CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1Subject matter

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 1220/20127 and by Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council8.

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.

Article 2Scope

The CMO shall apply to the fishery and aquaculture products listed in Annex I to this Regulation, which are marketed in the Union.

Article 3Objectives

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 Council9.

Article 4Principles

The CMO shall be guided by the principles of good governance laid down in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.

Article 5Definitions

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 1224/200910, in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council11, in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council12, and in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council13, shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:
  1. (a)

    'fishery products' mean aquatic organisms resulting from any fishing activity or products derived therefrom, as listed in Annex I;

  2. (b)

    '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;

  3. (c)

    '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;

  4. (d)

    'fishery and aquaculture sector' means the sector of the economy which comprises all activities of production, processing and marketing of fishery or aquaculture products;

  5. (e)

    '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;

  6. (f)

    'placing on the market' means the first making available of a fishery or aquaculture product on the Union market;

  7. (g)

    '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;

  8. (h)

    '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.