Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3703/85 laying down detailed rules for applying the common marketing standards for certain fresh or chilled fish.

The present Regulation establishes detailed rules for the control of the conformity with the common marketing standards laid down by Regulation (EEC) No. 103/76, which has been repealed and entirely replaced by Regulation (EC) No. 2406/96. A lot of fresh or chilled fish shall be considered as uniform within the meaning of that Regulation if not more than percent of the total quantity in the lot falls within the freshness or size category immediately below or above that stated for the box or lot in question. Within the framework of the sampling system hereby established Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure: (a) that all vessels possess appropriate facilities, and use these facilities for maintaining the quality of the products; (b) as regards vessels equipped with fish tanks, that the tanks are properly cleaned, that the temperature in the tanks is suitable for the keeping of fish end that this temperature can be noted; and (c) that all quantities marketed are recorded, with a breakdown by freshness and size category.