# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/189 of 23 November 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes in the North Sea, Article 1

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

Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 3, the heading is replaced by the following: ‘De minimis exemption in the years 2015 and 2016’;
(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) in Article 5 the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘It shall apply from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020.’;
(4) the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/189/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-189/article-1
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