{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1989-2136/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1989-2136/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1989/2136",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of 21 June 1989 laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines and trade descriptions for preserved sardines and sardine-type products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1989-2136",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Preserved sardines may be marketed in any of the following presentations:\n1.. sardines: the basic product, fish from which the head, gills, internal organs and caudal fin have been appropriately removed. The head must be removed by making a cut perpendicular to the backbone, close to the gills;\n2.. sardines without bones: as the basic product referred to in point 1, but with the additional removal of backbone;\n3.. sardines without skin or bones: as the basic product referred to in point 1, but with the additional removal of the backbone and skin;\n4.. sardine fillets: portions of flesh obtained by cuts parallel to the backbone, along the entire length of the fish, or a part thereof, after removal of the backbone, fins and edge of the stomach lining. Fillets may be presented with or without skin;\n5.. sardine trunks: sardine portions adjacent to the head, measuring at least 3 cm in length, obtained from the basic product referred to in point 1 by making transverse cuts across the backbone;\n6.. any other form of presentation, on condition that it is clearly distinguished from the presentations defined in points 1 to 5.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1989/2136/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:03:11.349016+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}