
Article 1 
Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 356/2005 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 14 

1. Intermediary marker buoys shall be fixed to passive gear extending more than 5 nautical miles as follows:
(a) intermediary marker buoys shall be deployed at distances of not more than 5 nautical miles so that no part of the gear extending 5 nautical miles or more shall be left unmarked;
(b) intermediary marker buoys shall have the same characteristics as those of the end marker buoy in the eastern sector except that the flags shall be white.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, in the Baltic Sea intermediary marker buoys shall be fixed to passive gear extending more than 1 nautical mile. Intermediary marker buoys shall be deployed at distances of not more than 1 nautical mile so that no part of the gear extending 1 nautical mile or more shall be left unmarked.Intermediary marker buoys shall have the same characteristics as those of the end marker buoy in the eastern sector except for the following:
(a) the flags shall be white;
(b) every fifth intermediary marker buoys shall be fitted with a radar reflector giving an echo at least 2 nautical miles.'
Article 2 
Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 356/2005 shall be replaced by the following:
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Article 15 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2006.'
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 3 November 2005.
For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission