A Member State may take non-discriminatory measures for the conservation and management of fish stocks and the maintenance or improvement of the conservation status of marine ecosystems within 12 nautical miles of its baselines provided that the Union has not adopted measures addressing conservation and management specifically for that area or specifically addressing the problem identified by the Member State concerned.
Féadfaidh Ballstát bearta neamh-idirdhealaitheacha a dhéanamh chun stoic éisc a chaomhnú agus a bhainistiú agus chun stádas caomhnaithe éiceachórais na mara a chothabháil nó a fheabhsú laistigh de chrios 12 mhuirmhíle óna bhonnlínte ar an gcoinníoll nach bhfuil bearta glactha ag an Aontas a théann i ngleic go sonrach le caomhnú agus le bainistiú an limistéir sin nó a thugann aghaidh go sonrach ar an bhfadhb a shainaithin an Ballstát lena mbaineann.