# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 790/2005

of 25 May 2005

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

## Preamble

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) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that common marketing standards may be determined for the products or groups of these products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation.

**(2)** Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 lists certain species which are subject to intervention mechanisms. The 2003 Act of Accession provided for sprat to be added to that Annex.

**(3)** The setting of common marketing standards, harmonised throughout the Community, is of particular importance for the proper operation of the intervention mechanisms laid down in Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

**(4)** Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 of 26 November 1996 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products [^2] , does not fix standards for sprat. That Regulation should be amended in order to cover sprat.

**(5)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 is amended as follows:

| 1. | ‘—: Sprat ( *Sprattus sprattus* )’; | ‘— | Sprat ( *Sprattus sprattus* )’; |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ‘— | Sprat ( *Sprattus sprattus* )’; |  |  |

| 2. | (a): in Annex I, point B (Bluefish), the word ‘sprat’ is added; | (a) | in Annex I, point B (Bluefish), the word ‘sprat’ is added; | (b) | in Annex II, the entry set out in the text in the Annex to this Regulation is added. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| (a) | in Annex I, point B (Bluefish), the word ‘sprat’ is added; |  |  |  |  |
| (b) | in Annex II, the entry set out in the text in the Annex to this Regulation is added. |  |  |  |  |

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 May 2005. *For the Commission* Joe BORG *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_017_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

[^2] [OJ L 334, 23.12.1996, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1996_334_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

| Species | Size | Kg/fish | No of fish/kg | Region | Geographical area | Minimum size |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sprat<br>( *Sprattus sprattus* ) | 1 | 0,004 and over | 250 or less |  |  |  |

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.