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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of16January1997
laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and aquaculture products origi-
natinginRussia
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(97/102/EC)
(OJ L 35, 5.2.1997, p. 23)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2002/808/EC of 16 October 2002 L 279 51 17.10.2002
►M2Commission Decision 2002/941/EC of 29 November 2002 L 325 45 30.11.2002
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of16January1997
layingdownspecialconditionsgoverningtheimportoffisheryand
aquacultureproductsoriginatinginRussia
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(97/102/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 conditionsfor the production and the placing on themarket of fishery products (
1), aslas t amended by Directive 95/71/
EC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,
Whereas a group of Commission experts has conducted an inspection
visit to Russia to verify the conditions under which fishery productsare produced, stored and dispatched to the Community;
Whereas the provisions of legislation in Russia on health inspection
and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent tothose laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;
Whereas the Committee of Fisheries of the Russian Federation has the
responsibility to draw up the list of establishments, factory vessels andfreezer vessels approved for the export of fishery products to theEuropean Union, and hasdelegated to the State Committee for Sanitary
and Epidemiological Surveillance ( Goskomsanepidnadzor ) the respon-
sibility for the health inspections and for monitoring the conditions ofhygiene and cleanliness pertaining to production;
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 the third country and the approval number of the establish-ment, factory vessel and freezer vessel of origin;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (4) (c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list
of approved establishments, factory vessels, and freezer vessels must bedrawn up; whereas that list must be drawn up on the basis of a commu-nication from the Committee of Fisheries to the Commission; whereasit is therefore for the Committee of Fisheries to ensure compliance with
the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/
493/EEC;
Whereas the Committee of Fisheries has provided official assurances
regarding compliance with the ruless et out in Chapter V of the Annex
to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding fulfilment of requirements
equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval ofestablishments, factory vessels and freezer vessels;
Whereas the Commission Decision 96/192/EC of 19 February 1996
laying down special conditions for the import of preserved fisheryproducts originating in Russia (
3);
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 ‘State Fisheries Committee of the Russian Federation’, assisted by
the ‘National Centre of Quality and Safety of Fishery Products’1997D9102 — EN — 15.02.2003 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ No L 332, 30. 12. 1995, p. 40.
(3) OJ No L 61, 12. 3. 1996, p. 37.▼M2
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(National Fish Quality) shall be the competent authority in Russia for
verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture productswith the requirementsof Directive 91/493/EEC.
Article 2
1. Fishery products imported into the Community from Russia shall
meet the conditionss et out in paragraphs2, 3 and 4.
2. Each consignment shall be accompanied by a numbered original
health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising asingle sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A.
3. The products shall come from approved establishments, factory
vessels or cold stores or from registered freezer vessels listed in AnnexB.
4. Except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended
for the manufacture of preserved foods, all packages shall bear the
word ‘RUSSIA’ and the approval/registration number of the establish-
ment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelibleletters.
Article 3
1. The certificate referred to in point 1 of Article 2 must be drawn
up in at least one official language of the Member State where thechecksare carried out.
2. Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the
representative of the National Centre of Quality and Safety of FisheryProducts (National Fish Quality) and the latter's official stamp in acolour different from that of other endorsements.
Article 4
Commission Decision 96/192/EC is repealed.
Article 5
This Decision shall apply from 31 January 1997.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1997D9102 — EN — 15.02.2003 — 001.001 — 3
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ANNEXA
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ANNEXB
1.Listofestablishments
Approval
numberEstablishment Address
136 Russkaya Ikra JSC ‘Russkaya Ikra’
53 Avgstovskaya Street
Astrakhan
2.Listoffactoryvessels
Approval
numberName Name and address of shipowner
O1A Sevryba-I JSC ‘Sevryba’
2 Sofia Perovskaya StreetMurmansk
14A Vitus Bering ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
43, Shturmana Elagina Street
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
15A Vilyuchinsky ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
43, Shturmana Elagina Street
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
16A Aleksey Chirikov ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
43, Shturmana Elagina Street
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
17A Petr Ilin ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
43, Shturmana Elagina StreetPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
18A Viktorya-1 ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
43, Shturmana Elagina StreetPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
19A Vasily Golovin ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
43, Shturmana Elagina Street
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
20A Akros ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
43, Shturmana Elagina Street
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
PO8 Vsavolod Sibirtsev ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay Street
Vladivostok
X21 Rybak Chukotki ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay StreetVladivostok
588 Rybak Kamchatki ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay StreetVladivostok1997D9102 — EN — 15.02.2003 — 001.001 — 6
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Approval
numberName Name and address of shipowner
60 Sovetskaya Rossia ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay Street
Vladivostok
29A Kapitan Demidenko ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay StreetVladivostok
30A Kapitan Nazin ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay Street
Vladivostok
31A Kapitan Kaiser ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay Street
Vladivostok
64A Igor ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay StreetVladivostok
57A Saga Sea ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay StreetVladivostok
58A Heather Sea ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay Street
Vladivostok
59A Claymore Sea ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay StreetVladivostok
54A Victorya ‘Dalmoreproduct’
53, Pologay StreetVladivostok
56A Alexei Kuznetsov Arkhangelsk Trawling Fleet
Base, Revolution Street
Arkhangelsk
87 Baltiyskaya Slava Reftransflot Fishing LTD
236010 Kaliningrad,
144, Prospekt Mira
60A Matvei Kusmin JSC ‘Okeanrybflot’
27, Leningradskaya StreetPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
61A Babykino JSC ‘Okeanrybflot’
27, Leningradskaya Street
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
62A 27 Sjezd KPSS JSC ‘Okeanrybflot’
27, Leningradskaya Street
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky1997D9102 — EN — 15.02.2003 — 001.001 — 7
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Approval
numberName Name and address of shipowner
63A Aleksei Stakhanov JSC ‘Okeanrybflot’
27, Leningradskaya Street
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
34A Mys Korsakova Fishing collective farm ‘Imeni Kirova’,
Korsakov
35A MysMurav'eva Fis hing collective farm ‘Imeni Kirova’,
Korsakov
36A MysChuprova Fis hing collective farm ‘Imeni Kirova’,
Korsakov
37A Mys Kruzenshterna Fishing collective farm ‘Sakhalin’
Nevelsk
38A MysGvozdeva Fis hing collective farm ‘Sakhalin’
Nevelsk
41A Mys Sheltinga Fishing collective farm ‘Priboi’ Kholmsk
42A Mys Lovtsova Fishing collective farm ‘Priboi’ Kholmsk44A MysOrlova Fis hing collective farm ‘Imeni Lenina’
Kholmsk
45A Mys Dokuchaeva Fishing collective farm ‘Sakhalinski
rybak’ Kholmsk
46A Mys Levenorna Fishing collective farm ‘Sakhalinski
rybak’ Kholmsk
47A MysDatta Fis hing collective farm ‘Druzhba’, Poro-
naisk
48A Mys Menshikova ‘Sakhrybakkolkhozsoyuz’, Yuzhno-
Sakhalinsk
49A Mys Kurbatova JSC ‘Poseidon’ Kholmsk Sakhalin50A Mys Slepikovskogo JSC ‘Staroduiskoe’ Sakhalin51A MysChikhacheva JSC ‘Staroduis koe’ Sakhalin52A Mount-Kent JSC ‘Sevrybkholodflot’
Murmansk, Fishing port
53A Scalloper JSC ‘Sevrybkholodflot’
Murmansk, Fishing port
3.Listoffreezer vessels
Approval
numberName Name and address of shipowner
02A Antias ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky43 Shturmana Elagina Street
03A Kaprodon ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky43 Shturmana Elagina Street1997D9102 — EN — 15.02.2003 — 001.001 — 8
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Approval
numberName Name and address of shipowner
04A Alanett ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
43 Shturmana Elagina Street
05A Kalkan ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky43 Shturmana Elagina Street
06A Blanket ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky43 Shturmana Elagina Street
07A Tiburon ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky43 Shturmana Elagina Street
08A Kalam ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
43 Shturmana Elagina Street
09A Verasper ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
43 Shturmana Elagina Street
10A Gruper ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky43 Shturmana Elagina Street
11A Kapelan ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky43 Shturmana Elagina Street
12A Tarpon ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
43 Shturmana Elagina Street
13A Tamkod ‘Akros’ Fishing Company
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
43 Shturmana Elagina Street
P94 Professor Nestor Smirov Archangelsk Trawling Fleet
Base, 2, Revolution Street
Archangelsk
55A Yuzhnye Kurily JSC ‘Starodubskoe’ Fishing Corporation,
Sakhalin
32A Salmi ‘Briz’ CO, Moscow
Kadashevskay Street
33A Preobrazenie ‘Briz’ CO, Moscow
Kadashevskay Street1997D9102 — EN — 15.02.2003 — 001.001 — 9