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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 December 1996
establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions for the production and
placing on the market of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
(Text with EEA relevance)
(97/20/EC)
(OJ L 6, 10.1.1997, p. 46)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Decision 97/565/EC of 28 July 1997 L 232 15 23.8.1997
►M2 Commission Decision 98/571/EC of 12 October 1998 L 277 42 14.10.1998
►M3 Commission Decision 2000/332/EC of 25 April 2000 L 114 40 13.5.2000
►M4 Commission Decision 2001/38/EC of 22 December 2000 L 10 66 13.1.2001
►M5 Commission Decision 2001/255/EC of 21 March 2001 L 91 89 31.3.2001
►M6 Commission Decision 2001/675/EC of 20 August 2001 L 236 16 5.9.2001
▼B
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 December 1996
establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence
conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
(Text with EEA relevance)
(97/20/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying
down the health conditions for the production and placing on the marketof live bivalve molluscs (
1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 (3) (a) thereof,
Whereas the Commission has laid down the special conditions
governing imports of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicatesand marine gastropods for specific third countries;
Whereas the Commission has laid down a standard health certificate for
imports of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine
gastropods from third countries not yet covered by decisions of this type;
Whereas a list should be drawn up of the countries fulfilling the
equivalence conditions referred to in Article 9 (2) of Directive 91/492/EEC and which are thus able to guarantee that the molluscs exported tothe Community meet the sanitary conditions laid down to protect thehealth of consumers;
Whereas this list must include the third countries for which specific
decisions have already been laid down and third countries satisfying the
conditions of Article 9 (2) for which a provisional list of authorizedestablishments can be established in accordance with the procedureprovided for in Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on theconditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third
country establishments from which Member States are authorized to
import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalvemolluscs (
2);
Whereas Article 3 (4) (b) of Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July
1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and placingon the market of fishery products (
3) lays down that processed bivalve
molluscs must comply before processing with the provisions of
Directive 91/492/EEC; whereas as a consequence the list of third
countries fulfilling the conditions laid down by Directive 91/492/EECshould also apply to imports of processed bivalve molluscs, echino-derms, tunicates and marine gastropods;
Whereas this list of third countries is established without prejudice to
national or Community provisions to protect animal health or theenvironment;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions laid down in
Article 9 (3) (a) of Directive 91/492/EEC on the production and placing1997D0020 — EN — 05.09.2001 — 006.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17.
(3) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
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on the market of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and
marine gastropods are listed in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
Notwithstanding the provisions designed to protect animal health or the
environment, the Member States shall ensure that bivalve molluscs,
echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form for
consumption are imported only from the third countries listed in theAnnex.
Article 3
The provisions of Article 2 shall not apply to the adductor muscles of
pectinidae other than aquaculture animals completely separated from the
viscera and gonads.
Article 4
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1997.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1997D0020 — EN — 05.09.2001 — 006.001 — 3
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ANNEX
List of third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms,
tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form for human consumption
are authorised
I. Third countries which have been the subject of a specific decision based on
Directive 91/492/EEC.
AU AUSTRALIA
CL CHILEJM JAMAICA (only for marine gastropods)
KR SOUTH KOREA
MA MOROCCOPE PERU
TH THAILAND
TN TUNISIATR TURKEYVN SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
II. Third countries, which may be the subject of a provisional decision, based on
Council Decision 95/408/EC.
CA CANADA
GL GREENLAND
NZ NEW ZEALANDUS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA1997D0020 — EN — 05.09.2001 — 006.001 — 4