{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2015/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2015/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2020/2015",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2015 of 21 August 2020 specifying details of the implementation of the landing obligation for certain fisheries in Western Waters for the period 2021-2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2015",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Survivability exemption for skates and rays",
  "text": "1. The survivability exemption provided for in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply to skates and rays (Rajiformes) caught by any fishing gear in the North-Western Waters (ICES subareas 6 and 7).\n2. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit, every year as soon as possible and not later than by 1 May, additional scientific information supporting the exemption laid down in paragraph 1. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall assess that scientific information by 31 July every year.\n3. The exemption laid down in paragraph 1 shall also apply to Cuckoo ray. Member States having a direct management interest shall submit, every year as soon as possible and not later than by 1 May, additional scientific information supporting that exemption including provisional information on Cuckoo ray catches, Cuckoo ray discards and the progress of Cuckoo ray vitality or survival research in relevant fisheries. The STECF shall assess the provided scientific information before 31 July every year.\n4. 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/2020/2015/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:15.102128+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."
}