Title II, Chapter II, Article 9 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1932

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Article 9Adoption of sampling plans, control plan, and common control programme#

1.In accordance with Article 60(10) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, the Commission hereby adopts the following sampling plans, control plan and common control programme:

(a)the sampling plan for weighing of fishery products landed sorted or unsorted, as set out in Annex II of this Regulation;

(b)the sampling plan for weighing of frozen fishery products, as set out in Annex III of this Regulation;

(c)the sampling plan for fishery products weighed on board, as set out in Annex IV of this Regulation;

(d)the control plan for weighing of fresh fishery products after transport on the territory of a Member State where the landing took place, as set out in Annex V of this Regulation; and

(e)the common control programme for weighing of fresh fishery products after transport from the Member State of landing to a destination on the territory of another Member State, as set out in Annex VI of this Regulation.

2.Where they make an application for approval pursuant to Article 10, Member States shall use the sampling plans, control plan, and common control programme adopted in accordance with paragraph 1. Sampling plans, control plans and common control programmes submitted for approval may include transitional measures applicable until 10 January 2028, with a view to ensuring a smooth transition to the new weighing regimes.

3.The adopted sampling plans, control plan and common control programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall be applied in accordance with Articles 3 to 8.

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authorised weighing operator
means an operator responsible for the weighing of fishery products, as referred to in Article 60(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
Member State of landing
means the coastal Member State where the fishery products are landed, including where they are unloaded into a transport unit;
Member State of weighing
means the Member State where the fishery products are weighed.
packaging
means an item used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of standardised boxes, which can be differentiated by packaging format based on its function, material and design, including cardboard, plastic, and strapping material;
presentation
means the form into which the fish is processed while on board of the fishing vessel and prior to landing, as described in Table 1 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2196;
standardised boxes
means two or more receptacles of uniform type, capacity, size, and, where used, packaging, containing fishery products of a single species, with the same presentation, and originating from the same relevant geographical area;
standardised containers
means two or more units of uniform type, capacity and size, containing unsorted fishery products, with the same presentation, and originating from the same relevant geographical area;
standardised pallets
means two or more pallets of uniform type and size, loaded with a predefined and uniform number of standardised boxes with identical packaging;
transport unit
means any vehicle, which may carry tanks, boxes or containers, used for the transportation of fishery products;
weighing facility
means a facility equipped for weighing, including the sample weighing, of fishery products;