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Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of 21 June 1989 laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines and trade descriptions for preserved sardines and sardine-type products
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Council Regulation (EEC) No 2136/89 of 21 June 1989 laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines and trade descriptions for preserved sardines and sardine-type products
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2136/89 of 21 June 1989 ►M1 laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines and trade descriptions for preserved sardines and sardine-type products ◄ (OJ L 212 22.7.1989, p. 79) |
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2136/89
of 21 June 1989
►M1 laying down common marketing standards for preserved sardines and trade descriptions for preserved sardines and sardine-type products ◄
Article 1
This Regulation defines the standards governing the marketing of preserved sardines and the trade descriptions for preserved sardines and preserved sardine-type products marketed in the Community.
Article 1a
For the purposes of this Regulation:
‘preserved sardines’ means products prepared from fish of the species Sardina pilchardus;
‘preserved sardine-type products’ means products marketed and presented in the same way as preserved sardines and prepared from fish of the following species:
Sardinops melanosticus, S. neopilchardus, S. ocellatus, S. sagax, S. caeryleus;
Sardinella aurita, S. brasiliensis, S. maderensis, S. longiceps, S. gibbosa;
Clupea harengus;
Sprattus sprattus;
Hyperlophus vittatus;
Nematalosa vlaminghi;
Etrumeus teres;
Ethmidium maculatum;
Engraulis anchoita, E. mordax, E. ringens;
Opisthonema oglinum;
Strangomera bentincki.
Article 2
Only products meeting the following requirements may be marketed as preserved sardines and under the trade description referred to in Article 7:
Article 3
The sardines must, to the extent required for good market presentation, be appropriately trimmed of the head, gills, caudal fin and internal organs other than the ova, milt and kidneys, and, acccording to the market presentation concerned, backbone and skin.
Article 4
Preserved sardines may be marketed in any of the following presentations:
sardines: the basic product, fish from which the head, gills, internal organs and caudal fin have been appropriately removed. The head must be removed by making a cut perpendicular to the backbone, close to the gills;
sardines without bones: as the basic product referred to in point 1, but with the additional removal of backbone;
sardines without skin or bones: as the basic product referred to in point 1, but with the additional removal of the backbone and skin;
sardine fillets: portions of flesh obtained by cuts parallel to the backbone, along the entire length of the fish, or a part thereof, after removal of the backbone, fins and edge of the stomach lining. Fillets may be presented with or without skin;
sardine trunks: sardine portions adjacent to the head, measuring at least 3 cm in length, obtained from the basic product referred to in point 1 by making transverse cuts across the backbone;
any other form of presentation, on condition that it is clearly distinguished from the presentations defined in points 1 to 5.
Article 5
For the purposes of the trade description laid down in Article 7, a distinction shall be drawn between the following covering media, with or without the addition of other ingredients:
olive oil;
other refined vegetable oils, including olive-residue oil used singly or in mixtures;
tomato sauce;
natural juice (liquid exuding from the fish during cooking), saline solution or water;
marinade, with or without wine;
any other covering medium, on condition that it is clearly distinguished from the other covering media defined in points 1 to 5.
These covering media may be mixed, but olive oil may not be mixed with other oils.
Article 6
After sterilization, the products in the container must satisfy the following minimum criteria:
for the presentations defined in points 1 to 5 of Article 4, the sardines or parts of sardine must:
the covering medium must have the colour and consistency characteristic of its description and the ingredients used. In the case of an oil medium, the oil may not contain aqueous exudate in excess of 8 % of net weight;
the product must retain the odour and flavour characteristics of the species ‘Sardina pilchardus Walbaum’ and the type of covering medium, and must be free of any disagreeable odour or taste, in particular bitterness, or taste of oxidation or rancidity;
the product must be free of any foreign bodies;
in the case of products with bones, the backbone must be readily separable from the flesh and friable;
products without skin and without bones must present no significant residues thereof.
Article 7
Without prejudice to Directives 79/112/EEC and 76/211/EEC, the trade description on the pre-packaging of preserved sardines must correspond to the ratio between the weight of sardines in the container after sterilization and the net weight, both expressed in grams.
For the presentations defined in points 1 to 5 of Article 4, the ratio shall be not less than the following values:
Where these values are complied with, the trade description must correspond to the presentation of the sardine on the basis of the corresponding designation referred to in Article 4. The designation of the covering medium must form an integral part of the trade description.
In the case of products in oil, the covering medium must be designated by one of the following expressions:
For the presentations referred to in point 6 of Article 4, the ratio referred to in the first subparagraph must be at least 35 %.
In the case of culinary preparations other than those defined in (a), the trade description must indicate the specific nature of the culinary preparation.
By way of derogation from Article 2, second indent at point (b) of this Article, preparations using homogenized sardine flesh, involving the disappearance of its muscular structure, may contain the flesh of other fish which have undergone the same treatment provided that the proportion of sardines is at least 25 %.
The trade description, as defined in this Article, shall be reserved for the products referred to in Article 2.
Article 7a
Article 8
Where necessary, the Commission shall adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81, the measures necessary to apply this Regulation, in particular the sampling plan for assessing conformity of manufacturing batches with the requirements of this Regulation.
Article 9
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply as from 1 January 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
( 1 ) OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ No L 148, 1. 6. 1989, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ No L 33, 8. 2. 1979, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ No L 144, 29. 5. 1986, p. 38.
( 5 ) OJ No L 46, 21. 2. 1976, p. 1.
( 6 ) OJ No L 311, 4. 11. 1978, p. 21.
