point (f) is deleted; (b) the following point is added: ‘(h) the group of vessels flying the flag of Ireland, participating in the fishery indicated in the request from Ireland dated 11 March 2011, operating in the west of Scotland using bottom trawls of mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm with square mesh panels in the area stated in point 6.1 of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 43/2009 and using 100 mm mesh size elsewhere in the west of Scotland.’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1 points (1) to (6) shall apply from 1 January 2011. Article 1 point (7) shall apply from 2 August 2011. Article 1 point (8) and Article 2 shall apply from 1 February 2011.