
Article 1 
In Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008, the following point is added:
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4. By way of derogation from point 1, for the fishing effort management in the area referred to in point 2(b), gear groupings BT1 and BT2 shall be considered as a single gear grouping with a mesh size equal to or larger than 80 mm. Member States shall continue to report effort usage separately for BT1 and BT2 gear groupings as required by Articles 33 and 34 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 24 June 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER