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Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 is amended as follows:

(1) Article 13(3) is deleted;

(2) the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 16a Area restriction on fishing 1. It shall be prohibited to conduct any fishing activity from 1 May to 31 October within the areas enclosed by sequentially joining with rhumb lines the following positions, which shall be measured in accordance with the WGS84 coordinate system:

(a) Area 1:

— 55° 45′ N, 15° 30′ E — 55° 45′ N, 16° 30′ E — 55° 00′ N, 16° 30′ E — 55° 00′ N, 16° 00′ E — 55° 15′ N, 16° 00′ E — 55° 15′ N, 15° 30′ E — 55° 45′ N, 15° 30′ E (b) Area 2:

— 55° 00′ N, 19° 14′ E — 54° 48′ N, 19° 20′ E — 54° 45′ N, 19° 19′ E — 54° 45′ N, 18° 55′ E — 55° 00′ N, 19° 14′ E (c) Area 3:

— 56° 13′ N, 18° 27′ E — 56° 13′ N, 19° 31′ E — 55° 59′ N, 19° 13′ E — 56° 03′ N, 19° 06′ E — 56° 00′ N, 18° 51′ E — 55° 47′ N, 18° 57′ E — 55° 30′ N, 18° 34′ E — 56° 13′ N, 18° 27′ E.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, fishing with gillnets, entangling nets and trammel nets of a mesh size equal to or larger than 157 mm or with drifting lines shall be permitted. No other gear shall be kept on board.’;

(3) the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 28aa Procedure for adopting technical measures in the context of multiannual plans The Commission is empowered, for the purpose of adopting the acts referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council () and for the duration thereof, to adopt technical measures. Such technical measures shall be established by means of delegated acts adopted in accordance with Article 28b of this Regulation and Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and may, where appropriate, derogate from the following:

(a) specifications of target species, mesh sizes and minimum conservation reference sizes laid down in Annexes II, III and IV to, and referred to in Articles 3 and 4 and Article 14(1) of, this Regulation;

(b) structures, characteristics and rules governing the use of active gears laid down in Article 5(2), (3) and (4) and Article 6 of, and in Annex II to, this Regulation;

(c) structures, characteristics and rules governing the use of passive gears laid down in Article 8 of this Regulation;

(d) the list(s) of coordinates of areas and periods where fishing prohibitions or restrictions apply as laid down in Articles 16 and 16a of this Regulation;

(e) the species to which Article 18a(1) of this Regulation applies, as well the geographical areas and periods of application of restrictions on fishing for certain stocks laid down in that paragraph, as well as the technical details of the derogation laid down in Article 18a(2) of this Regulation.

(4) in Article 28b(2), (3) and (5), the words ‘Articles 14a and 28a’ are replaced by the words ‘Articles 14a, 28a and 28aa’.