Article 1 U.K.

In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, the following point is added:

‘4. By way of derogation from point 1, for the fishing effort management in the area referred to in point 2(b), gear groupings BT1 and BT2 shall be considered as a single gear grouping with a mesh size equal to or larger than 80 mm. Member States shall continue to report effort usage separately for BT1 and BT2 gear groupings as required by Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.’.