Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the following article is inserted:

Prohibition of highgrading
Article 15a
Any species which is subject to a quota and which is caught during fishing operations shall be brought aboard the vessel and subsequently landed unless this would be contrary to obligations laid down in Union fisheries regulations establishing technical, control and conservation measures in particular in this Regulation, in Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 or in Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy .
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2. the following article is inserted:

Restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot
Article 18a
1
The retention on board of the following species of fish shall be prohibited where they are caught within the geographical areas and during the periods mentioned below:
Species | Geographical area | Period
Flounder (Platichthys flesus) | Subdivisions 26, 27, 28 and 29 south of 59° 30′ N | 15 February to 15 May
Subdivision 32 | 15 February to 31 May
Turbot (Psetta maxima) | Subdivisions 25, 26 and 28 south of 56° 50′ N | 1 June to 31 July
2
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, when fishing with trawls, Danish seines or similar gears with a mesh size equal to or greater than 105 mm or with gillnets, entangling nets or trammel nets with a mesh size equal to or greater than 100 mm, by-catches of flounder and turbot may be retained on board and landed within a limit of 10 % by live weight of the total catch retained on board and landed during the periods of prohibition referred to in paragraph 1.
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3. in Article 26(1) and (2), the noun ‘Community’, or the corresponding adjective, is replaced by the noun ‘Union’, or the corresponding adjective, and any grammatical adjustments needed as a consequence of this replacement shall be made.
OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.’;