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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of17December 1996
establishingthe list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditionsfor the productionand
placingonthemarketofbivalvemolluscs,echinoderms,tunicatesandmarinegastropods
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(97/20/EC)
(OJ L 6, 10.1.1997, p. 46)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 97/565/EC of 28 July 1997 L 232 15 23.8.1997
►M2Commission Decision 98/571/EC of 12 October 1998 L 277 42 14.10.1998
►M3Commission Decision 2000/332/EC of 25 April 2000 L 114 40 13.5.2000
►M4Commission Decision 2001/38/EC of 22 December 2000 L 10 66 13.1.2001
►M5Commission Decision 2001/255/EC of 21 March 2001 L 91 89 31.3.2001
►M6Commission Decision 2001/675/EC of 20 August 2001 L 236 16 5.9.2001
►M7Commission Decision 2002/21/EC of 11 January 2002 L 10 79 12.1.2002
▼B
COMMISSIONDECISION
of17December 1996
establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence
conditionsfortheproductionandplacingonthemarketofbivalve
molluscs,echinoderms,tunicatesandmarinegastropods
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(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 themarket of 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 marinegastropods from third countries not yet covered by decisions of this
type;
Whereas a list should be drawn upof 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 to
the 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 livebivalve molluscs(
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 placing
on the market of fishery products(3) lays down that processed bivalve
molluscs must comply before processing with the provisions of Direc-tive 91/492/EEC; whereas as a consequence the list of third countriesfulfilling the conditions laid down by Directive 91/492/EEC should
also apply to imports of processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tuni-
cates and marine gastropods;
Whereas this list of third countries is established without prejudice to
national or Community provisions to protect animal health or the envir-
onment;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,1997D0020 — EN — 12.01.2002 — 007.001 — 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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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 andplacing 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 forconsumption 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 — 12.01.2002 — 007.001 — 3
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ANNEX
List of third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echino-
derms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form for human
consumptionareauthorised
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 TURKEYUY URUGUAY
VN SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.
II. Third countries, which may be the subject of a provisional decision, based
on Decision 95/408/EC:
CA CANADA
GL GREENLANDNZ NEW ZEALANDUS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.1997D0020 — EN — 12.01.2002 — 007.001 — 4