Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Sea Fish (Marketing Standards) Regulations 1986 (“the principal Regulations”), which make provision for the enforcement of certain of the enforceable Community restrictions and obligations concerning common marketing standards and related rules as to marketing for certain species of sea fish, including shellfish, which are contained in Council Regulations (EEC) Nos. 103/76 and 104/76 (“the Council Regulations”).

In consequence of amendments made to the Council Regulations by Commission Regulations (EEC) Nos. 3856/87, 3940/87 and 4213/88 and Council Regulation (EEC) No. 33/89, these Regulations amend the definitions of the Council Regulations in regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) so as to provide for the inclusion of those amendments in those definitions. They also make a consequential amendment to the Schedule to the principal Regulations (regulation 2).