European Communities (Labelling of Fishery and Aquaculture Products) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 320 of 2003).

These Regulations provide for the execution and enforcement of Title 1, Chapter 2 of Council Regulation (EC) 104/2000 on the common organization of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products as applied by Commission Regulation (EC) 2065/2001 laying down detailed rules on the application of Council Regulation (EC) 104/2000 as regards informing consumers about fishery and aquaculture products. The Regulations provide a list of the commercial designations required to be drawn up by the Ireland and further provide for the granting of provisional commercial designations. They prescribe that a person shall not place on the market any product to which Article 4 of the Council Regulation of 2000 and the Commission Regulation of 2001 apply unless it has complied with the conditions specified in the Council Regulation of 2000, the Commission regulation of 2001 and the European Communities (Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 483 of 2002). A person shall not place on the market a product unless the information required by Article 8 of the Commission Regulation of 2001 is provided by means of labelling or packaging of the product or by means of a commercial document accompanying the product. In the case of a product offered or exposed for sale by retail, the required information shall be provided by means of labelling or packaging of the product. The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources is the competent authority for the purposes of Article 2 of the Commission Regulation of 2001.