# 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 58: Traceability

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

1. Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, all lots of fisheries and aquaculture products shall be traceable at all stages of production, processing and distribution, from catching or harvesting to retail stage.
2. Fisheries and aquaculture products placed on the market or likely to be placed on the market in the United Kingdom shall be adequately labelled to ensure the traceability of each lot.
3. Lots of fisheries and aquaculture products may be merged or split after first sale only if it is possible to trace them back to catching or harvesting stage.
4. A fisheries administration must ensure that operators have in place systems and procedures to identify any operator from whom they have been supplied with lots of fisheries and aquaculture products and to whom these products have been supplied. This information shall be made available to the competent authorities on demand.
5. The minimum labelling and information requirements for all lots of fisheries and aquaculture products shall include:
(a) the identification number of each lot;
(b) the external identification number and name of the fishing vessel or the name of the aquaculture production unit;
(c) the FAO alpha-3 code of each species;
(d) the date of catches or the date of production;
(e) the quantities of each species in kilograms expressed in net weight or, where appropriate, the number of individuals;
(ea) in cases where fish below the applicable minimum conservation reference size are present in the quantities referred to in point (e), separate information on the quantities of each species in kilograms expressed in net weight, or the number of individuals;
(f) the name and address of the suppliers;
(g) the information to consumers provided for in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(h) whether the fisheries products have been previously frozen or not.
6. A fisheries administration must ensure that the information listed in point (g) of paragraph 5 is available to the consumer at retail sale stage.
7. The information listed in points (a) to (f) of paragraph 5 shall not apply to fisheries and aquaculture products imported into the United Kingdom with catch certificates submitted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008.
8. A fisheries administration may exempt from the requirements set out in this Article small quantities of products sold directly from fishing vessels to consumers, provided that these do not exceed the value of £45 per day. A fisheries administration may amend this threshold by regulations.
9. A fisheries administration may make regulations specifying detailed rules for the application of this Article.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1224/article/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1224/article-58
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