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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of29January2003
oncertain protective measuresinrespect ofinfectioussalmonanaemiaintheFaroeIslands
(notified under document number C(2003) 363)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2003/71/EC)
(OJ L 26, 31.1.2003, p. 80)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 2003/392/EC of 23 May 2003 L 135 27 3.6.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of29January2003
on certain protective measures in respect of infectious salmon
anaemiaintheFaroeIslands
(notified under document number C(2003) 363)
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(2003/71/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying
down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks onanimals entering the Community from third countries and amendingDirectives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (
1), as last
amended by Directive 96/43/EC (2), and in particular Article 18(7)
thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997
laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinarychecks on products entering the Community from third countries (
3),
and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)The occurrence of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in the Faroe
Islands, led to the adoption of Commission Decision 2000/574/
EC of 14 September 2000 on certain protective measures inrespect of infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) in salmonids in theFaroe Islands (
4), as last amended by Decision 2002/110/EC (5).
The measures include a ban on imports into the Community of
live salmon and stringent conditions for the importation of
certain products for human consumption. Those measures applyuntil 1 February 2003.
(2)Despite the measures undertaken by the Faroe Islands, furtheroutbreaks of ISA were notified by that state in 2002, and a rapideradication of that disease cannot therefore be envisaged.
(3)The International Office of Epizootic Diseases (IOE), has givenan opinion stating that there is no evidence of vertical transmis-sion of ISA virus.
(4)On the basis of the opinion of the IOE, and the experience andpractice of Member States and third countries affected by ISA, ithas not been demonstrated that it is necessary to retain theprotective measures provided for in Decision 2000/574/ECrelating to eggs and gametes of the family Salmonidae coming
from a farm in the Faroe Islands that is not under animal health
restrictions due to a suspicion or an outbreak of infectioussalmon anaemia, and it is thus appropriate to replace themeasures by those contained in this Decision and Decision2000/574/EC should accordingly be repealed.
(5)In light of the disease situation in the Faroe Islands, the protec-tive measures contained in this Decision should remainapplicable until February 2004.
(6)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordancewith the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chainand Animal Health,2003D0071 — EN — 06.06.2003 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56.
(2) OJ L 162, 1.7.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 26.
(5) OJ L 40, 12.2.2002, p. 13.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Livefish,eggsandgametesbelongingtothefamily Salmonidae
1. Member States shall prohibit imports of live fish belonging to the
family Salmonidae originating in the Faroe Islands.
2. Member States shall prohibit imports of live eggs of fish
belonging to the family Salmonidae originating in the Faroe Islands,
unless they have been disinfected twice, both at the green egg stage
and the eyed egg stage, and subject to the consignments being accom-panied by a certificate in accordance withth e model laid down inAnnex I of this Decision.
3. Member States shall authorise the import of live gametes of fish
belonging to the family Salmonidae originating in the Faeroe Islands
subject to the consignments being accompanied by a certificate inaccordance withth e model laid down in Annex I.
Article 2
Conditions for the import of non-processed slaughtered fish
belongingtothefamily Salmonidaeforhumanconsumption
Member States shall authorise import of slaughtered Atlantic salmon
(Salmo salar) , sea trout (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (Oncor-
hynchus mykiss) originating in the Faroe Islands provided that they
are eviscerated, or when they are non-eviscerated, provided that the
consignments are accompanied by a certificate in accordance withth emodel laid down in Annex II of this Decision.
Article 3
Derogationforscientific purposes
By way of derogation, Member States may allow the importation into
their territory of samples of the animals and products covered by thepresent Decision for scientific purposes.
Article 4
Decision 2000/574/EC is repealed.
Article 5
The Member States shall amend the measures they apply in trade in
order to bring them into conformity with this Decision. They shallforthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Article 6
This Decision shall apply from 3 February 2003 until 1 February 2004.
Article 7
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.2003D0071 — EN — 06.06.2003 — 001.001 — 3
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ANNEX I
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ANNEX II
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