Article 3 De minimis exemption

By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities may be discarded:

1. (a)

   in the western Mediterranean Sea, up to 5 % of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic mid-water trawl and purse seines fisheries set out in point 1 of the Annex;

2. (b)

   in the northern Adriatic Sea, up to 5 % of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic mid-water trawl and purse seines fisheries set out in point 2 of the Annex;

3. (c)

   in the southern Adriatic and Ionian Sea:

   1. (i)

      up to 3 % of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic purse seines fisheries; and

   2. (ii)

      up to 7 % in 2015 and 2016 and up to 6 % in 2017 of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic mid-water trawl fisheries, set out in point 3 of the Annex;

4. (d)

   in the Malta Island and South of Sicily:

   1. (i)

      up to 3 % of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic purse seines fisheries; and

   2. (ii)

      up to 7 % in 2015 and 2016 and up to 6 % in 2017 of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic mid-water trawl fisheries, set out in point 4 of the Annex;

5. (e)

   in the Aegean Sea and Crete Island, up to 3 % of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic purse seines fisheries set out in point 5 of the Annex.