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of21December 1999
layingdownspecialconditionsgoverningimportsoffisheryandaquacultureproductsoriginating
inLatvia
(notified under document number C(1999) 4756)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2000/85/EC)
(OJ L 26, 2.2.2000, p. 21)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of21December 1999
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquacultureproductsoriginatinginLatvia
(notified under document number C(1999) 4756)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2000/85/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying
down the health conditions for the production and the placing on themarket of fishery products (
1), as last amended by Council Directive
97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)a Commission expert team has conducted an inspection visit to
Latvia to verify the conditions under which fishery products areproduced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
(2)the provisions of legislation of Latvia on health inspection and
monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to
those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
(3)in Latvia the ‘State Veterinary Service (SVS) of the Ministry ofAgriculture’ is capable of effectively verifying the application ofthe laws in force;
(4)the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to inArticle 11(4)(a) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the
definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements
regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and thegrade of the person empowered to sign it;
(5)pursuant to Article 11(4)(b) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a markshould be affixed to packages of fishery products giving thename of the third country and the approval/registration number
of the establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel
of origin;
(6)pursuant to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list ofapproved establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores must bedrawn up, and a list of freezer vessels registered in the sense ofDirective 92/48/EEC (
3) must also be drawn up. These lists must
be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the SVS to
the Commission. It is therefore for the SVS to ensure compli-ance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4)of Directive 91/493/EEC;
(7)the SVS has provided official assurances regarding compliancewith the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive
91/493/EEC, and regarding the fulfilment of requirements
equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approvalor registration of establishments, factory vessels, cold stores offreezer vessels of origin;
(8)the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordancewith the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,2000D0085 — EN — 06.05.2003 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 187, 7.7.1992, p. 41.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The ‘Food and Veterinary Service (FVS) of the Republic of Latvia’
shall be the competent authority in Latvia identified for the purposes
of verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture
products withth e requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Article 2
Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Latvia must meet the
following conditions:
1. eachconsignment must be accompanied by a numbered original
health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising asingle sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A hereto;
2. the products must come from approved establishments, factory
vessels, cold stores or registered freezer vessels listed in Annex Bhereto;
3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended
for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages must bear theword ‘LATVIA’ and the approval/registration number of the estab-lishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin inindelible letters.
Article 3
1. Certificates as referred to in Article 2(1) must be drawn up in at
least one official language of the Member State where the checks arecarried out.
2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the
representative of the Food and Veterinary Service (FVS) and the latter'sofficial stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2000D0085 — EN — 06.05.2003 — 001.001 — 3
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ANNEX A
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ANNEX B
I.LISTOFAPPROVEDESTABLISHMENTS
Number Name Address
LV 25 Z SIA ‘Baltijas zivis-97’ Skulte, Limbazu district — LV-4025
LV 28 Z Joint stock Co. ‘Brivais vilnis’ Salacgriva, Limbazu district — LV-4033
LV 36 Z Joint stock Co. ‘Banga’ Roja, Talsu District — LV-3264LV 41 Z Joint stock Co. ‘Carnikava’ Carnikava, Rigas district — LV-2163LV 42 Z Joint stock Co. ‘Auda’ Riga — LV-1030LV 59 Z ‘Unda’ Ltd Engure, Tukuma district — LV-3113
LV 61 Z Latvian-German joint stock venture
‘I.M.S.’Talsu district — LV-3264
LV 69 Z ‘Kolka’ Ltd Talsu district, Kolka — LV-3275
LV 87 Z ‘Banga Seafood International’ Ltd Roja, Talsu district — LV-3264
II.LISTOFREGISTEREDFREEZERVESSELS
Number Name Owner
LV 005 K ‘Trollis’ Joint stock company ‘Brivais vilnis’
LV 009 K ‘Freyr’ ‘Mersrags I’ LtdLV 010 K ‘Arnarborg’ ‘Mersrags I’ LtdLV 068 K ‘Erla’ ‘Mersrags I’ Ltd2000D0085 — EN — 06.05.2003 — 001.001 — 6