Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 494/2002 is amended as follows:

1. (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^f1, 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.’;

2. (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’.