
Article 1 
The landing obligation provided for in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in the Black Sea to the fisheries of turbot (Psetta maxima) caught with bottom-set gillnets (gear code GNS).
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘Black Sea’ means maritime waters in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Geographical Sub-Area 29 as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Article 3 

1. The exemption from the landing obligation pursuant to Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for species for which scientific evidence demonstrates high survival rates shall apply in 2017 to turbot (Psetta maxima) caught with bottom-set gillnets (GNS) in the Black Sea.
2. Turbot (Psetta maxima) caught in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released immediately in the area where it has been caught.
3. By 1 May 2017, Member States having a direct management interest in the turbot fisheries in the Black Sea shall submit to the Commission additional discard data to those provided for in the Joint Recommendation of 4 July 2016 and any other relevant scientific information supporting the exemption laid down in paragraph 1. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall assess those data referred in paragraph 3 by July 2017 at the latest.
Article 4 

1. The Member States concerned shall determine the vessels subject to the landing obligation for the fisheries of turbot (Psetta maxima) caught with bottom-set gillnets (GNS).
2. By 31 December 2016, the Member States concerned shall submit to the Commission and to the other Member States, using the secure Union control website, the list of all vessels targeting turbot. They shall keep the list updated.
Article 5 
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 to 31 December 2019.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 20 October 2016.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER