Regulation (EU) No. 1380/2013 aims to progressively eliminate discards in all European Union fisheries through the introduction of a landing obligation for catches of species subject to catch limits. Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 1394/2014 established a discard plan for certain pelagic fisheries in South-Western waters in order to facilitate the implementation of the landing obligation by means of certain flexibility mechanisms. The latter is hereby amended as regards the de minimis exemptions for those landing obligations.
2017-11-21