Article 1 U.K.

Delegated Regulation (EC) 2016/2374 is amended as follows:

(1)

In Article 3(1), point (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) for hake (Merluccius merluccius), up to a maximum of 6 % in 2018 of the total annual catches of this species by vessels using trawls and seins (gear codes: OTT, OTB, PTB, OT, PT, TBN, TBS, TX, SSC, SPR, TB, SDN, SX and SV) to catch hake in ICES subareas VIII and IX.’;

(2)

in Article 3(2) the year ‘2017’ is replaced by the year ‘2018’;

(3)

the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.