Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/693 of 7 May 2018 establishing the derogation from Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 as regards the prohibition to fish above protected habitats, the minimum distance from the coast and the minimum sea depth for the gangui trawlers fishing in certain territorial waters of France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Article 4(1) and Article 13(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply in the territorial waters of France adjacent to the coast of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region to gangui trawlers:

(a) bearing a registration number mentioned in the French management plan adopted by France in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006;

(b) having a track record in the fishery of more than five years and not involving any future increase in fishing effort provided; and

(c) holding a fishing authorisation and operating under the French management plan.

Article 2

Reporting

France shall communicate to the Commission, within two years following the entry into force of this Regulation, a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the French management plan referred to in Article 1.

By June of each year following the entry into force of this Regulation and by June 2019 for the first time, France shall submit to the Commission a report, based on scientific and technical data, on the implementation of the additional control and monitoring measures and on the compliance with the requirements for granting the derogations provided for by this Regulation.

Article 3

Entry into force

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

It shall apply from 11 May 2018 until 11 May 2020.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2018.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker