The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2021

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes in the North Sea

4.—(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes in the North Sea(1) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit Article 3 (de minimis exemption in the years 2015 and 2016).

(3) In Article 3a (de minimis exemption in the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021)—

(a) omit from the heading “in the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021”;

(b) omit “in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021”.

(4) In Article 4 (documentation of catches under the exemptions), in paragraph 2, for “Article 3” substitute “Article 3a”.

(5) In Article 5 (expiry), for “2021” substitute “2024”.

(6) In the Annex—

(a) omit point 1 (including the table);

(b) in point 3, for “points 1 and 2” substitute “point 2”;

(c) in point 4, omit “IIIa and”.

(1)

EUR 2014/1395, amended by S.I. 2019/848 and paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Fisheries Act 2020. S.I. 2019/848 came into force on IP completion day by virtue of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.