Commission Regulation (EC) No 1115/2006 of  20 July 2006  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3703/85 laying down detailed rules for applying the common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish

21.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 199/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1115/2006
of 20 July 2006
amending Regulation (EEC) No 3703/85 laying down detailed rules for applying the common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (1), and in particular Article 2(3) and Article 3(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 of 26 November 1996 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products (2), and in particular Article 8(4) and Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 lays down common marketing standards for certain fishery products. Detailed rules for applying those standards are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3703/85 (3).
(2) Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 provides for the possibility of grading pelagic species on the basis of a system of sampling so as to ensure compliance with the common marketing standards for these species.
(3) Following the amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2005 (4), common marketing standards were also fixed for sprat.
(4) The detailed rules for the grading and weighing for pelagic species laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3703/85 do currently not apply to sprat. That Regulation should therefore be amended in order to cover that species also.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,