Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission of data on landings of fishery products in Member States
Date: 2005-11-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, exchange of information, fishery product, quantity of fish landed

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 11.11.2005 
COM(2005) 566 final 

2005/0223 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the submission of data on landings of fishery products in Member States 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1)  CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

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•  Grounds for and objectives of the proposal 

The current community legislation based on Council Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 on 
the submission of data on the landings of fishery products in Member States requires 
the  Member  States  to  submit  to  the  Commission  monthly  data  on  the  quantity  and 
value  of  landings  of  fishery  products  in  their  ports.  An  analysis  of  the  methods  of 
collecting and compiling the data by the national authorities and  of the uses made of 
such data by the Commission's services have revealed that improvements can be made 
which would reduce the workload on the Member States and improve the usefulness of 
the data. 

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•  General context 

The community legislation on fishery statistics was designed to provide a total national 
coverage  of  harmonised  monthly  data  on  the  landings  of  fishery  products  to 
supplement the data submissions on a more limited range of products in selected ports 
under  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  104/2000  on  the  common  organisation  of  the 
market in fishery and aquaculture products. 

•  Existing provisions in the area of the proposal 

The  proposal  is  designed  to  improve  and  replace  the  existing  community  legislation 
and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 should therefore be repealed. 

•  Consistency with the other policies and objectives of the Union 

Not applicable. 

2)  CONSULTATION OF INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT 

•  Consultation of interested parties 

Consultation methods, main sectors targeted and general profile of respondents 

The national fishery statisticians were presented with, and discussed, a working paper 
containing the technical elements of the current proposal. 

Summary of responses and how they have been taken into account 

Subject  to  minor  editorial  changes,  the  working  paper  was  unanimously  approved  by 
the national fishery statisticians. 

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•  Collection and use of expertise 

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Scientific/expertise domains concerned 

The  national  representatives  in  the  meeting  of  Eurostat's  Working  Group  "Fishery 
Statistics" were experts with knowledge of the existing legislation and with expertise in 

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the national systems of collecting and compiling fishery statistics. 

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Methodology used 

Open discussion between the experts in the meetings of the Working Group "Fishery 
Statistics" 

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Main organisations/experts consulted 

The  experts  were  from  the  national  fishery  ministries  and/or  the  national  statistical 
institutes. 

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Summary of advice received and used 

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The existence of potentially serious risks with irreversible consequences has not been 
mentioned. 

Since the current proposal is a simplification of the existing legislation no risks were 
identified. 

Means used to make the expert advice publicly available 

The results of the experts' discussions were included in the minutes of the meeting of 
the Working Group "Fishery Statistics". 

•  Impact assessment 

Since  the  current  proposal  is  a  simplification  of  the  existing  legislation  an  impact 
assessment was considered unnecessary. 

As  the  proposal  is  a  modification  and  simplification  of  existing  legislation  no 
information campaign of financial incentives is considered appropriate. 

3)  LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL 

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•  Summary of the proposed action 

The objective of this Regulation shall be to provide for the submission by the Member 
States of harmonised data on the quantity and value of landings on their territories to 
permit analyses of the market for fishery products and more general economic analyses 
of the situation in fisheries. The Regulation differs from the existing legislation in three 
main respects. Firstly, the submissions are to be of annual data as opposed to monthly 
data. Monthly data submitted up to six months after the reference month were found to 
be of limited use for the day-to-day management of the market while annual data are 
useful for medium- to long-term analyses of the market and reduce the workload of the 
national authorities in the submission of the data. Secondly, the submissions are to be 
required  by  the  flag  (or  nationality)  of  the  vessels  responsible  for  the  landings.  This 
requirement, as opposed to the current submissions by the broad groups of EU vessels, 
of  EFTA  vessels  and  of  other  vessels,  will  permit  more  detailed  analyses  of  the  data 
and yet not significantly increase the workload on the national authorities who already 
collect  the  data  in  this  detail.  Lastly,  in  circumstances  where  the  structural 
characteristics  of  the  fisheries  sector  would  result  in  difficulties  for  the  national 

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authorities incommensurate with the importance of the sector, the Regulation permits a 
more flexible approach to the use of sampling techniques for the estimation of the total 
landings.  Subject  to  a  justification  for  their  use  and  an  analysis  of  the  quality  of  the 
resultant data in a methodological report, the national authorities will be able to employ 
an appropriate level of sampling techniques for the collection of the data. 

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•  Legal basis 

Article  285  provides  the  legal  basis  for  Community  statistics.  The  Council,  acting  in 
accordance with the codecision procedure, shall adopt measures for the production of 
statistics where necessary for the performance of the activities of the Community. This 
Article  sets  out  requirements  relating  to  the  production  of  Community  statistics  and 
requires  conformity  to  standards  of  impartiality,  reliability,  objectivity,  scientific 
independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical confidentiality. 

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•  Subsidiarity principle 

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The  subsidiarity  principle  applies  insofar  as  the  proposal  does  not  fall  under  the 
exclusive competence of the Community. 

The  objectives  of  the  proposal  cannot  be sufficiently  achieved  by  the  Member  States 
for the following reason(s). 

Action  by  the  Member  States  alone  will  be  insufficient  to  ensure  the  availability  of 
comparable statistics required for the development and monitoring of fair and effective 
Community  policies  on  the  common  organisation  of  the  markets  in  fishery  and 
aquaculture products. The increasing importance of this sector means that reliable and 
comparable statistics are needed by the Member States. Action by the Member States 
alone,  without  coordination  and  harmonisation  at  Union  level,  will  be  an  inefficient 
and  ineffective  approach  to  meeting  this  need.  In  accordance  with  the  principle  of 
subsidiarity  as  set  out  in  Article  5  of  the  EC  Treaty,  the  objective  of  the  proposed 
action, namely the systematic submission of data on the landing of fishery products for 
the production of harmonised Community statistics, cannot be sufficiently achieved by 
the  Member  States  acting  individually  and  can  therefore  be  better  achieved  by  the 
Community. 

Experience has shown that Member States collect data on the quantities and values of 
landings  but  use  a  variety  of  concepts  and  definitions  which  result  in  the  non-
comparability of the data at the EU level and thus seriously reduce their usefulness in 
the management of the market for fishery products. 

Community action will better achieve the objectives of the proposal for the following 
reason(s). 

The Regulation provides for the coordination and harmonisation of data at the EU level 
and the submission by the national authorities of reports on  the  methodology used in 
the collection and compilation of the data. These reports shall be subject to a review of 
the content and quality of the submitted data by the Working Group "Fishery Statistics" 
of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Statistics. Subject to the acceptance of these 
methodological  reports,  the  national  authorities  shall  be  permitted  to  use  such 
techniques in the collection of the data as are appropriate to the structure of fisheries on 

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their territory. 

Although  the  Commission  is  best  able  to  organise  the  collection  of  Community 
statistics,  the  Member  States  are  competent  in  the  organisation  and  operation  of  the 
national  statistical  systems.  Council  Regulation  (EC)  322/97  of  17  February  1997  on 
Community statistics provides that Community statistics shall be governed by inter alia 
the  principles  of  impartiality  and  statistical  confidentiality.  Impartiality  implies  the 
availability  of  statistics,  with  a  minimum  delay,  to  all  users.  It  is  conditioned  by  the 
obligation  that  data  used  by  the  national  authorities  and  the  Commission  for  the 
production  of  Community  statistics  be  considered  confidential  when  they  allow 
statistical  units  to  be  identified,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  thereby  disclosing 
individual information. The national authorities are required to submit methodological 
reports  which  are  reviewed  by  the  Working  Group  "Fishery  Statistics"  to  assess  the 
quality of the national systems for the collection and compilation of the data. 

The analysis of the Community market for fishery products has to be undertaken at the 
EU level using harmonised and comparable national data. 

The proposal therefore complies with the subsidiarity principle. 

•  Proportionality principle 

The proposal complies with the proportionality principle for the following reason(s). 

It  is  recognised  that  there  are  wide  variations  in  the  structures  of  the  fisheries  in  the 
Member States and consequently that there are differences in the tasks of the national 
authorities in collecting and compiling the data on the volume and value of landings of 
fishery products. Accordingly the national authorities may employ such techniques for 
the  collection  of  data  that  are  appropriate  to  the  structure  of  the  fisheries  and  are 
commensurate  with  the  importance  of  the  sector.  In  accordance  with  the  principle  of 
proportionality this Regulation confines itself to the minimum required to achieve this 
objective and does not go beyond what is necessary for that purpose. 

The financial and administrative burden on the national authorities will be no greater 
than  that  of  the  existing  legislation.  Indeed  the  requirement  for  annual  rather  than 
monthly  data  submissions  and  the  possibility  of  an  increased  use  of  sampling 
techniques should reduce this burden. 

•  Choice of instruments 

Proposed instruments: Regulation. 

Other means would not be adequate for the following reason(s). 

Selection  of  the  appropriate  category  for  an  act  of  the  EP/Council  depends  on  the 
legislative  goal.  Given  the  information  needs  at  European  level,  the  trend  for 
Community statistics has been to use Regulations rather than Directives for basic acts. 
Regulation is preferable because it lays down the same law throughout the Community, 
leaving the Member States with no power to apply them incompletely or selectively; it 
is directly applicable, which means that it needs not be transposed into national law. In 
contrast,  directives,  which  aim  at  harmonisation  of  national  laws,  are  binding  on 

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Member States as regards their objectives, but leave the national authorities the choice 
of  form  and  methods  used  to  obtain  the  objectives  agreed  upon  at  the  Community 
level; they must be transposed into national law. The use of a Regulation is in line with 
other statistical legal acts which have been adopted since 1997. 

4)  BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

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The proposal has no implication for the Community budget. 

5)  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

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•  Simulation, pilot phase and transitory period 

There was or there will be a transitory period for the proposal. 

•  Simplification 

The proposal provides for simplification of legislation. 

The  current  community  legislation  requires  the  Member  States  to  submit  to  the 
Commission monthly data on the quantity and value of landings of fishery products in 
their  ports.  An  analysis  of  the  methods  of  collecting  and  compiling  the  data  by  the 
national  authorities  and  of  the  uses  made  of  such  data  by  the  Commission's  services 
have revealed that improvements can be made which would reduce the workload on the 
Member States and improve the usefulness of the data. The Regulation differs from the 
existing  legislation.  Firstly,  the  submissions  are  to  be  of  annual  data  as  opposed  to 
monthly data. Secondly, the submissions are to be required by the flag (or nationality) 
of the vessels responsible for the landings. This requirement, as opposed to the current 
submissions by the broad groups of EU vessels, of EFTA vessels and of other vessels, 
will  permit  more  detailed  analyses  of  the  data  and  yet  not  significantly  increase  the 
workload on the national authorities who already collect the data in this detail. Lastly, 
the  proposed  Regulation  permits  a  more  flexible  approach  to  the  use  of  sampling 
techniques for the estimation of the total landings. 

The proposal is included in the Commission's Work and Legislative Programme under 
the reference 2004/ESTAT/010. 

•  Repeal of existing legislation 

The adoption of the proposal will lead to the repeal of existing legislation. 

•  European Economic Area 

The proposed act concerns an EEA matter and should therefore extend to the European 
Economic Area. 

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2005/0223 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the submission of data on landings of fishery products in Member States 

(Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular 
Article 285(1) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, 

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty2, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

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3 

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 of 21 May 1991 on the submission of data on 
the landings of fishery products in Member States3 requires Member States to submit 
data on the quantities and average prices of fishery products landed on their territory. 

Experience  has  shown  that  analyses  of  the  market  for  fishery  products  and  other 
economic  analyses  would  not  be  adversely  affected  if  data  were  submitted  under 
Community legislation at yearly rather than monthly intervals. 

Analyses  would  be  enhanced  if  data  were  broken  down  by  the  flag  state  of  vessels 
carrying out landings. 

Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 imposes a limit on sampling permitted when collecting 
and compiling data that places an excessive burden on certain national authorities. In 
order  to  improve  the  system  and  to  make  it  simpler,  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1382/91 
should be replaced by this Regulation. 

Since the objective of the planned action, namely the establishment of a common legal 
framework for the systematic production of Community statistics of data on landings 
of fishery products in Member States, cannot be sufficiently achieved at national level 
and can be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures 

OJ C [..] , [..], p. [..]. 
OJ C [..] , [..], p. [..]. 
OJ  L  133,  28.5.1991,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1882/2003  of  the 
European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1 

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in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In 
accordance  with  the  principle  of  proportionality  as  set  out  in  that  Article,  this 
Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve that objective. 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  322/97  of  17  February  1997  on  Community  statistics4 
provides  a  reference  framework  for  statistics  in  the  field  of  fisheries.  In  particular  it 
requires  conformity  with  standards  of  impartiality,  reliability,  objectivity,  scientific 
independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical confidentiality. 

It is important to ensure the uniform application of this Regulation and, in order to do 
so, to make provision for a Community procedure to help determine the implementing 
arrangements  within  an  appropriate  timescale  and  to  make  the  necessary  technical 
adaptations. 

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted 
in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the 
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission5, 

(6) 

(7) 

(8) 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: 

Article 1 
Definitions 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

1. 

2. 

4 

5 

“Community vessels” means vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, a Community 
Member State.  

“EFTA vessels” means vessels flying the flag of, or registered in, an EFTA country; 

“Unit value” means:  

(a) 

the value at first sale in national currency per tonne, or 

(b) 

for  products  not  immediately  sold,  the  average  price  per  tonne  in  national 
currency, estimated using an appropriate method.  

Article 2 
 Obligations of the Member States 

Each year each Member State shall submit to the Commission statistics of the fishery 
products  landed  on  its  territory  by  Community  and  EFTA  vessels  (“the  statistical 
data”). 

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following fishery products are deemed to be 
landed on the territory of the reporting Member State: 

OJ  L  52,  22.2.1997,  p.1.  Regulation  as  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1882/2003  (OJ  L  284, 
31.10.2003, p.1). 
OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23 

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(a) 

products landed by fishing vessels or other parts of the fishing fleet in national 
ports; 

(b)  products landed by vessels of the reporting Member State in non-Community 
ports and covered by the T2M form annexed to Commission Regulation (EEC) 
No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of 
Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2913/92  establishing  the  Community  Customs 
Code 

Article 3 
Compilation of statistics 

1. 

2. 

The statistical data shall cover total landings on national territory 

Sampling techniques may be employed in those circumstances where, owing to the 
structural  characteristics  of  a  particular  sector  of  the  fisheries  of  a  Member  State, 
comprehensive data collection would result in difficulties for the national authorities 
incommensurate with the importance of that sector.  

Article 4 
Data  

The statistical data shall relate to the total quantities and unit values of the products landed in 
the reference calendar year. 

The variables for which statistical data need to be submitted, their definitions and the relevant 
nomenclatures are given in Annexes II, III and IV. 

Article 5 
Submission of statistical data 

The Member States shall submit the statistical data to the Commission on an annual basis in 
accordance with the format specified in Annex I and using the codes set out in Annexes II, III 
and IV. 

The statistical data shall be submitted within six months of the end of the reference year. 

Article 6 
Methodology 

1. 

2. 

Within 12 months of the entry into force of this Regulation, each Member State shall 
submit a detailed methodological report to the Commission describing how the data 
have  been  collected  and  the  statistics  compiled.  That  report  shall  include  details  of 
any sampling techniques and an evaluation of the quality of the resulting estimates.  

The Commission shall examine the reports and present its conclusions to the relevant 
working group of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics. 

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3. 

The Member States shall inform the Commission of any change in the information 
provided  for  under  paragraph  1  within  three  months  of  its  introduction.  They  shall 
also forward details of any substantial changes in the collection methods used to the 
Commission. 

Article 7 
Transitional period  

Transitional  periods  for  the  implementation  of  this  Regulation  lasting  not  more  than  three 
years  from  the  date  of  its  entry  into  force  may  be  granted  to  Member  States  in  accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 9(2). 

Article 8 
Derogations 

1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

In  cases  where  the  inclusion  in  the  statistics  of  a  particular  sector  of  the  fisheries 
industry  of  a  Member  State  would  cause  difficulties  to  the  national  authorities 
incommensurate with the importance of that sector, a derogation may be granted in 
accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Article  9(2),  permitting  that  Member 
State to exclude data covering that sector from the national data submitted. 

Member  States  shall  support  any  requests  for  derogations  by  sending  the 
Commission  a  report  on  problems  encountered  in  applying  this  Regulation  to  total 
landings on its territory. 

Article 9 
Committee procedure 

The  Commission  shall  be  assisted  by  the  Standing  Committee  for  Agricultural 
Statistics established by Article 1 of Council Decision 72/279/EEC6. 

Where reference is made to this paragraph, the management procedure laid down in 
Articles  4  and  7  of  Decision  1999/468/EC  shall  apply,  having  regard  to  the 
provisions of Article 8 thereof. 

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of that Decision shall be three months. 

3. 

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. 

Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 is hereby repealed. 

Article 10 
Repeal 

6 

OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1. 

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Article 11 
Entry into force 

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

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

Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX I 

Format of data submitted 

Data file format 

The data are to be submitted in a file in which each record includes the fields indicated below. 
These fields are to be separated by a comma (“,”). 

Field 

Note 

Annex 

Reference year 

4 digits (e.g. 2003) 

Reporting country 

Alpha-3 code  

Annex II 

Species or species group 

International alpha-3 code* 

- 

Flag State  

Presentation 

Intended use 

Quantity 

Alpha-3  

Annex II 

Annex III 

Annex IV 

Tonnes  landed  (rounded  to 
one decimal place) 

Unit value 

National currency per tonne 

* 

The full list of international alpha-3 species codes is to be found in FAO’s ASFIS file 
(http://www.fao.org/fi/statist/fisoft/asfis/asfis.asp) 

Quantities of less than 50 kg landed weight are to be recorded as “0.0” 

The technical adaptation of the contents of this Annex shall be laid down in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 9(2). 

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ANNEX II 

List of country codes 

Country 

Code 

Austria 

Belgium 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

Germany 

Denmark 

Spain 

Estonia 

Finland 

France 

United Kingdom 

Greece 

Hungary 

Ireland 

Italy 

Lithuania 

Latvia 

Luxembourg 

Malta 

Netherlands 

Poland 

Portugal 

Slovak Republic 

AUT 

BEL 

CYP 

CZE 

DEU 

DNK 

ESP 

EST 

FIN 

FRA 

GBR 

GRC 

HUN 

IRL 

ITA 

LTU 

LVA 

LUX 

MLT 

NLD 

POL 

PRT 

SVK 

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Slovenia 

Sweden 

Iceland 

Norway 

Other 

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NOR 

OTH 

The technical adaptation of the contents of this Annex shall be laid down in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 9(2). 

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ANNEX III 
List of presentation codes 

Part A 
List 

Presentation 

Code

Fresh (not specified) 

Fresh (whole) 

Fresh (gutted) 

Fresh (tails) 

Fresh (fillets) 

Fresh (gutted and headed) 

Fresh (skinned and dried) 

Fresh (live) 

Fresh (other) 

Frozen (not specified) 

Frozen (whole) 

Frozen (gutted) 

Frozen (tails) 

Frozen (fillets) 

Frozen (not filleted) 

Frozen (gutted and headed) 

Frozen (cleaned) 

Frozen (not cleaned) 

Frozen (other) 

Salted (not specified) 

Salted (whole) 

Salted (gutted) 

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Salted (fillets) 

Salted (gutted and headed) 

Salted (other) 

Smoked 

Cooked 

Cooked (frozen and packaged) 

Dried (not specified) 

Dried (whole) 

Dried (gutted) 

Dried (fillets) 

Dried (gutted and headed) 

Dried (other) 

Whole (not specified) 

Claws  

Eggs 

Presentation unknown 

Part B 
Notes 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Fillets: This term refers to strips of flesh cut parallel to the backbone of the fish and 
consisting  of  the  right  or  left  side  of  the  fish,  provided  that  the  head,  viscera,  fins 
(dorsal,  anal,  caudal,  ventral,  pectoral)  and  bones  (vertebrae  or  large  backbone, 
ventral  or  costal,  bronchial  or  stirrup  bones,  etc.)  have  been  removed  and  the  two 
sides are not connected, for example by the back or stomach. 

Whole fish: Refers to ungutted fish. 

Cleaned:  Refers  to  squid  where  the  arms,  head  and  internal  organs  have  been 
removed from the body. 

Frozen  fish:  Fish  that  have  been  subjected  to  freezing  in  a  manner  to  preserve  the 
inherent quality of the fish by reducing the average temperature to -18 ° C or lower 
and which are then kept at a temperature of -18 ° C or lower. 

Fresh fish: Fish that have not been preserved, cured, frozen or otherwise treated other 
than chilled. They are generally presented whole or gutted.  

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6. 

Salted fish: Fish often in gutted and headed form, preserved in salt or brine. 

The technical adaptation of the contents of this Annex shall be laid down in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 9(2).

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Part B 

1.

ANNEX IV 

List of codes for intended use of products 

Part A 
List 

Destination 

Code 

Notes 

Human consumption 

Industrial uses 

Withdrawn from the market 

Bait 

Animal feed 

Waste 

Intended use unknown 

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5 

6 

9 

Human consumption: Included here are all products which are sold at first sale 
for  human  consumption  or  which  are  landed  under  contract  or  other  agreement  for 
human  consumption.  Excluded  are  quantities  intended  for  human  consumption  but 
which,  at  the  time  of  first  sale,  are  withdrawn  from  the  market  for  human 
consumption  owing  to  market  conditions,  hygiene  regulations  or  similar  causes 
reasons. 

2. 

Industrial  uses:  Included  here  are  all  products  specifically  landed  for  reduction  to 
meal and oil for consumption by animals, and quantities which, although originally 
intended for human consumption, are not sold for that purpose at first sale.  

The technical adaptation of the contents of this Annex shall be laid down in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 9(2). 

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