30.12.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 370/21 REGULATIONS COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 1392/2014 of 20 October 2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to the Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 20 13 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (*), and in particular Articles 15(6) and 18(1) and (3) thereof, Whereas: (1) () ) - Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 aims to progressively eliminate discards in all Union fisheries through the intro- duction of a landing obligation for catches of species subject to catch limits. Article 15(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 empowers the Commission to adopt discard plans by means of a delegated act for a period of no more than three years on the basis of joint recommendations developed by Member States in consultation with the relevant Advisory Councils. Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Malta and Slovenia have a direct fisheries management interest in the Medi- terranean Sea. Those Member States have submitted joint recommendations () to the Commission after consult- ation of the Mediterranean Sea Advisory Council. Scientific contribution was obtained from relevant scientific bodies. In line with Article 18(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 only those measures in the joint recommen- dations which comply with Article 15(6) of that Regulation should be included in this Regulation. As regards the Mediterranean Sea, Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 establishes a landing obligation for all catches of species which are subject to catch limits and also for catches of species which are subject to minimum sizes as defined in Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (}). According to Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the landing obligation should apply in small pelagic fisheries, large pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes at the latest from 1 January 2015. In accordance with the joint recommendation, the discard plan should cover all catches of species which are subject to minimum sizes as defined in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 caught in small pelagic fish- eries using pelagic mid-water trawl andfor purse seines in the Mediterranean Sea (i.e. fisheries for anchovy, sardine, mackerel and horse mackerel) from 1 January 2015. 0] L 354,28.12.2013, p. 22. ‘Discard management plan for Western Mediterranean Sea (GSAs 1-12 except for GSAs 3 and 4): joint recommendation agreed by fish- eries directors of France, Spain and Italy’, transmitted on 2 July 2014; ‘Discard management plan in North Adriatic Sea (GSA 17): joint recommendation by Croatia, Italy and Slovenia’, transmitted on 25 June 2014; ‘Greek discard plan for pelagic fisheries in Aegean Sea and Crete island (GSAs 22 and 23)’, transmitted on 30 June 2014; Joint recommendation to the European Commission for a specific discard plan for pelagic fisheries in Southern Adriatic Sea, Western and Eastern lonian Seas (GSAs 18-19-20)', transmitted by Greece and Italy on 25 June 2014; ‘Discard management plan for Malta and the South of Sicily (GSAs 15-16): joint recommendation agreed by Italy and Malta’, transmitted on 19 June 2014. Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (OJL 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).