Article 5 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 254/2002

Regulation (EC) No 254/2002 is amended as follows:

1. (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^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 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. (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.’.