Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007
Article 4
Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 is amended as follows: (1) in Articles 2 and 10, Article 11(1), Article 16(2) and Article 17(1), (2) and (5), the noun ‘Community’ or the corresponding adjective is replaced by ‘Union’, with any necessary grammatical changes being made; (2) in Article 3, the following point is added: ‘(g) “unintended catches” means incidental catches of marine organisms which, under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *4 ) , 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. ( *4 ) 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 ).’ " ; (3) the title of Chapter IV is replaced by the following: ‘PERIODS OF FISHING’ ; (4) Article 8 is amended as follows: (a) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Periods when fishing with certain types of gear is not allowed’ ; (b) in paragraph 2, the following subparagraphs are added: ‘Where cod is subject to the landing obligation set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall not apply. Unintended catches of cod shall be landed and counted against quotas. Fishing for cod using drifting lines within the areas and during the periods referred to in paragraph 1 shall be prohibited.’ ; (c) paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 are deleted; (d) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: ‘6. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, fishing vessels with an overall length of less than 12 metres shall be permitted to fish for up to 5 days per month divided into periods of at least 2 consecutive days during the closed periods referred to in paragraph 1. During those days, fishing vessels may only immerse their nets and land fish from 6.00 on Monday to 18.00 on Friday the same week. Article 16 shall apply to the fishing vessels referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph without holding a permit for fishing for cod.’ ; (e) paragraph 7 is deleted; (5) in Article 9(3), the following subparagraphs are added: ‘Where cod is subject to the landing obligation set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall not apply. Unintended catches of cod shall be landed and counted against quotas. Fishing for cod using the gear types referred to in paragraph 2 within the areas and during the periods referred to in paragraph 1 shall be prohibited.’ .