# Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Union control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006, Article 56: Principles for the control of marketing

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. A fisheries administration is responsible for controlling ... the application of Fisheries Rules at all stages of the marketing of fisheries and aquaculture products in the United Kingdom, from the first sale to the retail sale, including transport. In particular, a fisheries administration must ensure that the use of fishery products below the applicable minimum conservation reference size that are subject to the landing obligation set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 is restricted to purposes other than direct human consumption.
2. Where a minimum size has been fixed for a given species in relevant assimilated direct legislation, operators responsible for purchasing, selling, stocking or transporting shall be able to prove the relevant geographical area of origin of the products.
3. A fisheries administration must ensure that all fisheries and aquaculture products from catching or harvesting are put into lots prior to the first sale.
4. Quantities of less than 30 kg per single species coming from the same management area from several fishing vessels may be put into lots by the producer organisation of which the operator of the fishing vessel is a member or by a registered buyer prior to the first sale. The producer organisation and the registered buyer shall keep records for at least three years on the origin of the contents of the lots in which catches of several fishing vessels are put.
5. Quantities of fishery products of several species, consisting of individuals below the applicable minimum conservation reference size coming from the same relevant geographical area and the same fishing vessel, or group of fishing vessels, may be put into lots prior to the first sale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1224/article/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1224/article-56
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