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Article 1

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Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1393/2014 is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    in Article 2, the following paragraph 6 is added

    ‘6.

    By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation shall not apply in 2019 and 2020 to catches of mackerel and herring in the ring net fishery targeting pelagic species not subject to quotas in ICES divisions VIIe and VIIf, if the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Article and in Article 4 of this Regulation are met mutatis mutandis.’;

  2. (2)

    in Article 3, the heading is replaced by the following: ‘De minimis exemptions in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017’;

  3. (3)

    the following Article 3a is inserted:

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

    Article 3a

    “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 (Micromesistius poutassou) in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery targeting that species in ICES divisions Vb, VI and VII, and processing 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 for albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the albacore tuna directed fisheries using midwater pair trawls (PTM) in ICES subarea VII;

    3. (c)

      up to a maximum of 1 %, in 2018, 2019 and 2020, of the total annual catches of mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), herring (Clupea harengus) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the fishery carried out with pelagic trawlers up to 25 meters in length overall, using mid-water trawl (OTM and PTM) and targeting mackerel, horse mackerel and herring in ICES division VIId.’;

  4. (4)

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

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

  5. (5)

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