Article 3 De minimis exemptionsF1

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

1. (a)

   up to a maximum of 6 % in 2018, and 5 % in 2019 and 2020 of the total annual catches of blue whiting in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery, which targets blue whiting in ICES division VIII using midwater trawls (OTM) and processes that species on board to obtain surimi base;

2. (b)

   up to a maximum of 6 % in 2018, and 5 % in 2019 and 2020 of the total annual catches of albacore tuna in the large pelagic fisheries which target albacore tuna in ICES division VIII using midwater pair trawls (PTM);

3. (c)

   F2up to a maximum of 4 % in 2018, 2019 and 2020 of the total annual catches of anchovy, mackerel and horse mackerel in the pelagic trawl fishery which targets anchovy, mackerel and horse mackerel in ICES division 8 using pelagic trawls;

4. (d)

   up to a maximum of 4 % in 2018, 2019 and 2020 of the total annual catches of horse mackerel, jack mackerel and mackerel, and 1 % in 2018, 2019 and 2020 of the total annual catches of anchovy in the fishery which targets horse mackerel, jack mackerel, mackerel and anchovy in ICES divisions VIII, IX, X and CECAF divisions 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0 using purse seines (PS).