(3)In order to avoid disproportionate costs of handling unwanted catches, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/161note allowed the discarding of a small percentage of catches of species subject to minimum conservation reference sizes. It provided for a combined de minimis exemption that applies to small pelagic fisheries using pelagic mid-water trawl and/or purse seines and catching anchovy, sardine, mackerel and horse mackerel in the General Fisheries for the Commission of the Mediterranean (GFCM) geographical sub-areas 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.1, 11.2, and 12 (western Mediterranean Sea); 17 and 18 (Adriatic Sea); and 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23 and 25 (south-eastern Mediterranean Sea). Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2012note extended the application of the combined de minimis exemption until 31 December 2023.
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