
Article 1 
The request submitted by the United Kingdom under Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 to extend the closure of the pair trawl fishery for bass within 12 miles of the south-west coast of England to vessels of other Member States is rejected.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 26 February 2005.
For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission