The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products

20.—(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

(a) in paragraph 1 for “Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92” substitute “Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013”;

(b) in paragraph 2, in point (a) for “on Community territory” substitute “in the United Kingdom”; and

(c) omit paragraph 3.

(3) In Article 2(1) for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”.

(4) In Article 6 omit paragraphs 1 and 6.

(5) In Article 7(2)—

(a) for “the minimum lengths required under:” substitute “minimum conservation reference sizes set out in other relevant retained direct EU legislation”; and

(b) omit all three indents.

(6) In Article 11(2)—

(a) for “Community” in each place it occurs, substitute “United Kingdom”; and

(b) for “Regulation (EC) No 1093/94” substitute “Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008”.

(7) In Article 12—

(a) for “Member States shall” substitute “A fisheries administration must”; and

(b) for “the competent national authorities” substitute “a fisheries administration”.

(8) Omit Articles 13, 14 and 16.

(9) In Annex 1—

(a) in Table A (WHITEFISH) omit table note (1);

(b) in Table B (BLUEFISH) omit table notes (1) and (2); and

(c) in Table C (SELACHII) omit table note (1).

(10) In the Table in Annex 2 for the column heading “Minimum sizes to be observed in the conditions laid down in the Regulations referred to in Article 7” substitute “Minimum sizes to be observed in accordance with conditions laid down in legislation specifying minimum conservation reference sizes for relevant fish”.