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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 October 1998
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating
in Guatemala
(notified under document number C(1998) 2950)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(98/568/EC)
(OJ L 277, 14.10.1998, p. 26)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 1999/487/EC of 2 July 1999 L 190 36 23.7.1999
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 325, 3.12.1998, p. 23 (98/568)
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 October 1998
laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Guatemala
(notified under document number C(1998) 2950)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(98/568/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
Guatemala to verify the conditions under which fishery products areproduced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
Whereas the provisions of legislation of Guatemala on health inspection
and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent tothose laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas, in Guatemala the ‘Dirección General de Servicios Pecuarios
(DIGESEPE) del Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación'is capable of effectively verifying the application 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 establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores must be drawnup; whereas a list of freezer vessels registered in the sense of Directive92/48/EEC (
3) must be drawn up; whereas these lists must be drawn up
on the basis of a communication from the DIGESEPE to the Commis-sion; whereas it is therefore for the DIGESEPE to ensure compliancewith the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of Directive91/493/EEC;
Whereas the DIGESEPE has provided official assurances regarding
compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex toDirective 91/493/EEC and regarding the fulfilment of requirementsequivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval orregistration of establishments, factory vessels, cold stores or freezervessels 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:
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Article 1
The Area de Inocuidad de Alimentos — Unidad de Normas y Regula-
ciones (AIA — UNR) of the Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia yAlimentación shall be the competent authority in Guatemala for veri-fying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture productswith the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.
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Article 2
Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Guatemala 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‘GUATEMALA' 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 DIGESEPE and the latter’s official stamp in acolour different from that of other endorsements.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
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ANNEX A
HEALTH CERTIFICATE
for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Guatemala and intended for export to the Europea n
Community, excluding bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in any form
Reference No...............................................
Country of dispatchGUATEMALA
Competent authority: Área de Inocuidad de Alimentos — Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones (AIA — UNR)
I.Details identifying the fishery products
— Description of fishery/aquaculture products(1):
— species (scientific name): .....................................................................................................
— presentation of product and type of treatment(2): .......................................................................
— Code number (where available): .................................................................................................
— Type of packaging: ................................................................................................................
— Number of packages: .............................................................................................................
— Net weight: .........................................................................................................................
— Requisite storage and transport temperature: ..................................................................................
II.Origin of products
Name(s) and official approval number(s) of establishment(s), factory vessel(s) or cold store(s) approved or freeze r
vessel(s) registered by the AIA-UNR for export to the European Community:
............................................................................................................................... ...........
............................................................................................................................... ...........
............................................................................................................................... ...........
III.Destination of products
The products are dispatched
from:............................................................................................................................... ....
(place of dispatch)
to: ............................................................................................................................ ..........
(country and place of destination)
by the following means of transport: ...............................................................................................
Name and address of dispatcher: ....................................................................................................
............................................................................................................................... ...........
............................................................................................................................... ...........
Name of consignee and address at place of destination: .........................................................................
............................................................................................................................... ...........
............................................................................................................................... ...........
(1) Delete where applicable.
(2) Live, refrigerated, frozen, salted, smoked, preserved, etc.
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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 hygien-
ically in compliance with the requirements laid down in Chapters II, III and IV of the Annex to Directiv
e
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 to
Directive 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 fo
r
certain categories of fishery products by Directive 91/493/EEC and in the implementing decisions thereto.
The undersigned official inspector hereby declares that he is aware of the provisions of Directive 91/493/EEC,
Directive 92/48/EEC and Decision 98/568/EC.
Done at.......................................................,
(Place)on ................................................................
(Date)
/SS74Official
stamp (1):
.......................................................................
Signature of official inspector (1)
.......................................................................
(Name in capital letters, capacity and qualifications of perso n
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
PP013602 Industrias Marbella, SA Villanueva-Guatemala
CC011201 Mayasal, SA Guatemala ciudad
PE013601 Pescado de Tony Villanueva-Guatemala
PC110703 Procesadora de Mariscos del Sur, Sociedad Anónima
(Promasur, SA)Retalhuleu
PD050901 Pesca, SA Retalhuleu
CC-050903 Comarpa Escuintla, Guatemala
PET-050901 Industria pesquera San Rafael SA Escuintla, Guatemala
PE-050908 Inversiones El Puerto Escuintla, Guatemala
PPM-012301 Comercial Pamypa Santa Catarina, Pinula
PE-010101 HB Internacional Inversiones Marítimas Buena Vista Puerto de San José,
Escuintla
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PE-051001 Delimar SA Puerto de San José,
Escuintla
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PE-010104 PesqueraIndustria l SA Puerto de San José,Escuintla