Council Regulation (EU) No 1040/2012 of 7 November 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 754/2009 as regards exclusion of certain groups of vessels from the fishing effort regime laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 and amending Regulations (EU) No 43/2012 and (EU) No 44/2012 as regards certain fishing opportunities

In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 754/2009, the following points are added: ‘(j) the group of vessels flying the flag of France identified in the request from France dated 8 June 2012, which participate in a fishery targeting saithe in the North Sea (ICES zone IV) using bottom trawls with a mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm (gear category TR1); (k) the group of vessels flying the flag of France identified in the request from France dated 8 June 2012, which participate in a fishery targeting saithe and deep-sea species in the west of Scotland (ICES zone VI) using bottom trawls with a mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm (gear category TR1); (l) the group of vessels flying the flag of France identified in the request from France dated 8 June 2012, which participate in a fishery targeting hake in the west of Scotland (ICES zone VI) using longlines (gear category LL).’.

Annexes I and IIA to Regulation (EU) No 43/2012 are amended in accordance with the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Annexes IA and IIA to Regulation (EU) No 44/2012 are amended in accordance with the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Point (1) of Annex I, and point (1) of Annex II shall apply from 1 January 2012. Article 1, point (2) of Annex I, and point (2) of Annex II shall apply from 1 February 2012.