
Article 1 
This Regulation specifies the details for implementing the landing obligation, as provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, of the Baltic Sea, as defined in Article 4(2)(b) of that Regulation:

((a)) from 1 January 2015 as regards fisheries for herring, sprat, salmon and cod;
((b)) from 1 January 2017 as regards plaice caught in all fisheries.
Article 2 
By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation shall not apply to cod and salmon caught with trap-nets, creels/pots, fyke-nets and pound nets. All such cod and salmon may be released back into the sea.
Article 3 
The minimum conservation reference size for cod in the Baltic Sea shall be 35 cm.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2017.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 October 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO