{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2074/annex-II/chapter-II/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2074/annex-II/chapter-II/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/2074",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-2074",
  "path": "annex/II/chapter/II/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Visual inspection shall be performed on a representative number of samples. The persons in charge of establishments on land and qualified persons on board factory vessels shall determine the scale and frequency of the inspections by reference to the type of fishery products, their geographical origin and their use. During production, visual inspection of eviscerated fish must be carried out by qualified persons on the abdominal cavity and livers and roes intended for human consumption. Depending on the system of gutting used, the visual inspection must be carried out:",
  "text": "(a) in the case of manual evisceration, in a continuous manner by the handler at the time of evisceration and washing;\n(b) in the case of mechanical evisceration, by sampling carried out on a representative number of samples being not less than 10 fish per batch.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/2074/annex/II/chapter/II/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:03.997103+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."
}