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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2440/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/2440",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2440 of 22 October 2015 establishing a discard plan for certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea and in Union waters of ICES Division IIa",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2440",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Minimum conservation reference size",
  "text": "By way of derogation from the minimum conservation reference size established in Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and for the purposes of this Regulation, the minimum conservation reference size of Norway lobster in ICES Division IIIa shall be as follows:\n(a) total length of 105 mm;\n(b) carapace length of 32 mm.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2440/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:12.476906+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}