# Regulation (EU) 2015/812 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 and (EC) No 1224/2009, and Regulations (EU) No 1379/2013 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the landing obligation, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1434/98, Article 8: Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013

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

Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 28, the following paragraph is added:
‘8. In line with the objective set out in point (b) of Article 7(1), producer organisations shall ensure, in the production and marketing plans which they submit pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, that the landing of marine organisms below the minimum conservation reference size does not lead to the development of activities aimed specifically at the catching of those marine organisms.
When carrying out the checks required by paragraph 7 of this Article, Member States shall ensure that producer organisations fulfil the obligation set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.’;
(2) Article 47 is replaced by the following:
‘Rules establishing common marketing standards
Article 47 1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, rules establishing common marketing standards, in particular those laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1536/92 and Council Regulation (EC) No 2406/96, as well as other rules adopted for the application of common marketing standards, such as those laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3703/85, shall continue to apply.
2. Where minimum conservation reference sizes are established, they shall constitute minimum marketing sizes.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/812/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-812/article-8
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