ESP/51
WTO/TBT
ES Spain
  • 03 - Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
  • 12 - Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
  • 16 - Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
2024-12-22
2024-10-29

Live fish (HS code(s): 03.01); Edible fish, fresh or chilled (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04) (HS Code(s): 03.02); Edible fish, frozen (excl. fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04) (HS Code(s): 03.03); Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen (HS Code(s): 03.04); Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption (HS Code(s): 03.05); Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS Code(s): 03.06); Molluscs fit for human consumption, including smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine (HS Code(s): 03.07); - Seaweeds and other algae (HS Code(s): 1212.2); Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (HS Code(s): 16.04); Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved (but not smoked) (HS Code(s): 16.05)

Proyecto de Real Decreto por el que se regulan las denominaciones comerciales nacionales y las denominaciones de alimentos en conserva o preparados aplicables en España a los productos de la pesca y de la acuicultura (Draft Royal Decree regulating national trade names and designations of preserved and prepared foods applicable in Spain to fishery and aquaculture products); (74 page(s), in Spanish)

·        The notified draft decree contains the following: Preamble

·        Objectives (Article 1).

·        Definitions (Article 2).

·        Prerequisites for the sale of fishery and aquaculture products to the final consumer or to mass caterers (Article 3).

·        Annual review of the list of national trade names and designations of preserved or prepared foods applicable to fishery and aquaculture products accepted in Spain (Article 4).

·        Procedure for reviewing and updating the list of national trade names and designations of preserved and prepared foods accepted in Spain applicable to fishery and aquaculture products at the request of operators (Article 5).

·        Administrative cooperation (Article 6).

·        Sanctions (Article 7).

·        First additional provision, establishing the single market clause.

·        Second additional provision, regulating the use of alternative food denominations for preserved products made with Sardina pilchardus, Trachurus spp, Auxis rochei, Auxis thazard, Merluccius spp and Macruronus spp.

·        Sole transitional provision, relating to the transitional arrangements for the marketing of stocks of preserved and prepared and labelled packaging.

·        Sole repealing provision, repealing certain regulations.

·        First final provision, establishing an amendment to Articles 3 and 4 of Royal Decree No. 1521/1984, of 1 August, approving the Technical and Sanitary Regulations for Fishery and Aquaculture Establishments and Products for Human Consumption.

·        Second final provision, establishing jurisdictional capacity.

·        Third final provision, establishing implementation authority.

·        Fourth final provision, providing for the entry into force of the draft Royal Decree.

·        Annex, containing the trade names and designations of preserved or prepared foods applicable in Spain to fishery and aquaculture products.