{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2014/article-9",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/2014",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2014 of 21 August 2020 specifying details of implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in the North Sea for the period 2021-2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2014",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Survivability exemption for skates and rays",
  "text": "1. The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply to skates and rays caught with fishing gear in the Union waters of the North Sea (ICES divisions 2a, 3a and subarea 4).\n2. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit every year, as soon as possible and not later than 1 May, additional scientific information, in particular for cuckoo ray, supporting the exemption laid down in paragraph 1. STECF shall assess the provided scientific information by 31 July every year.\n3. When discarding skates and rays caught in the cases referred to in paragraph 1, the skates and rays shall be released immediately.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/2014/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:15.154966+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}