# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2237 of 1 October 2019 specifying details of the landing obligation for certain demersal fisheries in South-Western waters for the period 2020-2021, Article 6: De minimis exemptions

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

1. By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities may be discarded pursuant to Article 15(5)(c) of that Regulation:
(a) for hake (Merluccius merluccius), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using trawls and seines (gear codes: OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
Member States having a direct management interest shall submit yearly as soon as possible, but not later than by 1 May 2020, additional scientific information supporting this exemption. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries shall assess that scientific information by 31 July every year;
(b) for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls and bottom trawls (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT and TX) in ICES divisions 8a and 8b;
(c) for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using trammel nets and gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR and GEN) in ICES divisions 8a and 8b;
(d) for alfonsinos (Beryx spp.), up to a maximum of 5 %, of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using hooks and lines (gear codes: LHP, LHM, LLS, LLD) in ICES subarea 10;
(e) for horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), up to a maximum of 7 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of horse mackerel by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(f) for horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), up to a maximum of 3 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of horse mackerel by vessels using gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8, 9 and 10 and and CECAF zones 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0;
(g) for mackerel (Scomber scombrus), up to a maximum of 7 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(h) for mackerel (Scomber scombrus), up to a maximum of 3 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8 and 9 and and CECAF zones 34.1.1, 34.1.2, 34.2.0;
(i) for megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.), up to a maximum of 5 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of megrim by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(j) for megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.), up to a maximum of 4 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of megrim by vessels using gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(k) for plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), up to a maximum of 5 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(l) for plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), up to a maximum of 3 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(m) for anglerfish (Lophiidae), up to a maximum of 5 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of anglerfish by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(n) for anglerfish (Lophiidae), up to a maximum of 4 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of anglerfish by vessels using gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(o) for whiting (Merlangius merlangus), up to a maximum of 5 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subarea 8;
(p) for whiting (Merlangius merlangus), up to a maximum of 4 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8;
(q) for pollack (Pollachius pollachius), up to a maximum of 5 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (gear codes: OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
(r) for pollack (Pollachius pollachius), up to a maximum of 2 % in 2020 of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using gillnets (gear codes: GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;
2. The de minimis exemptions set out in paragraph 1 (e) to (r) shall be provisionally applicable until 31 December 2020. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit as soon as possible but not later than by 1 May 2020, additional scientific information supporting those exemptions. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries shall assess that scientific information by 31 July 2020.

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