CELEX: 51993PC0215
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 laying down common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish

COMVIISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     C0M(93) 215 final
                                                     Brussels, 19 May 1993
                                      Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
           amending Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 laying down common marketing
                      standards for certain fresh or chilled fish
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                              (presented by the Commission)
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                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common
organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products added, as
part of the reform of the common organization of the market in those
products, new species to the lists of eligible products set out in Annexes I
and VI to the Regulation.
Common marketing standards must now be laid down for those products,
allowing them to be harmonized on the Community market and enabling guide
and withdrawal prices to be set for each market size.
Furthermore, in order to guarantee consistency between market sizes of
products, which are expressed by weight, and biological sizes of the species
concerned, expressed by length, adjustments need to be made in a number of
cases to the existing standards so as to prevent the risk of uncertainty in
the application of conservation and market regulation measures.
These are the aims of this proposal for a Council Regulation amending
Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 laying down common marketing standards for
certain fresh or chilled fish.
The proposed Regulation has no impact on the Community budget.
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                                 proposal for a
                          Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                       of
      amending Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 laying down common marketing
                   standards for certain fresh or chilled fish
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on
the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture
products^ 1 ), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, in revising certain mechanisms of the
common organization of the market in fishery products, introduces new
products which are eligible for the assistance provided for under those
mechanisms;    whereas application of the mechanisms requires the setting of
common marketing standards for the new products in question;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 of 19 January 1976, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 33/89(2) t lays down common marketing
stardards for certain fresh or chilled fish( 3 ), and should therefore be
amended accordingly to include the new products eligible for assistance;
Whereas the size standards for certain fishery products provide for minimum
market sizes expressed by weight; whereas these standards must be fully
consistent with the minimum biological sizes for the species concerned,
expressed by length, applicable under Regulation (EEC) No 3094/86 of
(1) OJ No L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L    5,  7.1.1989, p. 18.
(3) OJ No L 20, 28.1.1976, p. 29.
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7 October 1986 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation
of fishery resources(4); whereas, in order to guarantee the necessary
consistency, adjustments should be made to the minimum market size of
certain products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                   Article 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 is hereby amended as follows:
(1)     In the title the word "fish" is replaced by "fishery products".
(2)     In Article 3:
         (a) The first sentence is replaced by the following:
             "Marketing standards are hereby laid down for the following
             species of sea fish and cephalopoda falling within CN codes 0302
             and 0307, with the exception of fish meat:".
         (b) The following are added to the list:
             "- Flounder (Platichthys flesus)
              - Sole (Solea spp.)
              - Scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus and Aphanopus carbo)
              - Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis and Rossia macrosoma)";
         (c) The following is added to the twenty*seventh indent:
             "and Mediterranean cod (Trisopterus minutus)".
(3)     Annex B is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following L*-.&
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at            ,                              For the Council
(4) OJ No L 288, 11.10.1986, p. 1.
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                                                          ANNEX B
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                                                         SIZING* 1 )
                                                             Herring (Clupea harengus)
                                            kg/fish                                           nunber of fish to kg
 Size 1          0,125 and over                                                       8 or less
 Size 2          from 0,085 up to but excluding 0,125                                from 9 to 11
 Size 3          a) from 0,050 up to but excluding 0,085                             from 12 to 20
                 b) from 0,036 up to but excluding 0,085 for Baltic Herring          from 12 to 27
                                                   Sardines (Sardina pilchardus)
                                            kg/fish                                          nunber of fish to kg
 Size 1          0,100 and over                                                       10 or less
 Size 2          from 0,055 up to but excluding 0,100                                 from 11 to 18
 Size 3          from 0,031 up to but excluding 0,055                                 from 19 to 32
 Size 4          a) from 0,015 up to but excluding 0,031                              from 33 to 67
                 b) from 0,011 up to but excluding 0,031 for Mediterranean            from 33 to 91
                                                              sardines
                                                                Dogfish
                                (Scyliorhinus spp.)                     (Squatus acanthias)
                                  kg/fish                                  kg/fish
 Size 1          2 and over                                              2,2 and over
 Size 2          from 1 up to but excluding 2                            from 1 up to but excluding 2,2
 Size 3          from 0,5 up to but excluding 1                          from 0,7 up to but excluding 1
                                 Redfish   (Sebastes spp.)                      Cod (Gadus morhua)
                                  kg/fish                                                 kg/fish
 Size 1          2 and over                                              7 and over
 Size 2          from 0,6 up to but excluding 2                          from 4 up to but excluding 7
 Size 3          from 0,35 up to but excluding 0,6                       from 2 up to but excluding 4
 Size 4                         -                                        from 1 up to but excluding 2
 Size 5                         -                                        from 0,3 up to but excluding 1
(1) a)  The mininun sizes expressed in weight laid down in this Annex shall also be regarded as being respected if the fish
        comply with the mininun biological sizes expressed in terms of length in the technical measures for trv*
        conservation of fishery resources,
    b)  In any case, the mininun biological sizes applicables in each region pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No. 3094/86 fiust
        be respected.
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                 Saithe (Pollachius virens)                           Haddock (Melanograrmus aeglefinus)
                          kg/fish                                                   kg/fish
Size 1  5 and over                                               1 and over
Size 2  from 3 up to but excluding 5                             from 0,57 up to but excludingl exclu
Size 3  from 1,5 up to but excluding 3                           de 0,3 à 0,57 exclu
Size 4  from 0,3 up to but excluding 1,5                         de 0,17 à 0,3 exclu
             Whiting (Merlangius merlangus)                                  Ling (Molva spp.)
                          kg/fish                                                   kg/fish
Size 1  0,5 and over                                             5 and over
Size 2  from 0,35 up to but excluding 0,5                        from 2,5 up to but excluding 5
Size 3  from 0,25 up to but excluding 0,35                       from 1,5 up to but excluding 2,5
Size 4  from 0,11 up to but excluding 0,25
                                   Mackerel (Sconber scombrus and Sconber japonicus)
                                    kg/fish                                      nunber of fish per 25 kg
Size 1  0,5 and over                                                            50 or less
Size 2   from 0,25 up to but excluding 0,5                                      51 to 100
Size 3   from 0,14 up to but excluding 0,25                                     101 to 175
Size 4   from 0,05 up to but excluding 0,14                                     176 to 500
                                                  Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)
                                    kg/fish                                      nunber of fish to kg
Size 1  0,033 and over                                                          30 or less
Size 2   from 0,020 up to but excluding 0,033                                   31 to 50
Size 3   from 0,012 up to but excluding 0,020                                   51 to 83
Size 4   from 0,008 up to but excluding 0,012                                   84 to 125
                   Plaice    (Pleuronectes platessa)                   Hake (Merluccius merluccius)
                           kg/fish                                                   kg/fish
Size 1   0,6 and over                                            2,5 and over
Size 2   from 0,4 up to but excluding 0,6                         from 1,2 up to but excluding 2,5
 Size 3  from 0,3 up to but excluding 0,4                         from 0,6 up to but excluding 1,2
 Size 4  from 0,15 up to but excluding 0,3                        from 0,28 up to but excluding 0,6
Size 5                                                            from 0,2 up to but excluding 0,28
                                                                  from 0,15 up to but excluding 0,28 in case of
                                                                     Mediterranean hake
 ---pagebreak---             Megrim (lepidorhombus s p p . )                     Ray's bream (Srarra spp.)
                         kg/fish                                               kg/fish
Size 1 0,45 and over                                         0,80 and over
Size 2 from 0,25 up to but excluding 0,45                    from 0,20 up to but excluding 0,80
Size 3 from 0,20 up to but excluding 0,25
Size 4 a) from 0,11 up to but excluding 0,20
       b) from 0,050 up to but excluding 0,20 in the
          case of Mediterranean megrim
                                                  Monkfish (Lophius spp.)
                         whole, gutted                                    without heads
                          kg/fish                                         kg/fish
Size 1 10 and over                                           3,75 and over
Size 2 from 6 up to but excluding 10                         from 2 up to but excluding 3,75
Size 3 from 3 up to but excluding 6                          from 1 up to but excluding 2
Size 4 from 1 up to but excluding 3                          from 0,5 up to but excluding 1
Size 5 from 0,5 up to but excluding 1                        from 0,2 up to but excluding 0,5
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                     Dab                        Lemon sole                    Albacore                          Blucfin tuna
                (Limanda limunda)            (Microstomas Kitt)           (Thumus alalunga)                  (Thunnus thymus)
                   kg/fish                      kg/fish                        kg/fish                          kg/fish
Size 1       0,25 and over             0,6 and over                    4 and over                    70 and over
Size 2      from 0,13 up to but         from  0,35 up to but exclu-    from 1,5 up to but exclu-     from 50 up to but excluding 70
            excluding 0,25              ding  0,6                      ding 4
Si/e 5                                  from  0,18 up to but exi lu-                                 (run 25 n> to but »*x< ' luding Si)
                                        ding  0,35
Size 4                                                                                               from 10 up to but excluding 25
Size 5                                                                                               from 6,4 up to but excluding 10
                 Bigeye tuna                  Pollack                       Bue whiting                            Pout
                (Thunnus obesus)          (Pollachius pollachius)    (Micromesistius poutassou             (Trisopterus luscus) and
                                                                         or Gadus poutassou)        Mediterranean cod
                                                                                                        (Trisopterus minutus)
                    kg/fish                      kg/fish               Number of fish to kg              kg/fish
Size 1        10 and over                 5 and over                   7 or less                     0,35 and over
Size 2        from 3,2 up to but          from 2,5 up to but exclu-    from 8 to 14                  from 0,25 up to but excluding
              excluding 10                ding 5                                                     0,35
Size 3                                    from 1,5 up to but exclu-    from 15 to 25                 from 0,125 up to but excluding
                                          ding 2,5                                                   0,25
Size 4                                    from 0,265 up to but          from 26 to 50                from 0,05 up to but excluding
                                          excluding 1,5                                              0,125
                                   Bogue                                   PicareI                                    Conger
                               (Boops boops)                          (Maena smaris)                             (Conger conger)
                              Number of fish to kg                    Nunber of fish to kg                           kg/fish
 Size 1                     5 or less                            20 or less                               7 and over
 Size 2                     6 to 31                              21 to 40                              From 5 up to but excluding 7
 Size 3                   32 to 70                               41 to 90                              From 0,5 up to but excluding 5
                                                                      Gurnard (Trigla spp.)
                                           Red gurnard                                                  Other gurnards
  Size 1                1 kg and over                                                            0,25 and over
  Size 2             From 0,4 up to but excluding 1 kg                                       From 0,2 up to but excluding 0,25
  Size 3             From 0,2 up to but excluding 0,4
  Size 3             0,06 to 0,2
                     Horse mackerel                 Mullet                         Skate                        Skate (wings)
                 (Trachurus spp.)               (MugiI spp.)                   (Raja spp.)
                    kg/fish                      kg/fish                        kg/fish                             kg/wings
 Size 1       0,6 and over                  1 and over                  5 and over                     3 and over
 Size 2      From 0,4 up to but          From 0,5 up to but             From 3 up to but              From 0,5 up to but
             excluding 0,6               excluding 1                    excluding 5                   excluding 3
 Size 3      from 0,2 up to but          From 0,2 up to but             From 1 up to but
             excluding 0,4               excluding 0,5                  excluding 3
 a)Size 4    From 0,12 up to but         From 0,1 up to but             From 0,3 up to but
             excluding 0,2               excluding 0,2                  excluding 1
   Size 5    From 0,02 up to but
             excluding 0,12
 b)Size 4    From 0,08 up to but
             excluding 0,2
   Size 5    From 0,02 up tu but
             excluding 0,08
 Mediterranean
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          (kg/fish)
Size 1    more than 0,3
Size 2    from 0,2 5 t;o 0,3
          Sole (Solea spp. )
          (kg/fish)
Size 1    0,5 and over
Size 2    from 0,35 up   to  but excluding 0,5
Size 3    from 0,25 up   to  but excluding 0,35
Size 4    from 0,17 up   to  but excluding 0,25
Size 5    from 0,14 up   to  but excluding 0,17
       Scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus,Aphanopus carbo)
         (kg/fish)
Size 1    3 and over
Size 2    from 2 up to but excluding 3
Size 3    from 1 up to but excluding 2
Size 4    from 0,5 up to but excluding 1
       Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis,Rossia macrosoma)
          (kg/item)
Size 1    0,5 and over
Size 2    from 0,3 up to but excluding 0,5
Size 3    from 0,1 up to but excluding 0,3
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