Article 2

Only products meeting the following requirements may be marketed as preserved sardines and under the trade description referred to in Article 7:

• F1they must be covered by CN codes 1604 13 11 , 1604 13 19 and ex 1604 20 50 ;

• they must be prepared exclusively from fish of the species ‘Sardina pilchardus Walbaum’;

• they must be pre-packaged with any appropriate covering medium in a hermetically sealed container;

• they must be sterilized by appropriate treatment.