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Article 5

United Kingdom

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1.

Without prejudice to Directives 79/112/EEC and 76/21 I/EEC the trade description on the prepackaging of preserved tuna or bonito shall state:

(a)

in the case of the presentations referred to in Article 3 (1):

  • the type of fish (tuno or bonito),

  • the presentation in which the fish is marketed, using the appropriate description as referred to in Article 3; this provision shall be optional, however, in the case of the presentations referred to in Article 3 (1) (i),

  • the description of the covering medium used, subject to the conditions set out in Article 4;

(b)

in the case of the presentations referred to in Article 3 (2):

  • the type of fish (tuna or bonito),

  • the precise nature of the culinary preparation.

2.

The trade descriptions of preserved tuna and bonito, as defined in Article 2 (1) (1) and (2) respectively, may under no circumstances associate the words ‘tuna’ and ‘bonito’.

3.

Without prejudice to Article 2 and paragraph 2 of this Article, where there is an established trade usage, the type of fish used (tuna or bonito) and the species may appear in the trade description under the name normally used F1....

4.

The trade description ‘natural’ may be used only for preserves marketed in the presentations referred to in Article 3 (1) (i) to (iii) and in the covering medium is described in the second indent of Article 4.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 5(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 23(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)