Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 724/2010 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   Article 4 is replaced by the following:

   ‘Catch trigger level

   Article 4

   1.

   The catch level which shall trigger real-time closures of fisheries, as referred to in Article 51 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, shall be 10 % by weight of juveniles as compared to the total of the four species referred to in Article 2, in a haul.

   2.

   However, if the quantity of cod in the sample exceeds 75 % as compared to the total of the four species in a haul, the catch trigger level shall be 7,5 % by weight of juveniles as compared to the total of the four species in a haul.’;

2. (2)

   in Annex I, point 3 is replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   A sample shall be taken when it is estimated that at least 200 kg of any combination of cod, haddock, saithe or whiting are present in one haul.

   1. (a)

      The minimum size of the sample shall be 200 kg of any combination of cod, haddock, saithe or whiting.

   2. (b)

      The sample must be taken in such a way that it reflects the catch composition with respect to the four species.

   3. (c)

      When appropriate due to the size of the catch the sample shall be taken in the beginning, the middle and the end of the catch.’