{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-2406/annex-I/division-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-2406/annex-I/division-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1996/2406",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation(EC) No 2406/96 of 26 November 1996 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-2406",
  "path": "annex/I/division/8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "C",
  "heading": "SELACHII",
  "text": "Criteria\nFreshness category\nNot admitted\nExtra\nA\nB\nEye\nConvex, very bright and iridescent; small pupils\nConvex and slightly sunken; loss of brightness and iridescence, oval pupils\nFlat, dull\nConcave yellowish\nAppearance\nIn rigor mortis or partially in rigor; small quantity of clear mucus present on skin\nBeyond rigor stage; no mucus on skin and especially in mouth and gill openings\nSome mucus in mouth and on gill openings; slightly flattened jaw\nLarge quantities of mucus in mouth and on gill openings\nSmell\nSeaweed smell\nNo smell or very slight stale but not an ammonia smell\nSlight ammonia; sour\nPungent ammonia smell\nSpecific or additional criteria for skate\n. . .\nOr in a more advanced state of decay.\nExtra\nA\nB\nNot admitted\nSkin\nBright, iridescent and shiny pigmentation, aqueous mucus\nBright pigmentation, aqueuous mucus\nPigmentation in the process of becoming discoloured and dull, opaque mucus\nDiscolouration, skin creased, thick mucus\nTexture of the flesh\nFirm and elastic\nFirm\nSoft\nFlaccid\nAspect\nEdge ot the fins translucent and curved\nStiff fins\nSoft\nDrooping\nBelly\nWhite and shiny with a mauvish edge around the fins\nWhite and shiny with red patches limited to around the fins\nWhite and dull, with numerous red or yellow patches\nYellow to greenish bellies red patches in the flesh itself",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 20(9)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Or in a more advanced state of decay."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Or in a more advanced state of decay."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/2406/annex/I/division/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:58.326793+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."
}