TITLE II GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR ACCESS TO WATERS AND RESOURCES

CHAPTER III Marking and identification of United Kingdom fishing vessels and their gear

Section 2 Marking and identification of fishing gear and crafts

Article 13 Rules for buoys
1. The master of a United Kingdom fishing vessel or his representative shall ensure that two end marker buoys and intermediary marker buoys, rigged in accordance with Annex IV, are fixed to each passive gear used for fishing and are deployed in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
Words in Art. 13 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 5(14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
2. Each end marker buoy and intermediary buoy shall display the external registration letters and numbers displayed on the hull of the United Kingdom fishing vessel to which they belong and which has deployed such buoys as follows:
(a) letters and numbers shall be displayed as high above the water as possible so as to be clearly visible;
(b) in a colour contrasting with the surface on which they are displayed.
3. The letters and numbers displayed on the marker buoy shall not be effaced, altered or allowed to become illegible.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1962 of 28 October 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy.