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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 October 1998
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating
in Tunisia
(notified under document number C(1998) 2978)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(98/570/EC)
(OJ L 277, 14.10.1998, p. 36)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 1999/135/EC of 28 January 1999 L 44 58 18.2.1999
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 7 October 1998
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Tunisia
(notified under document number C(1998) 2978)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(98/570/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 Council Directive
97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas a Commission expert has conducted an inspection visit to
Tunisia to verify the conditions under which fishery products areproduced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
Whereas the provisions of legislation of Tunisia on health inspection
and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent tothose laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas, in Tunisia the ‘Direction générale de la santé animale (DGSA)
du ministère de l’agriculture' 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 to Article 11(4)(b) of 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/registration establishments, factory vessels, or cold storesmust be drawn up; whereas a list of freezer vessels registered in thesense of Directive 92/48/EEC (
3) must be drawn up; whereas these lists
must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the DGSA tothe Commission; whereas it is therefore for the DGSA to ensurecompliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) ofDirective 91/493/EEC;
Whereas the DGSA has provided official assurances regarding compli-
ance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive91/493/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 of origin;
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 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 ‘Direction générale de la santé animale (DGSA) du ministère de
l’agriculture' shall be the competent authority in Tunisia for verifyingand certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with therequirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
Article 2
Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Tunisia 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‘TUNISIA' 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 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 DGSA 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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ANNEX B
I.LIST OF APPROVED ESTABLISHMENTS
1 Jerba Aquaculture Tunisie (JAT) Médenine
3 Le Dauphin Ajim-Jerba
10 Médigel Médenine
12 StéBen Kalia et Fils Médenine
14 Cotuprom Médenine
17 Coprod Médenine
101 Médi-Pêche El Ghoul Tunis
105 Mondher El Ghoul Tunis
106 Kamexport Tunis
107 Fishfarmer Ariana
112 Équimar-Congélation Tunis
116 StéBen Hamida Aux Poissons Méditerranéens Tunis
118 Maristar Tunis
120
(Authoriseduntil 31.12. 1998)Marégel Tunis
134 Méditerranéen Pesca Tunis
201 Mohamed Aouadi Bizerte
203 Jalta Export Bizerte
204 Pêche Export Bizerte
205 StéTrad des Produits de la Mer Bizerte
207 StéEl Bouhaira Bizerte
208 Horchani Madrague Bizerte
209 StéMondher El Ghoul Bizerte
210 Sitex Bizerte
215 Sittep Bizerte
221 STIC Bizerte
303 La Prospère Nabeul
310 Serimex Pêche Nabeul
420 StéCalambo Sfax
423 StéMohamed Sallem et Fils Sfax
426 Promebar Sfax
427 Produits congelés du Bassin méditerranéen(PCBM)Sfax
435 La Perle des Mers Sfax
436 La Reine des Mers Sfax
437 Somopêche Sfax
438 Fish Tunisie Sfax
439 Frigomar Sfax
441 Socepa Sfax
442 Fruitumer Sfax
450 Impex Tunisie Sfax
457 Medifish Sfax
461 Medifi Sfax
465 StéAli Mezghani Sfax
501 Aquaculture Hergla Sousse
602 Zagnani Hassen-La Bonté de la Mer Monastir
603 Scala Monastir
700 Bennour et Cie-Kuriat Mahdia
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Number Name Address
Number Name Port751 Frimar Mahdia
753 Congélation Ben Messaoud Mahdia
754 Ben Hassen Abdeljelil Export Mahdia
800 Poisson d’Or Tabarka
II.LIST OF FREEZER VESSELS
211 La Galite I Bizerte
212 La Galite II Bizerte
300 El Bahri Omar Nabeul
308 Ibn Ziad Nabeul
801 Navire-usine Dhaker Jendouba