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1.The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply in the Union waters of ICES division 3a and subarea 4 to:
(a)plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) caught with nets (GNS, GTR, GTN, GEN);
(b)plaice caught with Danish seines;
(c)plaice caught with bottom trawls (OTB, PTB) with a mesh size of at least 120 mm when targeting flatfish or roundfish.
2.The survivability exemption referred to in Article 15(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply to:
(a)plaice caught with trawls (OTB, PTB) with a mesh size of at least 90-99 mm equipped with Seltra panel targeting flatfish or roundfish in the Union waters of ICES division 3a;
(b)plaice caught with trawls (OTB, PTB) with a mesh size of at least 80-99 mm targeting flatfish or roundfish in the Union waters of ICES subarea 4.
3.When discarding plaice caught in the cases referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the plaice shall be released immediately.
[F14. The exemptions referred to in paragraphs 1(c) and 2 shall be provisionally applicable until 31 December 2020 . Member States having a direct management interest shall submit as soon as possible and not later than by 1 May 2020 , additional scientific information supporting the exemption laid down in paragraph 1(c) and 2. The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) shall assess the provided scientific information by 31 July 2020 .]