
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 3(1)(a), the following indent is added:
'
— Sprat (Sprattus sprattus)';
2.. Annexes I and II are amended as follows:

((a)) in Annex I, point B (Bluefish), the word ‘sprat’ is added;
((b)) in Annex II, the entry set out in the text in the Annex to this Regulation is added.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 25 May 2005.
For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Scale of weights Minimum sizes to be observed in the conditions laid down in the Regulations referred to in Article 7
Species Size Kg/fish No of fish/kg Region Geographical area Minimum size
Sprat(Sprattus sprattus) 1 0,004 and over 250 or less   