Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1614 of 15 September 2022 determining the existing deep-sea fishing areas and establishing a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur

1 The existing deep-sea fishing areas are determined in line with the coordinates set out in Annex I.

2 The existing deep-sea fishing areas shall be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/2336, and in particular Article 8(2) and (4) of that Regulation concerning the limitation on fishing authorisations and the prohibition on fishing with bottom trawls at a depth below 800 metres.

1 The list of areas where VMEs are known to occur or are likely to occur are established in line with the coordinates set out in Annex II.

2 The areas where VMEs are known to occur or are likely to occur shall be subject to the rules set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/2336, and in particular Article 9(1) and (9) of that Regulation concerning its application to fishing operations with bottom gears below a depth of 400 metres and the prohibition of fishing with bottom gears in all such designated areas.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.