Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2056/2001 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 2, the following point 3 is added: ‘3. “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 ( *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) the following Article 9a is inserted: ‘Article 9a Where marine organisms of a species subject to the landing obligation are caught in excess of permitted percentages or quantities specified in Article 4(1) to (6), Article 5(2), Article 6(2), Article 7 and Article 8 of this Regulation, Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply. Those unintended catches shall be landed and counted against quotas. Such unintended catches shall not be deemed to represent a breach of the permitted percentages of the catch composition specified in those Articles.’