2. This Regulation shall not apply to Community fishing vessels whose areas of operation lie within areas:
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(a)
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under the responsibility of a regional fisheries management organisation or arrangement with competence to regulate such fishing activities;
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(b)
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for which a process for the establishment of a regional fisheries management organisation is under way; where the participants in such process have agreed on interim measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems from destructive impacts resulting from the use of bottom gears.
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