
Article 1 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/2035 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 3(1)(b), the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
'catches with bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, TBN) fitted with:'
((2)) in Article 6(1), point (c), is replaced by the following:
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(c) plaice caught with bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, PTB) with a mesh size of at least 120 mm when targeting flatfish or roundfish in winter months (from 1 November to 30 April).
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((3)) Article 9 is amended as follows:

((a)) in point (c), the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
'in the fishery for Norway lobster by vessels using bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, TBN) with a mesh size equal to or larger than 70 mm equipped with a species-selective grid with a bar spacing of maximum 35 mm in Union waters of ICES division 3a:';
((b)) in point (d), the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
'in the fishery for Northern prawn by vessels using bottom trawls (OTB, OTT) with a mesh size equal to or larger than 35 mm equipped with a species selective grid with a bar spacing of maximum 19 mm, and with unblocked fish outlet, in Union waters of ICES division 3a:';
((c)) point (e) is replaced by the following:
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(e) 
a combined quantity of whiting and cod below minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 6 % in 2019 and 5 % in 2020 and 2021 of the total annual catches of whiting and cod; the maximum amount of cod that may be discarded shall be limited to 2 % of those total annual catches;
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((d)) point (f) is replaced by the following:
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(f) 
a combined quantity of whiting and cod below minimum conservation reference size, which shall not exceed 6 % in 2019 of the total annual catches of whiting and cod; the maximum amount of cod that may be discarded shall be limited to 2 % of those total annual catches;
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((e)) in point (g), the introductory sentence is replaced by the following:
'in fisheries by vessels using bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, TBN, PTB) with a mesh size of 90-119 mm, equipped with Seltra panel, or bottom trawls (OTB, OTT, TBN, PTB) with a mesh size equal to or larger than 120 mm, in Union waters of ICES division 3a:'.
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 2019.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 March 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER