‘Flemish panel’ means the last tapered netting section of a beam trawl whose:

‘Seltra panel’ means a selectivity device which:

‘Netgrid selectivity device’ means a selectivity device consisting of a four panel section inserted into a two-panel trawl with an inclined sheet of diamond mesh netting with a mesh size of at least 200 mm, leading to an escape hole in the top of the trawl;

‘CEFAS Netgrid’ means a Netgrid selectivity device developed by The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science for catches of Nephrops in the Irish Sea;

‘Flip-flap trawl’ means a trawl equipped with a netting grid developed to reduce the capture of cod, haddock and whiting in Norway lobster fisheries;

‘Flip-up rope’ means a gear modification on demersal beam trawls to help prevent stones and boulders entering the trawl and causing damage to both gear and catches;

‘Benthos release panel’ means a panel of larger mesh or square mesh netting fitted into the lower panel of a trawl, usually a beam trawl to release any benthic material and seabed debris before it passes into the cod-end;

‘Celtic Sea Protection Zone’ means the waters inside ICES divisions 7f, 7g and the part of 7j that lies North of latitude 50° N and East of 11° W;

‘Voracera’ means a locally designed and built mechanised hook line, used by the artisanal fleet targeting red seabream in the South of Spain in ICES division 9a.

for whiting (Merlangius merlangus), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of that species caught by vessels using bottom trawls and seines with a mesh size equal to or greater than 80 mm (OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, SSC, SDN, SPR, SX, SV, TBN, TBS, TB, TX), pelagic trawls (OTM, PTM) and beam trawls (BT2) with a mesh size of 80 to 119 mm in ICES divisions 7d and 7e;

for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of that species caught by vessels using trammel and gill nets (GN, GNS, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN, GNF) to catch common sole in ICES divisions 7d to 7g;

for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of that species caught by vessels using beam trawls (TBB) with a mesh size of 80 to 119 mm and equipped with a Flemish panel, to catch common sole in ICES divisions 7d to 7h, 7j to 7k;

for haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species caught in ICES divisions 7b, 7c and 7e to 7k:

This exemption shall apply on condition that the measures laid down in point 1.3.2 of part B of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 apply;

for boarfish (Caproidae), up to a maximum of 0,5 % of the total annual catches of that species for all gears in those areas, caught by vessels using bottom trawls (OTT, OTB, TBS, TBN, TB, PTB,) in ICES divisions 7b, 7c and 7f to 7k;

for megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.) below minimum conservation reference size, up to a maximum of 4 % of the total annual catches of those species caught by vessels using beam trawls (TBB) with a mesh size of 80 to 119 mm (BT2) in ICES subarea 7; and using bottom trawls (OTT, OTB, TBS, TBN, TB, PTB, OT, PT, TX) under the following conditions:

for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of that species caught by vessels using beam trawls with a mesh size of 80 to 119 mm (BT2) with increased selectivity (Flemish panel) in ICES divisions 7a;

for greater silver smelt (Argentina silus), up to 0,6 % of the total annual catches of that species from all gears in those areas, caught by vessels using bottom trawls (OTT, OTB, TBS, TBN, TB, PTB, OT, PT, TX) with a mesh size greater or equal to 100 mm (TR1) in ICES division 5b (Union waters) and subarea 6;

for horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual by-catches of those species, caught in demersal mixed fisheries, by vessels using bottom trawls, seines and beam trawls (OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, SSC, SDN, SPR, SX, SV, TBB, TBN, TBS, TB, TX) in ICES subarea 6 and divisions 7b to 7k;

for mackerel (Scomber scombrus), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual by-catches of that species, caught in demersal mixed fisheries, by vessels using bottom trawls, seines and beam trawls (OTB, OTT, OT, PTB, PT, SSC, SDN, SPR, SX, SV, TBB, TBN, TBS, TB, TX) in ICES subarea 6 and divisions 7b to 7k;

for blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery targeting that species in ICES subareas 6 and 7 and division 5b, and processing that species on board to obtain surimi base;

for mackerel (Scomber scombrus), horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus), up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches in the pelagic fishery with pelagic trawlers up to 25 metres in length overall, using mid-water trawl (OTM and PTM), and targeting mackerel, horse mackerel and herring in ICES division 7d.

for hake (Merluccius merluccius), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using trawls and seines (OTM, PTM, OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;

for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using pelagic trawls, beam trawls and bottom trawls (OTM, PTM, OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX) in ICES divisions 8a and 8b;

for common sole (Solea solea), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using trammel nets and gillnets (GNS, GN, GND, GNC, GTN, GTR, GEN) in ICES divisions 8a and 8b;

for alfonsinos (Beryx spp.), up to a maximum of 5 %, of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using hooks and lines (LHP, LHM, LLS, LLD) in ICES subarea 10;

for horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of horse mackerel by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;

for horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using gillnets (GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8, 9 and 10 and CECAF zones 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0;

for mackerel (Scomber scombrus), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;

for mackerel (Scomber scombrus), up to a maximum of 3 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using gillnets (GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8 and 9 and CECAF zones 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0;

for megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of megrim by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;

for megrim (Lepidorhombus spp.), up to a maximum of 4 % of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using gillnets (GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;

for anglerfish (Lophiidae), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBN, TBS, TBB, OT, PT, TX, SSC, SPR, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;

for anglerfish (Lophiidae), up to a maximum of 4 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using gillnets (GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;

for whiting (Merlangius merlangus), up to a maximum of 4 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using gillnets (GNS, GND, GNC, GTR, GTN) in ICES subarea 8;

for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, TBB, SDN, SX, SV) in ICES subareas 8 and 9;

for red seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo), up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, TBB, SDN, SX, SV) in the Gulf of Cadiz part of ICES subarea 9a;

for sole (Solea spp.) up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of those species by vessels using beam trawls, bottom trawls and seines (OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, TBB, SDN, SX, SV) in the Gulf of Cadiz part of ICES subarea 9a;

for blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) up to a maximum of 5 % of the total annual catches of that species in the industrial pelagic trawler fishery, which targets blue whiting in ICES subarea 8 using midwater trawls (OTM) and midwater pair trawls (PTM) and processes that species on board to obtain surimi base;

for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) up to a maximum of 4 % of the total annual catches of those species in the pelagic trawl fishery, which targets those species in ICES subarea 8 using pelagic trawls;

for horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) and mackerel (Scomber scombrus), up to a maximum of 4 % of the total annual catches and for anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) up to a maximum of 1 % of the total annual catches of that species using purse seines (PS) in ICES subareas 8, 9 and 10 and CECAF divisions 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0.