
Article 1 
This Regulation specifies details for implementing the landing obligation as regards salmon caught in the fisheries for salmon, herring, sprat and cod in the Baltic Sea.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

((1)) ‘Baltic Sea’ means ICES divisions IIIb, IIIc and IIId, as specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 218/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Article 3 

1. By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation shall not apply to salmon caught with trap-nets, creels/pots, fyke-nets and pound nets.
2. Salmon caught without an available quota or below the minimum conservation reference size in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released back into the sea.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2020.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 21 November 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER