1.A common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (CMO) is hereby established.
2.The CMO shall be comprised of the following elements:
(a)professional organisations;
(b)marketing standards;
(c)consumer information;
(d)competition rules;
(e)market intelligence.
3.The CMO shall be supplemented, as regards external aspects, by Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012(1) and by Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2).
4.Implementation of the CMO shall be eligible to receive Union financial support in accordance with a future Union legal act establishing the conditions for the financial support for maritime and fisheries policy for the period 2014–2020.
The CMO shall apply to the fishery and aquaculture products listed in Annex I to this Regulation, which are marketed in the Union.
The objectives of the CMO are those laid down in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3).
The CMO shall be guided by the principles of good governance laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, as well as those referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009(4), in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5), in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council(6), and in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council(7), shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:
'fishery products' mean aquatic organisms resulting from any fishing activity or products derived therefrom, as listed in Annex I;
'aquaculture products' mean aquatic organisms at any stage of their life cycle resulting from any aquaculture activity or products derived therefrom, as listed in Annex I;
'producer' means any natural or legal person using means of production to obtain fishery or aquaculture products with a view to placing them on the market;
'fishery and aquaculture sector' means the sector of the economy which comprises all activities of production, processing and marketing of fishery or aquaculture products;
'making available on the market' means any supply of a fishery or aquaculture product for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
'placing on the market' means the first making available of a fishery or aquaculture product on the Union market;
'retail' means the handling and/or processing of food and its storage at the point of sale or delivery to the final consumer, including distribution terminals, catering operations, factory canteens, institutional catering, restaurants and other similar food service operations, shops, supermarket distribution centres and wholesale outlets;
'prepacked fishery and aquaculture products' mean fishery and aquaculture products which are 'prepacked food' as referred to in point (e) of Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1169/2011.
Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012 of 3 December 2012 on trade related measures to guarantee the supply of certain fishery products to Union processors from 2013 to 2015, amending Regulations (EC) No 104/2000 and (EU) No 1344/2011 (OJ L 349, 19.12.2012, p. 4).
Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 34).
Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 december 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (See page 22 of this Official Journal).
Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006 (OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1).
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).
Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (OJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 16).