290 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
NoL116/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.5.71
REGULATION (EEC)No1082/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of25May1971
amendingRegulations (EEC)No2455/70and(EEC)No166/71layingdowncommon
marketingstandardsforfisheryproducts
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No166/71laysdown
specialprovisionsinrespectofSizeCategory2
shrimpsonthebasisofwhichtheymaybeallowed
tobeusedforhumanconsumptiondependingonthe
supplysituationinCommunityareas;whereasthe
obligationtogradethemshould,intheseconditions,
continueinforceonlyifsuchprovisionshavebeen
applied;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthetextof
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)No2455/70:
'Article2THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2142/701of20October1970onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinfisheryproducts,andin
particularArticle2(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheCouncilhaslaiddowninRegulations
(EEC)No2455/702and(EEC)No166/713common
marketingstandards,respectively,forcertainfreshor
chilledfishandforshrimpsofthegenusCrangon
sp.p;whereasthesystemintroducedbythese
Regulationsmakesitcompulsorytogradenotonly
productswhich,inpursuanceofnationalhealth
regulations,arejudgedfitforhumanconsumption ,
but-alsothosewhicharejudgedunfitforsuch
consumption andproductswhichcannotbe
marketedforhumanconsumption ,inpursuanceof
theabove-mentioned Regulations ;
Whereasitisuncertainwithregardtothelasttwo
groupsofproductswhethertheobligationincumbent
onmembersofthetradecorrespondstothepurposes
oftheRegulations inquestion;whereas,
consequently ,itshouldbeterminated ;
Whereasthiswouldhavetheaddedadvantagethata
clearerandmorerapiddistinctioncouldbemade
betweenproductswhicharejudgedfitforhuman
consumption ,andarethereforesubjecttograding,
andotherproducts;whereasthiswillfacilitate
marketingatthestagewherestandardsareapplied
andcheckingtoseethatthesestandardsare
observed;1.ThefishreferredtoinArticle3whichform
partofCommunitycatchesmaybemarketedfor
humanconsumptionwithintheCommunityonly
iftheycomplywiththeprovisionsofthis
Regulation.
2.TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallnot,
however,applyto.smallquantitiesoffish
disposedofbyinshorefishermendirectto
retailersortoconsumers .
3.Detailedrulesfortheapplicationof
paragraph2shallbeadoptedinaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle29of
Regulation (EEC)No2142/70.'
Article2
1.Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthe
textofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle6(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No2455/70;
'1.OnthebasisoftheprovisionsofArticle5,
fishshallbegradedbylotinFreshnessCategory
Extra,AorB.'1OJNoL236,27.10.1970,p.5.
2OJNoL264,5.12.1970,p.1.
3OJNoL23,29.1.1971,p.3.

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Article5 2.ThelastsubparagraphandthetitleofArticle
6(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2455/70shallbe
deleted.
Article31.Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthe
textofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle5(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No166/71;
'1.TheshrimpsreferredtoinArticle1shallbe
gradedbylotinFreshnessCategoryAorB.'
2.Thelastsubparagraph andthetitleofArticle
5(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No166/71shallbe
deleted.
Article61.Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthe
firstsubparagraph ofArticle11(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No2455/70:
'1.ThefishxeferredtoinArticle3imported
fromthirdcountriesmaybeputonthemarket
forhumanconsumptionwithintheCommunity
onlyif:'
2.Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthe
textofArticle11(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2455/70:
'2.However,fishlandedinaCommunityport
directfromfishinggroundsfromvesselsflyingthe
flagofathirdcountryandintendedfor
marketingforhumanconsumption shallbe
subject,whenputonthemarket,tothesame
provisionsasthoseapplicabletoCommunity
catches.'ThefollowingsubparagraphshallbeaddedtoArticle
7(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No166/71:
'GradinginSizeCategory2isobligatoryonlyin
respectofproductsforwhichanexceptionis
madeinaccordancewithArticle3(4).'
Article7
Article4
1.Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthe
textofArticle3(1),(2)and(3)ofRegulation (EEC)
No166/71:
'1.ShrimpsreferredtoinArticle1whichform
partofCommunityproductionmaybemarketed
forhumanconsumptionwithintheCommunity
onlyiftheycomplywiththeprovisionsofthis
Regulation.
2.TheshrimpsreferredtoinArticle1which
aregradedinSizeCategory2referredtoin
Article7(1)maynotbemarketedforhuman1.Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthe
firstsubparagraph ofArticle10(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No166/71:
'1.TheshrimpsreferredtoinArticle1
importedfromthirdcountriesmaybeputonthe
marketforhumanconsumption inthe
Communityonlyif:'
2.Thefollowingtextshallbesubstitutedforthe
textofArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
166/71:
'2.However,shrimpslandedinaCommunity
vfportdirectfromfishinggroundsfromvessels
flyingtheflagofathirdcountryandintendedfor
marketingforhumanconsumption shallbe
subject,whenputonthemarket,tothesame
provisionsasthoseapplicabletoCommunity
catches.'.consumption .
3.TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallnot,
however,applytosmallquantitiesofshrimps
disposedofbyinshorefishermendirectto
retailersortoconsumers.'
2.InArticle3(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No166/71
thewords'inrespectofshrimpsgradedinSize
Category2,referredtoinArticle7(1)'shallbedeleted.Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25May1971.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.COINTAT