Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 254/2002
Article 5
Regulation (EC) No 254/2002 is amended as follows: (1) the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 1a “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 ( *5 ) , 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. ( *5 ) 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 3(1), the following subparagraph is added: ‘However, when using the gear specified in the first subparagraph, all unintended catches of species subject to the landing obligation set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall be landed and counted against quotas.’ ; (3) in Article 4, the following paragraph is added: ‘The first paragraph shall not apply to unintended catches of marine organisms 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 quotas.’ .