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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)516 final.
•Brussels,30July1982
amendingProposalfora
CouncilRegulation(EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)\a?:i>.,\\
standardsforcertaina
^o103/76Layingdowncommonmarketing
painfreshorchilledfish
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)516final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
*
ThenewRegulation (EEC)No3796/81onthecommonorganization ofthemarket
infisheryproducts,incorporating provisionspreviouslylaiddowninArticle
2ofRegulation100/76,providesforthepossibility ofestablishing common
marketingstandardsfortheproductsreferredtoinArticle1ofthesame
Regulationorforgroupsofsuchproducts.Inaddition,linganddogfish
havebeenincludedinthenewpricearrangement .Ifthisarrangementisto
operateproperly,marketingstandardsmustbeestablishedforthetwonew
species.TheAnnextoRegulation No103/76ontheestablishment ofcommon
marketingstandardsforcertainfishmustthereforebeamended.
Inaddition,experiencehasshownthatifthemarketinproductsforhuman
consumptionistoachieveoptimumoperation,minimumsizesmustbecomplied
withforthevariousspeciesconcerned.
Accordingly,theCommissionproposesthatallfishlistedinAnnexIAof
Regulation No3796/81nothavingreachedagivenminimumsizeshouldnot
qualifyformarketingforhumanconsumption .In1976,theCommission had
alreadyproposedalterationofthesizingscale,expressedinweight,of
certainproductsreferredtoinRegulation No103/76(C0M(76)602final).
Buttherehavesincebeennewdevelopments .Inparticular,withaviewto
ensuringrationalexploitation ofresources,theCommission hastabledin
theCouncilaproposedRegulationsettingminimumbiologicalsizes,expressed
inlength,aspartof.Communitymeasuresfortheconservation offishery
resources (C0M(82)30final).
Inordertoensuremutualconsistency betweenthevariousmeasures,the
CommissionisincludinginthisRegulationits1976proposal,updatingitin
thelightofthemeasuresrelatingtothefixingofminimumbiologicalsizes
Alastpointisthatthisproposalshouldhavetheeffectofreducing
withdrawals andthusreducingEAGGFGuaranteeSectionintervention .
r

Proposal fora
Council Regulation (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC )No103/76
laying down common marketing standards for
certain fresh orchilled fish
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No3796 /81of29December 1981 on
thecommon organization ofthemarket infishery products (1),andinparti­
cular Article 2(3 )thereof ,
ι
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Article 2ofRegulation (EEC )No3796 /81provides that common marke­
ting standards maybelaid down fortheproducts listed inArticle 1ofthat
Regulation orforgroups ofthose products ;
Whereas ling anddogfish were included intheprice system provided forin
Regulation (EEC )No3796 /81;
Whereas thestandardization ofthese products isofparticular importance for
theproper functioning oftheprice system ;whereas common marketing standards
should therefore befixed forthese twoproducts ;
Whereas ,when thecommon marketing standards fortheproducts listed inAnnex
ItoRegulation (EEC )No3796 /81arelaid down ,account should betaken ofthe
Community 'sinterest inconserving fishing grounds asmuch aspossible ;
whereas fish which arenotofaminimum size expressed byweight should
therefore notbemarketed forhuman consumption ;whereas therefore Council
Regulation (EEC)No103/76-^,aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No3049/79^
should beamended .
(1)0JNoL379 ,31.12.1981 ,p. 1.
(2)0JNoL20,28.1.1976 ,p.29.
(3)0JNoU343,31.12.1979 ,p.22.

HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Regulation (EEC)No103/76isherebyamendedasfollows:
1.Article3isreplacedbythefollowing:
"Article3
"Marketingstandardsareherebylaiddownforthefollowingspeciesof
saltwaterfishfallingwithinsubheadingex03-01BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,withtheexceptionoffishwhichislive,frozenorinpieces:
Herring(Clupeaharengus);
Sardines(Sardinapilchardus )
Dogfish(Squalusacanthias)
(Scyliorhinus spp.)
Redfish(Sebastesspp.)
Cod(Gadusmorrhua)
Saithe(Pollachiusvirens)
Haddock(Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
Whiting(Merlangusmerlangus)
Ling(Molvaspp.)
Mackerel(Scomberscombrus)
Anchovies (Engraulisspp.)
Plaice(Pleuronectes'platessa)
Hake(Merlucciusmerluccius )." .
2.AnnexBisreplacedbythetextannexedhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1983-
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

4.
ANNEX 8
SIZING
Herring Sardines
kg/fish Numberoffishtoig kg/fish Numberoffishtokg
Size1
Size2
Size3
SizeV0,125andoverfrom0.085
froa0.85uptobutexclu-
ding0.125
from0.033uptobutexclu·
ding0.0858orless
froa9to12
froa13to300.60andover
fro·0.04Ouptobutexcluding
0.060
fro·0.030uptobutexcluding
0.040
fro·0.015uptobutexcluding
0.03017orless
from18to25
froa26to33
*
fro»34to67
Dogfish Redflsh Cod Saithe
kg/fish kg/fish kg/fîsh kg/fish
Size1
Size2
Size3
Size4
Size52andover
fro·1uptobutexcluding2
froa0.7uptobutexcluding
12andover
from0.6uptobutexcluding
2
fron0.35uptobutexclu·
ding0.67andover
froa4uptobutexcluding7
fron2uptobutexcluding4
fro«1uptobutexcluding2
froa0.3uptobutexcluding 15andover
fron3uptobutexcluding5
froβ1.5uptobutexcluding3
fron0.3uptobutexcluding1.5
-
Haddock Ihltlng Ling laskenl
kg/fish kg/fish kg/fish kg/fish
Size1
Size2'
Size3–
Size41andover
froa0.4uptobutexcluding
1
fro·0.25uptobutexcluding
0.4
fro·0.17uptobutexcluding
0.250.5andover
froa0.35uptobutexclu-
ding0.5
froa2uptobutexcluding
0.35
fron0.11uptobutexclu·
ding0.25andover
from0.2uptobutexcluding5
fro·0.5uptobutexcluding
20.5andover
fro·0.2uptobutexcluding
0.5
fron0.1uptobutexcluding
0.2
■Plaice Hake
kg/fish kg/fish
Size1 Θ.6andover 1.2andover
Size2 fro·0.4uptobutexcluding0.6 fraa0.6uptobutexcluding1.2
Size3 froa0.3uptobutexcluding0.4 fro·0.2uptobutexcluding0.6
Size4 fro·0.15uptobutexcluding0.3Anchovies
kg/fish Nuoberoffishtokg
Size1
Size2
Size30.033andover
froa0.020uptobutexcluding0.033
0.010uptobutexcluding0.02030orless
froa31to50
fron51to100