For the purposes of their integration into the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources established by Regulation (EEC) No 170/83, access to the waters falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of the present Member States and covered by the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) by vessels flying the flag of Portugal shall be subject to the system defined in this Section.

For the purposes of their integration into the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources established by Regulation (EEC) No 170/83, access to the waters falling under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of the present Member States and covered by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) by vessels flying the flag of Spain and recorded and/or registered in a port situated in the territory to which the common fisheries policy applies shall be subject to the system defined in this section.

If, on the basis of an assessment of environmental risks taking into account, in particular, Directive 80/68/EEC(1), the competent authority has decided, in accordance with Section 2 ("Water control and leachate management"), that collection and treatment of leachate is not necessary or it has been established that the landfill poses no potential hazard to soil, groundwater or surface water, the requirements in paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3 above may be reduced accordingly.