Each year, and no later than 15 December, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 and on the basis of the report from Member States referred to in paragraph 1 and the advice from the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries to exclude ICES Subdivisions 27 and/or 28.2 from the restrictions provided for in Article 8(1)(b), (3), (4) and (5) and Article 13 if there is evidence that catches of cod in these ICES Subdivisions are lower than 3 % of the total catches of cod in Area B.
Komisija vsako leto, najpozneje pa do 15. decembra v skladu s postopkom iz člena 30(2) Uredbe (ES) št. 2371/2002 ter na podlagi poročil držav članic iz odstavka 1 in nasvetov Znanstvenega, tehničnega in gospodarskega odbora za ribištvo odloči o izključitvi podrazdelkov ICES 27 in/ali 28.2 iz omejitev, določenih v členu 8(1)(b), (3), (4) in (5) ter členu 13, če obstaja dokaz, da je ulov v teh podrazdelkih ICES manjši od 3 % celotnega ulova trske na območju B.