Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Shellfish) (Hygiene) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Interpretation of Part V

47.—(1) In this Part—

“chargeable transaction” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 48(1);

“ECU” means European Currency Unit, and any reference in this Part to a specified number of ECU shall be taken to be a reference to the sterling equivalent of that number of ECU;

“reducible element” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 50(1);

“relevant fishery products” means imported fishery products which—

(a)

originate in a country or territory which is not part of the customs territory of the European Community other than Greenland;

(b)

were caught in their natural environment;

(c)

have not or had not been on land prior to their importation or proposed importation into the European Community;

(d)

are or will be landed in Northern Ireland; and

(e)

are intended for placing on the market for human consumption;

“third country direct landings charge” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 48(1);

“vendor” includes an agent selling fishery products on behalf of the owner or master of a fishing vessel.

(2) The sterling equivalent of any amount expressed in this Part as a number of ECU shall be converted to sterling at the official rate, which is published annually in the C Series of the Official Journal of the European Communities normally on the first working day of the month of September.