# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1392/2014 of 20 October 2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea, Article 3: De minimis exemption

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities may be discarded:
(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;
(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;
(c) in the southern Adriatic and Ionian Sea:
(i) up to 3 % of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic purse seines fisheries; and
(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;
(d) in the Malta Island and South of Sicily:
(i) up to 3 % of the total annual catches of species subject to minimum sizes in the small pelagic purse seines fisheries; and
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1392/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1392/article-3
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