
Article 1 

1. Article 13(3), first paragraph of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, shall not apply in the territorial waters of Croatia to the following fisheries:
(a) mullets (Mugilidae) by purse seine ‘ciplarica’;
(b) bonito (Sarda sarda), bullet tuna (Auxis rochei), little tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus), greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) by purse seine ‘palamidara’;
(c) sand smelt (Atherina boyeri) by purse seine ‘oližnica’; and
(d) needle fish (Belone belone) by purse seine ‘igličara’.
2. The purse seines referred in paragraph 1 shall be used by vessels:
(a) bearing a registration number set out in the Croatian management plan adopted by Croatia in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006;
(b) having a track record in the fishery for more than five years and not involving any future increase in the fishing effort deployed; and
(c) holding a fishing authorisation and operating under the Croatian management plan.
Article 2 
Croatia 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 Croatian management plan.
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 26 October 2018 to 26 October 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 October 2018.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER