
Article 1 
In Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1394/2014, the following paragraph is added:
'By way of derogation from Annex XII to Regulation (EC) No 850/98, the minimum conservation reference size for horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) caught in ICES division VIIIc and ICES subarea IX shall be 12 cm for 5 % of the respective quotas of Spain and Portugal in those areas. Within that limit of 5 %, in the xávega artisanal beach sein fishery in ICES division IXa 1 % of the quota of Portugal may be caught with the size below 12 cm.'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 October 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER