Council Regulation (EC) No 2578/2000 of 17 November 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products
Date: 2000-11-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European standard, fishery product, fresh fish, marketing standard, product quality

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2578/2000

of 17 November 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain
fishery products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

‘— Striped or red mullet (Mullus barbatus, Mullus surmu-

letus)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

— Black sea bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)’;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17
December 1992 on the common organisation of the market in
fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article
2(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(b) in paragraph 1, a new point (d) shall be added:

‘(d) Common scallop and other aquatic invertebrates

falling within code NC 0307:

— Common scallop (Pecten maximus)

— Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)’.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 (2) adds five
new species to the list of products eligible for interven-
tion mechanisms under the common organisation of the
markets.

Common marketing standards, harmonised throughout
the Community market, therefore need to be laid down
for those species by amending Regulation (EC) No 2406/
96 (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 is hereby amended as follows:

2. The first subparagraph of Article 4(3) shall be replaced by:

‘3.
The crab, common scallop and common whelk
referred to in Article 3 shall not be classified according to
specific standards of freshness.’

3. Article 7(1) shall be replaced by:

‘1.
The products referred to in Article 3 shall be sized by
weight or by number per kilogram. Shrimps and crabs,
however, shall be graded in size categories by width of shell;
common scallops and common whelks shall be graded in
size categories by width of shell.’

4. In Annex II,

the table appearing in the Annex to this
Regulation concerning the size categories applicable to
striped or red mullet, black sea bream, common scallop and
common whelk shall be added after the existing table.

1. Article 3:

Article 2

(a) in paragraph 1, the list under (a) shall be supplemented

by the following indents:

(1) OJ L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 3318/94 (OJ L 350, 31.12.1994, p. 15).

(2) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22.
(3) OJ L 334, 23.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 323/97 (OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 8).

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 2001.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 November 2000.

For the Council

J. GLAVANY

The President

ANNEX

‘Scale of weights

Minimum sizes to be observed in the conditions laid down
in the Regulations referred to in Article 7

Species

Size

Kg/fish or
shell size

Number
of fish/kg

Region

Geographical area

Minimum size

Common scallop
(Pecten maximus)

one size

10 cm and over (3)

Common whelk
(Buccinum undatum)

Striped or red mullet
(Mullus surmuletus, Mullus
barbatus)

Mediterranean

Black sea bream
(Spondyliosoma
cantharus)

one size

4,5 cm and over (3)

1

2

3 a

3 b

1

2

3

4

500 g and over

200 g 500 g exclusive

40 g to 200 g exclusive

18 g to 200 g exclusive

800 g and over

500 g to 800 g exclusive

300 g to 500 g exclusive

180 g to 300 g exclusive

Regions 1 to 5 except
Skagerrak/Kattegat and except
ICES VIIa north of 52° 30'
N and VIId

ICES VIIa north of 52° 30'
N and VIId

100 mm (1)

110 mm (1)

Regions 1 to 5 except
Skagerrak/Kattegat

45 mm (1)

Mediterranean

11 cm (2)

(1) Laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of

marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p.1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1298/2000 (OJ L 148, 22.6.2000, p. 1).

(2) Laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1626/94.
(3) Shell width, measured at the widest point.’