Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 20th November, 2015.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 14 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006) and the Sea Fisheries, Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2007 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), for the purpose of giving effect to Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015¹ hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Landing Obligation) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. The European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Landing Obligation) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 83 of 2015 ) are amended by substituting in Regulation 3(1) the definition of "Council Regulation" for the following:

"‘Council Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013² as amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015;".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 November 2015.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations amend the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Landing Obligation) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 83 of 2015 ) which refer to vessels engaged in small pelagic and large pelagic fisheries in relation to species caught in those fisheries which are subject to catch limits from 1 January 2015 in the North West Waters (ICES Zones Vb, VIa, VIb, VII) on a gear by species basis.

1 OJ L 133, 29.5.2015, p.1

2 OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p.22