hunts regulated by national law with the sole purpose of the sustainable
management of marine resources. Since those measures are of general scope
and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by
supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in
accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in
Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
(18) With the aim of facilitating enforcement operations carried out by the
relevant national authorities, the Commission should issue technical guidance notes providing non-binding indications about the codes of the Combined Nomenclature which may cover seal products subject to this
Regulation.
(19) Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to
infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and ensure that they are
implemented. Those penalties should be effective, proportionate and
dissuasive.
(20) Member States should report on a regular basis on the actions taken to
implement this Regulation. On the basis of those reports, the Commission
should report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Regulation.
(21) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the elimination of obstacles to
the functioning of the internal market by harmonising national bans
concerning the trade in seal products at Community level, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved
at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance
with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In
accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article,
this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve
that objective,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation establishes harmonised rules concerning the placing on the
market of seal products.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1. ‘seal’ means specimens of all species of pinnipeds (Phocidae, Otariidae and
Odobenidae);
2. ‘seal product’ means all products, either processed or unprocessed, deriving or
obtained from seals, including meat, oil, blubber, organs, raw fur skins and fur
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management of marine resources. Since those measures are of general scope
and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by
supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in
accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in
Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
(18) With the aim of facilitating enforcement operations carried out by the
relevant national authorities, the Commission should issue technical guidance notes providing non-binding indications about the codes of the Combined Nomenclature which may cover seal products subject to this
Regulation.
(19) Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to
infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and ensure that they are
implemented. Those penalties should be effective, proportionate and
dissuasive.
(20) Member States should report on a regular basis on the actions taken to
implement this Regulation. On the basis of those reports, the Commission
should report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Regulation.
(21) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the elimination of obstacles to
the functioning of the internal market by harmonising national bans
concerning the trade in seal products at Community level, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore be better achieved
at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance
with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In
accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article,
this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve
that objective,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation establishes harmonised rules concerning the placing on the
market of seal products.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
1. ‘seal’ means specimens of all species of pinnipeds (Phocidae, Otariidae and
Odobenidae);
2. ‘seal product’ means all products, either processed or unprocessed, deriving or
obtained from seals, including meat, oil, blubber, organs, raw fur skins and fur
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