
Article 1 
The maximum number of days at sea for which Spain may authorise a vessel flying its flag to be present in ICES Divisions VIIIc and IXa, excluding the Gulf of Cádiz, carrying on board or deploying regulated gear and not being subject to special conditions, as laid down in Table I of Annex IIB to Regulation (EU) 2016/72, shall be increased to 126 days per year.
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, 25 November 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER