The Registration of Fish Buyers and Sellers and Designation of Fish Auction Sites Regulations 2005

These Regulations make provision for the administration and enforcement of Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, “the CFP Regulation”, (O.J. No. L 358, 31.12.02, p.59) and Article 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 (O.J. NO. L 261, 20.10.93, p.1.) which impose requirements relating to the first marketing and purchasing of fish (first sale fish. The Regulations come into force on 7th July 2005 except for regulations 4,5,8 and 9 which come into force on 1st September. The Regulations do not form part of the law of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, for which separate administration and enforcement provisions are respectively being made.

Author: Ben Bradshaw, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Last modified: 2010-07-16