Article 1

Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 3, the heading is replaced by the following: ‘De minimis exemption in the years 2015 and 2016’;

2. (2)

   the following Article 3a is inserted:

   ‘ De minimis exemption in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020

   Article 3a

   By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of mackerel, horse mackerel, herring and whiting in the pelagic fishery carried out by pelagic trawlers up to 25 metres in length overall, using mid-water trawls (OTM/PTM), and targeting mackerel, horse mackerel and herring in ICES divisions IVb and c south of 54 degrees north, may be discarded in 2018, 2019 and 2020.’;

3. (3)

   in Article 5 the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

   ‘It shall apply from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020.’;

4. (4)

   the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.