Regulation (EC) No 2406/96 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 3:
(a) in paragraph 1, the list under (a) shall be supplemented by the following indents:
"- Striped or red mullet (Mullus barbatus, Mullus surmuletus)
- Black sea bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)";
(b) in paragraph 1, a new point (d) shall be added:
"(d) Common scallop and other aquatic invertebrates falling within code NC 0307:
- Common scallop (Pecten maximus)
- Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)".
2. The first subparagraph of Article 4(3) shall be replaced by:"3. The crab, common scallop and common whelk referred to in Article 3 shall not be classified according to specific standards of freshness."
3. Article 7(1) shall be replaced by:
"1. The products referred to in Article 3 shall be sized by weight or by number per kilogram. Shrimps and crabs, however, shall be graded in size categories by width of shell; common scallops and common whelks shall be graded in size categories by width of shell."
4. In Annex II, the table appearing in the Annex to this Regulation concerning the size categories applicable to striped or red mullet, black sea bream, common scallop and common whelk shall be added after the existing table.