
Article 1 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of 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, 19 January 2005.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Section 3 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 is modified as follows:

1.. As regards Lead (Pb), points 3.1.4, 3.1.4.1 and 3.1.5 are replaced by the following points:

Product Maximum level(mg/kg wet weight) Performance criteria for sampling Performance criteria for methods of analysis

‘3.1.4. Muscle meat of fish, excluding species listed in 3.1.4.1.
 0,2 Directive 2001/22/EC Directive 2001/22/EC

3.1.4.1. 

 common two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris)
 eel (Anguilla anguilla)
 grey mullet (Mugil labrosus labrosus)
 grunt (Pomadasys benneti)
 horse mackerel or scad (Trachurus species)
 sardine (Sardina pilchardus)
 sardinops (Sardinops species)
 spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)
 wedge sole (Dicologoglossa cuneata)
 0,4 Directive 2001/22/EC Directive 2001/22/EC

3.1.5. Crustaceans, excluding brown meat of crab and excluding head and thorax meat of lobster and similar large crustaceans (Nephropidae and Palinuridae)
 0,5 Directive 2001/22/EC Directive 2001/22/EC’


2.. As regards Cadmium (Cd), points 3.2.5 and 3.2.5.1 are replaced by the following and a new point 3.2.5.2 is inserted:

Product Maximum level(mg/kg wet weight) Performance criteria for sampling Performance criteria for methods of analysis

‘3.2.5. Muscle meat of fish, excluding species listed in 3.2.5.1 and 3.2.5.2.
 0,05 Directive 2001/22/EC Directive 2001/22/EC

3.2.5.1. 

 anchovy (Engraulis species)
 bonito (Sarda sarda)
 common two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris)
 eel (Anguilla anguilla)
 grey mullet (Mugil labrosus labrosus)
 horse mackerel or scad (Trachurus species)
 louvar or luvar (Luvarus imperialis)
 sardine (Sardina pilchardus)
 sardinops (Sardinops species)
 tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis)
 wedge sole (Dicologoglossa cuneata)
 0,1 Directive 2001/22/EC Directive 2001/22/EC

3.2.5.2. Muscle meat of swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
 0,3 Directive 2001/22/EC Directive 2001/22/EC’


3.. As regards Mercury (Hg), points 3.3.1 and 3.3.1.1 are replaced by the following points:

Product Maximum level(mg/kg wet weight) Performance criteria for sampling Performance criteria for methods of analysis

‘3.3.1. Fishery products and muscle meat of fish, excluding species listed in 3.3.1.1.
 0,5 Directive 2001/22/EC Directive 2001/22/EC

3.3.1.1. 

 anglerfish (Lophius species)
 atlantic catfish (Anarhichas lupus)
 bonito (Sarda sarda)
 eel (Anguilla species)
 emperor, orange roughy, rosy soldierfish (Hoplostethus species)
 grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)
 halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
 marlin (Makaira species)
 megrim (Lepidorhombus species)
 mullet (Mullus species)
 pike (Esox lucius)
 plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor)
 poor cod (Tricopterus minutes)
 portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnes coelolepis)
 rays (Raja species)
 redfish (Sebastes marinus, S. mentella, S. viviparus)
 sail fish (Istiophorus platypterus)
 scabbard fish (Lepidopus caudatus, Aphanopus carbo)
 seabream, pandora (Pagellus species)
 shark (all species)
 snake mackerel or butterfish (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, Ruvettus pretiosus, Gempylus serpens)
 sturgeon (Acipenser species)
 swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
 tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis)
 1,0 Directive 2001/22/EC Directive 2001/22/EC’



