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1. This Regulation establishes a multiannual plan (‘the plan’) for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean Sea.

2. This Regulation applies to the following stocks:

(a) blue and red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) in GFCM subareas 1, 5, 6 and 7;

(b) deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in GFCM subareas 1, 5, 6 and 9-10-11;

(c) giant red shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea) in GFCM subareas 9-10-11;

(d) European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in GFCM subareas 1-5-6-7 and 9-10-11;

(e) Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) in GFCM subareas 5, 6, 9 and 11;

(f) red mullet (Mullus barbatus) in GFCM subareas 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11.

3. This Regulation also applies to by-catch stocks caught in the western Mediterranean Sea when fishing for the stocks listed in paragraph 2. It also applies to any other demersal stocks which are caught in the western Mediterranean Sea and for which sufficient data are not available.

4. This Regulation applies to commercial fisheries catching the demersal stocks referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, where they are carried out in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels outside the Union waters of the western Mediterranean Sea.

5. This Regulation also specifies details for the implementation of the landing obligation in Union waters of the western Mediterranean Sea for all stocks of species to which the landing obligation applies under Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 which are caught in demersal fisheries.

6. This Regulation provides for technical measures, as set out in Article 13, applicable in the western Mediterranean Sea in respect of any stock.