Article 1
Open ↗Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 is amended as follows: (1) the following Article 1a is inserted: ‘Article 1a For the purposes of this Regulation, “unintended catches” means incidental catches of marine organisms that, under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) , must be landed and counted against quotas either because they are below the minimum conservation reference size or because they exceed the quantities permitted under the catch composition and by-catch rules. ( *1 ) Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 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 ( OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 22 ).’;" (2) in Article 2, the following paragraph 3 is added: ‘3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to unintended catches of hake subject to the landing obligation set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. Those unintended catches shall be landed and counted against the quotas’.