{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-790/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/790",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2005 of 25 May 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-790",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2005\nof 25 May 2005\namending Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 provides that common marketing standards may be determined for the products or groups of these products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation.\n(2)\nAnnex IV to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 lists certain species which are subject to intervention mechanisms. The 2003 Act of Accession provided for sprat to be added to that Annex.\n(3)\nThe setting of common marketing standards, harmonised throughout the Community, is of particular importance for the proper operation of the intervention mechanisms laid down in Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.\n(4)\nCouncil Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 of 26 November 1996 laying down common marketing standards for certain fishery products, does not fix standards for sprat. That Regulation should be amended in order to cover sprat.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 334, 23.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
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