[F11.The products referred to in Article 3 shall be sized by weight or by number per kilogram. Shrimps and crabs, however, shall be graded in size categories by width of shell; common scallops and common whelks shall be graded in size categories by width of shell.]
2.The minimum sizes established by this Regulation, in accordance with the scale set out in Annex II, shall apply without prejudice to [F2minimum conservation reference sizes set out in other relevant retained direct EU legislation]
F3...
For the purposes of control by the competent authorities, the species covered by marketing standards shall respect the minimum biological sizes as laid down and which are set out in Annex II.
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2578/2000 of 17 November 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products.
F2Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 20(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 7(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 20(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2578/2000 of 17 November 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products.
F2Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 20(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 7(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 20(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)