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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 June 1998
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating
in Tanzania
(notified under document number C(1998) 1855)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(98/422/EC)
(OJ L 190, 4.7.1998, p. 71)
Amended by:
Official Journal
Nopage date
►M1Commission Decision 2000/127/EC of 31 January 2000 L 36 43 11.2.2000
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 June 1998
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Tanzania
(notified under document number C(1998) 1855)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(98/422/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 the Act of Accession
of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas a Commission expert has conducted an inspection visit to
Tanzania to verify the conditions under which fishery products areproduced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
Whereas the provisions of legislation of Tanzania on health inspection
and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent tothose laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas, in Tanzania the Fisheries Division (FD) of the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Tourism is capable of effectively verifying theapplication of the laws in force;
Whereas the procedure for obtaining the health certificate referred to in
Article 11(4)(a) of Directive 91/493/EEC must also cover the definitionof a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding thelanguage(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of the personempowered to sign it;
Whereas, pursuant toArticle 11(4)(b) o f Directive 91/493/EEC, a mark
should be affixed to packages of fishery products giving the name of thethird country and the approval/registration number of the establishment,factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of
approved establishments, factory vessels or cold stores must be drawnup; whereas a list of freezer vessels registered in the sense of CouncilDirective 92/48/EEC (
2) must be drawn up; whereas this list must be
drawn up on the basis of a communication from the FD to the Commis-sion; whereas it is therefore for the FD to ensure compliance with theprovisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas the FD has provided official assurances regarding compliance
with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding the fulfilment of requirements equivalent tothose laid down by that Directive for the approval or registration ofestablishments, factory vessels, cold stores or freezer vessels;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
(1) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 187, 7. 7. 1992, p. 41.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Fisheries Division (FD) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Tourism shall be the competent authority in Tanzania for verifying andcertifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with therequirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Article 2
Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Tanzania must meet the
following conditions:
1. Each consignment 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 the word‘TANZANIA'and the approval/registration number of the establish-ment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelibleletters.
Article 3
1. Certificates as referred toin 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 FD and the latter’s official stamp in a colourdifferent from that of other endorsements.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX A

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IV.Health attestation
— The official inspector hereby certifies that the fishery or aquaculture products specified above:
1. were caught and handled on board vessels in accordance with the health rules laid down by
Directive 92/48/EEC;
2. were landed, handled and where appropriate packaged, prepared, processed, frozen, thawed and
stored hygienically in compliance with the requirements laid down in Chapters II, III and IV of theAnnex toDirective 91/493/EEC;
3. have undergone health controls in accordance with Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/
493/EEC;
4. are packaged, marked, stored and transported in accordance with Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the
Annex toDirective 91/493/EEC;
5. do not come from toxic species or species containing biotoxins;6. have satisfactorily undergone the organoleptic, parasitological, chemical and microbiological
checks laid down for certain categories of fishery products by Directive 91/493/EEC and in theimplementing decisions thereto.
— The official inspector hereby certifies that any person working on and/or handling the fishery or
aquaculture products above described have satisfactorily undergone the medical supervision laid downin Chapter III, point II B of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC.
— The undersigned official inspector hereby declares that he is aware of the provisions of Directives
91/493/EEC, Directive 92/48/EEC and Decision 98/422/EC.
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(1)— The official inspector hereby certifies that the fishery products specified above were produced
under a system of monitoring checks as laid down in chapter V, point II.3.B of the Annex to theDirective 91/493/EEC, and the results of these checks are satisfactory. ◄
Doneat ........................................................,
(Place)on .............................................................
(Date)
/SS74Official
stamp(1)..........................................................................
Signature of official inspector(1)
..........................................................................
(Name in capital letters, capacity and qualifications of person signing)
(1) The colour of the stamp and signature must be different from that of the other particulars in the certificate.
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ANNEX B
I. LIST OF APPROVED ESTABLISHMENTS
Number Name Address
A-PP-200 Hellas Tanzania Mafia Fish. Processing Plant Ltd Mafia Island
A-PP-203 Fruits De la Mer Ltd Dar es Salaam
A-PP-205 Vickfish Ltd Mwanza
A-PP-206 Fish Pak Tanzania Ltd Musoma
A-PP-207 Tan Perch Ltd Mwanza
A-PP-208 Nile Perch Fisheries Ltd Mwanza
A-PP-209 Tanzania Fish Processors Ltd Mwanza
A-PP-210 Mwanza Fishing Industries Ltd Mwanza
A-PP-211 Victoria Fisheries Ltd Mwanza
A-PP-214 Selthmar Ocean Products Ltd Kilwa Masoko
A-PP-215 Omega Fish Ltd Mwanza
A-PP-217 M/S Lucia Abdulle Omari Dar es Salaam
II. LIST OF FREEZER VESSELS
Number Name (owner) Port
A-102 MFV ARUSHA (HeltancoLtd) Dar es Salaam
A-103 MFV ODYSSEAS (HeltancoLtd) Dar es Salaam
A-106 MFV BANUSO II (Den-Tan Resources Ltd) Dar es Salaam
A-110 MFV MAMA LEDA (TramicoInvestment Co mpany
Ltd)Dar es Salaam
A-111 MFV MARIETTA (African Fishing Co. Ltd) Dar es Salaam
A-112 MFV MTONI (Ocean Fisheries (T) Ltd) Dar es Salaam
A-113 MFV MAENDELBEO (African Fishing Company Ltd) Dar es Salaam
A-114 MFV CONNIE (African Fishing Company Ltd) Dar es Salaam
A-115 MFV CANADA (African Fishing Company Ltd) Dar es Salaam
A-116 MFV DEBBIE (African Fishing Company Ltd) Dar es Salaam
B-110 MFV ALWALY Dar es Salaam
B-111 MFV SEASHORE I Dar es Salaam
B-112 MFV SEASHORE II Dar es Salaam