Sea Fish (Marketing Standards) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 437 of 2018).

Subject

Food & nutrition

Keyword

Food quality control/food safety Fish products Traceability/product tracing Packaging/labelling Inspection Internal trade International trade Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

These Regulations provide with respect to the enforcement, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, of EU common marketing standards for fishery products contained in Council Regulation (EC) No. 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products and Regulation (EU) No. 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products. Enforcement authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland shall appoint authorised officers for the purposes of ensuring that EU common marketing standards for fisheries products are complied with. Authorised officers are provided with powers of entry, inspection and seizure for the purposes of investigation and inspection of relevant premises and products to identify breaches of the relevant EU requirements. Authorised officers are also given the power to serve compliance notices for breaches of the relevant EU requirements. Contravening the EU common marketing standards is an offence. The failure to comply with a compliance notice, within the specified time, is also an offence. The Regulations make provision for appeals against compliance notices and any refusal to serve a completion notice.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

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

Legislation | European Union | 1996

Keyword: Fish products, Marine fishes, Crustaceans, Packaging/labelling, Internal trade, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation (EU) No. 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations (EC) No. 1184/2006 and (EC) No. 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 104/2000.

Legislation | European Union | 2013

Keyword: Fish products, Aquaculture, Internal trade, International trade, Non-governmental entity, Business/industry/corporations, Packaging/labelling

Source: FAO, FAOLEX