European Parliament 19 March 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION E-0765/02 by Alexander de Roo (Verts/ALE) and Inger Schörling (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Promotion of non-animal testing.

The so-called one net rule (Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (1), Chapter 1 Article 4) does not prevent the use of more than one net at the time as long as the mesh sizes of the gears are in compliance with the conditions specified in the Regulation.