For the purposes of this Annex, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (a)

   ‘gear grouping’ means the grouping consisting of the following two gear categories:

   1. (i)

      beam trawls of mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm, and

   2. (ii)

      static nets, including gillnets, trammel nets and tangle-nets, with mesh size equal to or less than 220 mm;

2. (b)

   ‘regulated gear’ means any of the two gear categories belonging to the gear grouping;

3. (c)

   ‘area’ means ICES division 7e;

4. (d)

   ‘current management period’ means the period from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019.