# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1758 of 28 August 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2238 as regards high survivability and de minimis exemptions applicable to certain demersal fisheries in the North Sea, Article 1

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

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2238 is amended as follows:
(1) Article 3(3) is replaced by the following:
‘3. The exemption referred to in paragraph 1(b)(1) and (3) shall be provisionally applicable until 31 December 2020. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit as soon as possible and not later than on 1 May 2020, additional scientific information supporting the exemption laid down in paragraph 1(b) (1) and (3). The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall assess the provided scientific information by 31 July 2020.’;
(2) Article 6(4) is replaced by the following:
‘4. The exemptions referred to in paragraphs 1(c) and 2 shall be provisionally applicable until 31 December 2020. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit as soon as possible and not later than by 1 May 2020, additional scientific information supporting the exemption laid down in paragraph 1(c) and 2. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall assess the provided scientific information by 31 July 2020.’;
(3) Article 10 is amended as follows:
(a) in point (n), under the introductory phrase, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘the de minimis exemption set out in this point shall be provisionally applicable until 31 December 2020. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit, as soon as possible and not later than by 1 May 2020, additional scientific information supporting the exemption. The STECF shall assess the provided scientific information by 31 July 2020;’;
(b) the following point (o) is added:
(o) ‘in the demersal fisheries by vessels using bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, PTB) with a mesh size equal to or greater than 120 mm catching ling in Union waters of ICES subarea 4:
a quantity of ling below minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 3 % of the total annual catches of ling in that fishery.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1758/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1758/article-1
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