
Article 1 
Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 shall not apply in territorial waters of Slovenia, irrespective of the depth, between 1,5 and 3 nautical miles from the coast, to ‘volantina’ trawls which are used by vessels:

((a)) bearing the registration number mentioned in the Slovenian management plan adopted by Slovenia in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006;
((b)) having a track record in the fishery of more than five years and not involving any future increase in the fishing effort deployed; and
((c)) holding a fishing authorization and operating under the management plan.
Article 2 
Slovenia shall communicate to the Commission, within three years following the entry into force of this Regulation, a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the management plan referred to in Article 1.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 24 March 2017 until 27 March 2020.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 December 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER