
Article 1 

1. Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, shall not apply in the territorial waters of Greece to fishing for picarel (Spicara smaris) and bogue (Boops boops) by boat seines.
2. The boat seines referred in paragraph 1 shall be used by vessels:
(a) bearing a registration number set out in Annex 5 of the Greek management plan;
(b) having a track record in the fishery for more than 5 years; and
(c) holding a fishing authorisation and operating under the management plan adopted by Greece in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006.
Article 2 
Greece shall communicate to the Commission a report drawn up in accordance with the monitoring plan established in the 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 for a period of three years following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 May 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER