Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2288 of 16 August 2022 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2066 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1022 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the extension of the high survivability exemption to the landing obligation for Venus shells (Venus spp.), Scallops (Pecten jacobaeus) and Carpet clams (Venerupis spp.) in the western Mediterranean Sea

Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2066 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c) are replaced by the following:

(a) scallop (Pecten jacobeus) caught with mechanised dredges (HMD) until 31 December 2023;

(b) Carpet clams (Venerupis spp.) caught with mechanised dredges (HMD) until 31 December 2023;

(c) Venus shells (Venus spp.) caught with mechanised dredges (HMD) until 31 December 2024;;

(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

1. By 1 May 2022 and 2023, the Member States having a direct management interest in the fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea shall submit to the Commission additional discard data and any other relevant scientific evidence supporting the exemption laid down in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1. The STECF shall assess the data and information submitted by 31 July at the latest..

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2023 until 31 December 2024.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 August 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen