L 164/10 Official Journal of the European Union 3.6.2014 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 586/2014 of 2 June 2014 derogating from Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 as regards the prohibition to fish above protected habitats and the minimum distance from the coast and depth for the ‘gangui’ trawlers fishing in certain territorial waters of France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea (), and in particular Articles 4(5) and 13(5) and (10) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 prohibits fishing with trawl nets, dredges, purse seines, boat seines, shore seines or similar nets above seagrass beds of, in particular, Posidonia oceanica or other marine phaner- ogams. (2)  The Commission may allow a derogation from Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, provided that the conditions set out in Article 4(5) are fulfilled. (3)  Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 prohibits the use of towed gears within 3 nautical miles of the coast or within the 50 m isobath where that depth is reached at a shorter distance from the coast. (4) At the request of a Member State, the Commission may allow a derogation from Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, provided that the conditions set out in Article 13(5) and(9) are fulfilled. (50 On 18 May 2011 the Commission received a request from France for a derogation from the first subparagraph of Article 4(1), from the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) and from Article 13(2) of that Regulation, for the use of ‘gangui’ trawlers in certain sea areas situated within the territorial waters of France, above seagrass beds of Posi- donia oceanica and within 3 nautical miles from the coast, irrespective of the depth. (6)  France provided up-to-date scientific and technical justifications for the derogations. (7)  The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) assessed the derogation requested by France and the related draft management plan at its plenary session held from 11 to 15 July 2011. (8)  The derogations requested by France comply with the conditions laid down in Article 4(5) and in Article 13(5) and (9) of Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006. () OJL 36,8.2.2007, p. 6.