European Union (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Sea-fisheries) Regulations 2013

Consultation on the review of the European Union (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Sea-fisheries) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 290 of 2013)

A public consultation is now underway in respect of a review of the European Union (Birds and Natural Habitats) (Sea-fisheries) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 290 of 2013).

You are invited to read the Consultation Document which sets out the reasons for the review, provides an overview of the Regulations and sets out several questions. The Consultation Document is available at the link below:

• Consultation Document (pdf 721Kb)    

Submissions will be accepted:

• online at the following webpage: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PCMJGN8
• by email to: inshore@agriculture.gov.ie (with the subject line “Review of S.I. No. 290 of 2013”)
• by post to:
Review of S.I. No. 290 of 2013, Marine Programmes Division,  Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, National Seafood Centre, Clonakilty, Co. Cork  P85 TX47.

Please note the closing date for submissions is Friday, 9 October 2020.

Enquiries concerning this consultation can be made to inshore@agriculture.gov.ie

Freedom of Information

All submissions and comments submitted to the Department for this purpose are subject to release under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014 and the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007- 2014. Submissions are also subject to Data Protection legislation.

Personal, confidential or commercially sensitive information should not be included in your submission and it will be presumed that all information contained in your submission is releasable under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

Data Protection

Please note that if you make a submission you are agreeing for it to be published in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR EU 2016/679), the Data Protection Acts 1988-2018, the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the DPER Consultation Principles and Guidance.

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