
Article 1 
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1393/2014 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 2, the following paragraph 6 is added
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6. By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation shall not apply in 2019 and 2020 to catches of mackerel and herring in the ring net fishery targeting pelagic species not subject to quotas in ICES divisions VIIe and VIIf, if the requirements set out in paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Article and in Article 4 of this Regulation are met mutatis mutandis.';
((2)) in Article 3, the heading is replaced by the following: ‘De minimis exemptions in the years 2015, 2016 and 2017’;
((3)) the following Article 3a is inserted:
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Article 3a 
“By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the following quantities may be discarded:

((a)) up to a maximum of 6 %, in 2018, and 5 %, in 2019 and 2020, of the total annual catches of blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery targeting that species in ICES divisions Vb, VI and VII, and processing that species on board to obtain surimi base;
((b)) up to a maximum of 6 %, in 2018, and 5 %, in 2019 and 2020, of the total annual catches for albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the albacore tuna directed fisheries using midwater pair trawls (PTM) in ICES subarea VII;
((c)) up to a maximum of 1 %, in 2018, 2019 and 2020, of the total annual catches of mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), herring (Clupea harengus) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus) in the fishery carried out with pelagic trawlers up to 25 meters in length overall, using mid-water trawl (OTM and PTM) and targeting mackerel, horse mackerel and herring in ICES division VIId.';
((4)) in Article 5, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:
'It shall apply from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020.';
((5)) the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
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 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 24 November 2017.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX
1. 

Code Pelagic fishing gear Quota species targeted
OTB Otter trawls — bottom Mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, argentine
OTM Otter trawls midwater, other Mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, argentine
PTB Pair trawls — bottom (other) Mackerel
PTM Pair trawls — midwater Herring, mackerel, horse mackerel
PS Purse seines Mackerel, blue whiting
LHM Handline Mackerel
LTL Trolling Mackerel

2. 

Code Pelagic fishing gear Quota species targeted
LHM Handline Mackerel
LTL Trolling and poles and lines Albacore tuna
PTM Pair trawls — midwater Blue whiting, mackerel, horse mackerel, albacore tuna, boarfish, herring
OTM Otter trawls — midwater Blue whiting, mackerel, horse mackerel, boarfish, herring, albacore tuna
OTB Otter trawls — bottom Herring
PS Purse seines Mackerel, horse mackerel

3. 

Code Pelagic fishing gear Quota species targeted
OTB Otter trawls (not specified) Sprat
GND Driftnets Mackerel, herring
LHM Handlines and polelines Mackerel
OTM Otter trawls — midwater (other) Sprat, horse mackerel, mackerel, herring, boarfish
PTM Pair trawls — midwater (other) Horse mackerel
PS Purse seines Mackerel, horse mackerel

4. 

Code Pelagic fishing gear Quota species targeted
OTM Otter trawls — midwater Herring
PTM Pair trawls — midwater Herring
LHM Handlines Mackerel
GNS Gillnets Herring
