CELEX: 51982PC0516
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Date: 1982-07-30
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 103/76 laying down common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                           COM(82)516 final.
                                                         • Brussels , 30 July 1982
                                            Proposal for a
                                   Council Regulation ( EEC )
         amending amending Regulation ( EEC)\ o 103 / 76 Laying down common marketing
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                       standards for certain        fresh or chilled fish
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                     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(82 ) 516 final .
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                                      *
The new Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 on the common organization of the market
in fishery products , incorporating provisions previously laid down in Article
2 of Regulation 100 / 76 , provides for the possibility of establishing common
marketing standards for the products referred to in Article 1 of the same
Regulation or for groups of such products . In addition , ling and dogfish
have been included in the new price arrangement . If this arrangement is to
operate properly , marketing standards must be established for the two       new
species . The Annex to Regulation No 103 / 76 on the establishment of common
marketing standards for certain fish must therefore be amended .
In addition , experience has shown that if the market in products for human
consumption is to achieve optimum operation , minimum sizes must be complied
with for the various species concerned .
Accordingly , the Commission proposes that all fish listed in Annex I A of
Regulation No 3796 / 81 not having reached a given minimum size should not
qualify for marketing for human consumption . In 1976 , the Commission had
already proposed alteration of the sizing scale , expressed in weight , of
certain products referred to in Regulation No 103 / 76 ( C0M(76)602 final ).
But there have since been new developments . In particular , with a view to
ensuring rational exploitation of resources , the Commission has tabled in
the Council a proposed Regulation setting minimum biological sizes , expressed
in length , as part of . Community measures for the conservation of fishery
resources ( C0M(82)30 final ).
In order to ensure mutual consistency between the various measures , the
Commission is including in this Regulation its 1976 proposal , updating it in
the light of the measures relating to the fixing of minimum biological sizes
A last point is that this proposal should have the effect of reducing
withdrawals and thus reducing EAGGF Guarantee Section intervention .
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 ---pagebreak---                                     Proposal for a
                       Council Regulation ( EEC )
                       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 3796 / 81 of 29 December 1981 on
the common organization of the market in fishery products ( 1 ), and in parti­
cular Article 2(3 ) thereof ,
                           ι
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 provides that common marke­
ting standards may be laid down for the products listed in Article 1 of that
Regulation or for groups of those products ;
Whereas ling and dogfish were included in the price system provided for in
Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 ;
Whereas the standardization of these products is of particular importance for
the proper functioning of the price system ; whereas common marketing standards
should therefore be fixed for these two products ;
Whereas , when the common marketing standards for the products listed in Annex
 I to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3796 / 81 are laid down , account should be taken of the
 Community 's interest in conserving fishing grounds as much as possible ;
whereas fish which are not of a minimum size expressed by weight should
 therefore not be marketed for human consumption ; whereas therefore Council
Regulation (EEC ) No 103/76-^, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3049/79^
should be amended .
 (1 ) 0J No L 379 , 31 . 12.1981 , p. 1 .
  ( 2 ) 0J No L 20 , 28.1.1976 , p. 29 .
  ( 3) 0J No U 343 , 31.12.1979 , p. 22 .
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
Regulation ( EEC ) No 103 / 76 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . Article 3 is replaced by the following :
                                   " Article 3
    "Marketing standards are hereby laid down for the following species of
    saltwater fish falling within subheading ex 03-01 B I of the Common Customs
    Tariff , with the exception of fish which is live , frozen or in pieces :
    Herring ( Clupea harengus ) ;
    Sardines ( Sardina pilchardus )
    Dogfish ( Squalus acanthias )
             ( Scyliorhinus spp .)
    Redfish ( Sebastes spp . )
    Cod ( Gadus morrhua )
    Saithe ( Pollachius virens )
    Haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
    Whiting ( Merlangus merlangus )
    Ling ( Molva spp .)
    Mackerel ( Scomber scombrus )
    Anchovies ( Engraulis spp . )
    Plaice ( Pleuronectes' platessa )
    Hake ( Merluccius merluccius ) ."               .
2 . Annex B     is      replaced by the text annexed hereto .
                                    Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1983-
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                       For the Council
                                         The President
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                                                           ANNEX 8
                                                               SIZING
                                             Herring                                                       Sardines
                            kg/fish                     Number of fish to ig             kg/fish                 Number of fish to kg
Size 1             0,125 and over from 0.085       8 or less                     0.60 and over                    17 or less
Size 2             froa 0.85 up to but exclu-      froa 9 to 12                  fro· 0.04O up to but excluding from 18 to 25
                   ding 0.125                                                              0.060
Size 3             from 0.033 up to but exclu·     froa 13 to 30                 fro· 0.030 up to but excluding froa 26 to 33
                   ding 0.085                                                              0.040                                           *
Size V                                                                           fro· 0.015 up to but excluding fro» 34 to 67
                                                                                           0.030
                           Dogfish                           Redflsh                            Cod                         Sai the
                           kg/fish                          kg/fish                         kg/fîsh                        kg/fish
Size 1             2 and over                      2 and over                      7 and over                      5 and over
Size 2             fro· 1 up to but excluding 2 from 0.6 up to but excluding froa 4 up to but excluding 7 fron 3 up to but excluding 5
                                                             2
Size 3             froa 0.7 up to but excluding fron 0.35 up to but exclu·       fron 2 up to but excluding 4    fro β 1.5 up to but excluding 3
                                               1            ding 0.6
Size 4                                                                           fro« 1 up to but excluding 2    fron 0.3 up to but excluding 1.5
Size 5                                                                           froa 0.3 up to but excluding 1
                                                                                       -
                          Haddock                          Ihltlng                            Ling                       laskenl
                          kg/fish                          kg/fish                          kg/fish                      kg/fish
 Size 1          1 and over                          0.5 and over                  5 and over                       0.5 and over
 Size 2 '        froa 0.4 up to but excluding        froa 0.35 up to but exclu-  from 0.2 up to but excluding 5     fro· 0.2 up to but excluding
                             1                                ding 0.5                                                    0.5
 Size 3    –     fro· 0.25 up to but excluding       froa 2 up to but excluding  fro· 0.5 up to but excluding       fron 0.1 up to but excluding
                              0.4                             0.35                               2                        0.2
 Size 4          fro· 0.17 up to but excluding      fron 0.11 up to but exclu·
                              0.25                         ding 0.2
                                                                       Anchovies
                                            kg/fish                                 Nuober of fish to kg
          Size 1              0.033 and over                                         30 or less
          Size 2              froa 0.020 up to but excluding 0.033                   froa 31 to 50
          Size 3             0.010 up to but excluding 0.020                         fron 51 to 100
                                         ■ Plaice                                                  Hake
                                           kg/fish                                                kg/fish
          Size 1            Θ.6 and over                                             1.2 and over
          Size 2            fro· 0.4 up to but excluding 0.6                         fraa 0.6 up to but excluding 1.2
          Size 3            froa 0.3 up to but excluding 0.4                         fro· 0.2 up to but excluding 0.6
          Size 4            fro· 0.15 up to but excluding 0.3