Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1596 of 23 October 2018 extending the derogation from Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 as regards the minimum distance from the coast and depth granted to shore seines fishing in certain territorial waters of France (Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply in territorial waters of France adjacent to the coast of Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur to shore seines used by vessels:

(a) bearing the registration number mentioned in the French management plan;

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

(c) Holding a fishing authorisation and operating under the management plan adopted by France in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006.

Article 2

Monitoring plan and reporting

France shall communicate to the Commission, within one year following the entry into force of this Regulation, a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the management plan referred to in Article 1(c).

Article 3

Entry into force and period of application

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

It shall apply until 25 August 2021.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 October 2018.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker