Article 59 First sale of fisheries products
United Kingdom
F1A fisheries administration must ensure that all fisheries products are first marketed or registered at an auction centre or to registered buyers or to producer organisations.
The buyer of fisheries products from a fishing vessel at first sale shall be registered with the competent authorities of F2a fisheries administration, in circumstances where the first sale takes place in the United Kingdom. For the purpose of registration, each buyer shall be identified according to its VAT number, tax identification number or other unique identifier in national databases.
A buyer acquiring fisheries products up to an amount of 30 kg which are not thereafter placed on the market but used only for private consumption shall be exempted from this Article. F3A fisheries administration may amend this threshold by regulations.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Art. 59(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(59)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Art. 59(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 4(59)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Art. 59(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy and Aquaculture (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/753), regs. 1, 27(17); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)