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The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2020-12-16

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Made: 16th December 2020

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

In accordance with paragraphs 1(1) and 8F(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force immediately before IP completion day.

(3) Regulations 4 to 7 come into force on IP completion day.

Amendment of the Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in consequence of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020

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(1) Regulation 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019[^f00002] is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (4), for sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) substitute—

(b) in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), for “enforceable Community restrictions, and enforceable EU obligations,” substitute “retained EU restrictions relating to sea fishing, retained EU obligations relating to sea fishing, Northern Ireland Protocol restrictions relating to sea fishing and Northern Ireland Protocol obligations,”; (c) in subsection (2), for “enforceable Community restriction or other obligation” substitute “retained EU restriction relating to sea fishing, retained EU obligation relating to sea fishing, Northern Ireland Protocol restriction relating to sea fishing or Northern Ireland Protocol obligation”; (d) in subsection (3), omit the definition of “enforceable Community restriction” and “enforceable EU obligation” and, in the appropriate places, insert the following definitions— - “Northern Ireland Protocol” means the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement; - “Northern Ireland Protocol obligation” means any obligation created or arising by or under the Northern Ireland Protocol, whether or not an obligation to which section 7A(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 applies; - “Northern Ireland Protocol restriction” means any restriction created or arising by or under the Northern Ireland Protocol, whether or not a restriction to which section 7A(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 applies; - “retained EU restriction” means a restriction that— was created or arose by or under the EU Treaties before IP completion day, and forms part of retained EU law, as modified from time to time;..

(3) In paragraph (5), for sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) substitute—

(b) in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), for “enforceable EU restrictions, and enforceable EU obligations,” substitute “retained EU restrictions relating to sea fishing, retained EU obligations relating to sea fishing, Northern Ireland Protocol restrictions relating to sea fishing and Northern Ireland Protocol obligations,”; (c) in subsection (2), for “enforceable EU restriction or other obligation” substitute “retained EU restriction relating to sea fishing, retained EU obligation relating to sea fishing, Northern Ireland Protocol restriction relating to sea fishing or Northern Ireland Protocol obligation”; (d) in subsection (3), omit the definition of “enforceable EU restriction” and “enforceable EU obligation” and, in the appropriate places, insert the following definitions— - “Northern Ireland Protocol” means the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement; - “Northern Ireland Protocol obligation” means any obligation created or arising by or under the Northern Ireland Protocol, whether or not an obligation to which section 7A(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 applies; - “Northern Ireland Protocol restriction” means any restriction created or arising by or under the Northern Ireland Protocol, whether or not a restriction to which section 7A(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 applies; - “retained EU restriction” means a restriction that— was created or arose by or under the EU Treaties before IP completion day, and forms part of retained EU law, as modified from time to time;..

Amendment of the Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 in consequence of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020

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(1) The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019[^f00003] are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 9—

(a) in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute—

(a) for point (b) substitute— (b) ‘Domestic trade’ means trade in Great Britain in bluefin tuna caught in the ICCAT Convention Area by a United Kingdom catching vessel or trap, which is landed in Great Britain, or which is caged in a farm established in the United Kingdom; (b) in point (c)— (i) after “third country” insert “or Northern Ireland”, (ii) for “Union” in the first place it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”, and (iii) for “the territory of the Union” substitute “Great Britain”; (c) in point (d), for “the territory of the Union” substitute “Great Britain”; (d) in point (e), for “the territory of the Union” in both places it occurs, substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa) in paragraph (ii), omit “and”, and

(bb) after paragraph (ii), insert—

(iia) after “ports,” insert “and”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(aa) for “territory” substitute “the territory”, and

(bb) for “United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”,

(iii) in sub-paragraph (d), for “8; and” substitute “7;”, and

(iv) after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

(da) in paragraph 8— (i) for “Flag or trap Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must only”, and (ii) for “only to their” substitute “to”; and

(c) in paragraph (5)(a), in the new paragraph 2 to be substituted by that paragraph, for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(d) in paragraph (7)(b), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”;

(e) in paragraph (8), in the new paragraph 1 to be substituted by that paragraph, for “Where the United Kingdom is the re-exporting country” substitute “Where a re-export from Great Britain takes place”; and

(f) in paragraph (10)(a)(iii), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1035/2001

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(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1035/2001 establishing a catch documentation scheme for Dissostichus spp. is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1, omit “by the Community”.

(3) In Article 2—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in point (a), for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”, and

(ii) in point (b), for “the Community” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) omit paragraph 3.

(4) In Article 3—

(a) in point (d)—

(i) after “State” insert “or from Northern Ireland into Great Britain”, and

(ii) after “except” insert “(in either case)”;

(b) in point (f)—

(i) in the first indent, after “State”, in the second place it occurs, insert “or its removal from Great Britain to Northern Ireland or vice versa”, and

(ii) in the second indent, for “faciliate” substitute “facilitate”;

(g) ‘export’ means any movement of a catch in its harvested or processed form: - from the territory under the control of a State or free trade zone of landing, or, where that State or free trade zone forms part of a customs union, any other Member State of this customs union, or - where Great Britain is the place of landing, from Great Britain;

; and

(d) for point (h) substitute—

(h) ‘re-export’ means any movement of a catch in its harvested or processed form: - from territory under the control of the State, free trade zone, or Member State of a customs union of import unless that State, free trade zone, or any Member State of that customs union of import is the first place of import, in which case the movement is an export within the definition in point (g), or - where Great Britain is the place of import, from Great Britain, unless Great Britain is the first place of import, in which case the movement is an export within the definition in point (g);

(5) In Article 4—

(a) in paragraphs 1 and 2, for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”; and

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “their flag” substitute “United Kingdom fishing”.

(6) In Article 5—

(a) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”; and

(b) for “their flag” substitute “United Kingdom fishing”.

(7) In Article 6—

(a) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”; and

(b) for “of their flag vessels” substitute “United Kingdom fishing vessel”.

(8) In Article 7—

(a) in the first paragraph—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “they issue” substitute “it issues”; and

(b) in the second paragraph—

(i) for “They shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”,

(ii) for “they have” substitute “it has”, and

(iii) for “their flag” substitute “the”.

(9) In Article 8—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”, and

(ii) for “shall” substitute “must”; and

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “shall” in each place it occurs, substitute “must”,

(ii) in the words before point (a), for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”,

(iii) in point (a), for “he” substitute “the master”, and

(iv) in point (d)—

(aa) for “the Flag Member State of the vessel” substitute “a fisheries administration”,

(bb) for “Flag Member State” in the second place it occurs, substitute “fisheries administration”, and

(cc) omit the second subparagraph.

(10) In Article 9—

(a) in the first paragraph, for “the Flag Member State shall” substitute “a fisheries administration must”; and

(b) omit the final subparagraph.

(11) In Article 10—

(a) for “shall” in each place it occurs, substitute “must”;

(b) in paragraph 1, in the words before point (a), for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(d) in paragraph 3—

(i) in the first subparagraph, for “the Flag Member State of the vessel” substitute “a fisheries administration”, and

(ii) omit the second subparagraph.

(12) In Article 11—

(a) in the first paragraph—

(i) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”,

(ii) for “shall” substitute “must”, and

(iii) for “the Flag Member State” substitute “a fisheries administration”;

(b) omit the second subparagraph.

(13) In Article 12—

(a) for “shall” in each place it occurs, substitute “must”;

(b) in paragraph 1, in the words before the first indent, for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”;

(d) in paragraph 3, omit the second subparagraph.

(14) In the heading of Chapter 4, for “Member States” substitute “a fisheries administration”.

(15) In Article 13—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “their territory” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 2, in the first subparagraph, for “Member State”, in each place it occurs, substitute “fisheries administration”;

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”,

(ii) for “Commission and the other Member States” substitute “other fisheries administrations”, and

(iii) for “Member State” substitute “fisheries administration”; and

(d) after paragraph 3, insert—

(4) In paragraph 3, “the other fisheries administrations” does not include the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.

(16) In Article 14—

(a) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”; and

(b) for “their” substitute “its”.

(17) In Article 15—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “their territory” substitute “Great Britain”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”,

(ii) for “their” in the first place it occurs, substitute “its”, and

(iii) for “their territory” substitute “Great Britain”;

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “Commission” substitute “other fisheries administrations”; and

(d) after paragraph 4, insert—

(5) In paragraph 3, “the other fisheries administrations” does not include the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.

(18) In Article 16, in the first paragraph—

(a) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”; and

(b) for “their territory” substitute “Great Britain”.

(19) In Article 17—

(a) after “importation” insert “into”; and

(b) after “exportation” insert “from Great Britain”.

(20) In Article 18—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the words before point (a), for “the Member State of landing” substitute “Great Britain, where Great Britain is the place of landing”, and

(ii) in the words after point (c), for “the exporting Member State” substitute “a fisheries administration”; and

(b) omit paragraph 2.

(21) In Article 19—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “shall” in both places it occurs, substitute “must”,

(ii) in the words after point (b)—

(aa) for “He” substitute “The re-exporter”, and

(bb) for “in the re-exporting Member State” substitute “of a fisheries administration”; and

(b) omit paragraph 2.

(22) In Article 20—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “The Flag Member State shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “Commission” substitute “other fisheries administrations”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”, and

(ii) for “Commission” substitute “other fisheries administrations”; and

(3) In paragraph 2, “the other fisheries administrations” does not include the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.

(23) In Article 21, for “Member States shall notify the Commission, which shall” substitute “The Secretary of State must”.

(24) Omit Article 22.

(25) In Article 22a—

(a) for “Member State” substitute “fisheries administration”;

(b) for “shall” in each place it occurs, substitute “must”; and

(26) Omit Articles 23 to 26.

(27) In Annex 1, in point 2(vi), omit the words from “(for Community vessels” to the end.

Application of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 to Northern Ireland

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(1) Subject to the modifications in paragraph (3), the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing[^f00004] listed in paragraph (2) have effect in Northern Ireland.

(2) The provisions are—

(a) Chapter 1, so far as relevant for the purposes of the other provisions listed in this paragraph;

(b) Chapter 2;

(d) Article 37;

(e) Articles 54, 54A and 54D.

(3) The modifications are that—

(a) Article 2 is to be read as if—

(i) in point 20, for “the United Kingdom” there were substituted “Northern Ireland”, and

(ii) after point 23, there were inserted—

(24) ‘EU fishing vessel’ means a fishing vessel flying the flag of a member state of the European Union and registered in the European Union.

(b) the heading to Chapter 2 is to be read as if—

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