# Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 of 19 March 2002 establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stock of hake in ICES sub-areas III, IV, V, VI and VII and ICES divisions VIII a, b, d, e, Article 1a

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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 , 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/494/article/1a (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-494/article-1a
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