Article 4
Notwithstanding the conditions laid down in Article 4(4) and Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 850/98: 1. The catch taken with any demersal towed net of mesh size range 70 to 79 mm and retained on board in ICES Sub-area VI and/or ICES Division Vb shall consist of at least 30 % of Norway lobsters and no more than 5 % of cod. 2. The catch taken with any demersal towed net of mesh size range 80 to 109 mm and retained on board in ICES Division IIa or that part of ICES Sub-area IV to the north of straight lines sequentially joining the following geographical coordinates: A point on the east coast of the United Kingdom at 55° 00' N, 55° 00'N 05° 00' E, 56° 00' N 05° 00' E, a point on the west coast of Denmark at 56° 00' N, shall consist of at least 30 % of Norway lobsters. 3. The catch taken with any demersal towed net of mesh size range 100 to 109 mm and retained on board any fishing vessel in ICES Sub-area VI and/or ICES Division Vb shall consist of: - at least 70 % of any mixture of haddock, hake, whiting, anglerfish, megrims, skates, rays, saithe and Nephrops and no more than 5 % of cod, or - of at least 70 % of any mixture of the target species included in the longer list of such target species for mesh size range 80 to 99 mm specified in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and/or ling, blue ling, saithe, siki sharks, black scabbard fish, orange roughy, Phycis spp. and Brosme brosme and no more than 5 % of cod. 4. The catch taken with any demersal towed net of mesh size range 110 to 119 mm and retained on board any fishing vessel shall consist of: - at least 70 % of saithe and no more than 3 % of cod, or - for catches taken in ICES Sub-area VI and/or ICES Division Vb and retained on board, at least 70 % of any mixture of the target species included in the longer list of such target species for mesh size range 80 to 99 mm specified in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and/or ling, blue ling, saithe, siki sharks, black scabbard fish, orange roughy, Phycis spp. and Brosme brosme and no more than 5 % of cod. However, during 2002, the catch taken with any demersal towed net of mesh size range 110 to 119 mm and retained on board any fishing vessel may consist of: - at least 50 % of any mixture of haddock, whiting, plaice, sole, lemon sole, skates, rays and anglerfish and no more than 25 % of cod for catches taken in ICES Sub-area IV and/or ICES Division IIa, or - at least 50 % of any mixture of haddock, whiting, megrims, anglerfish, skates, rays, Greenland halibut, tusk, ling and saithe and no more than 25 % of cod for catches taken in ICES Sub-area VI and/or ICES Division Vb. 5. It shall be prohibited to retain on board or deploy any demersal towed net or nets of mesh size range 100 to 119 mm unless: - each such net is equipped with a square-meshed panel of at least 90 mm mesh size and the panel is installed in compliance with the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 850/98, or - the catch retained on board shall consist of at least 70 % of any mixture of the target species included in the longer list of such target species for mesh size range 80 to 99 mm specified in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and/or ling, blue ling, saithe, siki, sharks, black scabbard fish, orange roughy, Phycis spp. and Brosme brosme and no more than 5 % of cod, or - each such net is lashed and stowed in compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 20(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy(5). 6. Unless otherwise specified in paragraphs 1 to 5, catches of cod retained on board any vessel carrying any demersal towed net of mesh size range 32 to 119 mm shall not be in excess of 20 % of the weight of the total catch of marine organisms retained on board. 7. Catches taken by demersal towed gears of mesh size equal to or greater than 120 mm and retained on board are exempt from conditions relating to percentages of target and non-target species.