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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of22April1997
drawingupthelistofthirdcountriesfromwhichtheimportoffisheryproductsisauthorizedfor
humanconsumption
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(97/296/EC)
(OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionDecision97/429/EC of 30 Jun e 1997 L 184 53 12.7.1997
►M2CommissionDecision97/564/EC of 28 July 1997 L 232 13 23.8.1997
►M3CommissionDecision97/758/EC of 6 November 1997 L 307 38 12.11.1997
►M4CommissionDecision97/877/EC of 23 December 1997 L 356 62 31.12.1997
►M5CommissionDecision98/148/EC of 13 February 1998 L 46 18 17.2.1998
►M6CommissionDecision98/419/EC of 30 Jun e 1998 L 190 55 4.7.1998
►M7CommissionDecision98/573/EC of 12 October 1998 L 277 49 14.10.1998
►M8CommissionDecision98/711/EC of 24 November 1998 L 337 58 12.12.1998
►M9CommissionDecision1999/136/EC of 28 Jan uary 1999 L 44 61 18.2.1999
►M10CommissionDecision1999/244/EC of 26 March 1999 L 91 37 7.4.1999
►M11CommissionDecision1999/277/EC of 23 April 1999 L 108 57 27.4.1999
►M12CommissionDecision1999/488/EC of 5 July 1999 L 190 39 23.7.1999
►M13CommissionDecision1999/532/EC of 14 July 1999 L 203 78 3.8.1999
►M14CommissionDecision1999/814/EC of 16 November 1999 L 315 44 9.12.1999
►M15CommissionDecision2000/88/EC of 21 December 1999 L 26 47 2.2.2000
►M16CommissionDecision2000/170/EC of 14 February 2000 L 55 68 29.2.2000
►M17CommissionDecision2000/674/EC of 20 October 2000 L 280 59 4.11.2000
►M18CommissionDecision2001/40/EC of 22 December 2000 L 10 75 13.1.2001
►M19CommissionDecision2001/66/EC of 23 Jan uary 2001 L 22 39 24.1.2001
►M20CommissionDecision2001/111/EC of 12 February 2001 L 42 6 13.2.2001
►M21CommissionDecision2001/635/EC of 16 August 2001 L 221 56 17.8.2001
►M22CommissionDecision2002/28/EC of 11 Jan uary 2002 L 11 44 15.1.2002
►M23CommissionDecision2002/473/EC of 20 Jun e 2002 L 163 29 21.6.2002
►M24Commissiondecision2002/863/EC of 29 October 2002 L 301 53 5.11.2002
►M25CommissionDecision2003/303/EC of 25 April 2003 L 110 12 3.5.2003
►M26CommissionDecision2003/606/EC of 18 August 2003 L 210 16 20.8.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of22April1997
drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of
fisheryproductsisauthorizedforhumanconsumption
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(97/296/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the
conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of
third country establishments from which Member States are authorizedto import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or livebivalve molluscs (
1), as amended by Decision 97/34/EC (2), and in
particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Whereas the Commission has fixed the special conditions for the
import of fishery products applying to certain specific third countries;
Whereas CommissionDecision95/328/EC (3) establishes a standar-
dized health certificate for imports of fishery products from thirdcountries not yet covered by that type of Decision;
Whereas CommissionDecision97/20/EC (
4) draws up the list of third
countries from which the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms,tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form intended for humanconsumption is authorized;
Whereas it is now necessary to draw up a list of third countries which
satisfy the equivalence conditions referred to in Article 2 (2) of Deci-
sion 95/408/EC and which are therefore able to guarantee that fisheryproducts exported to the Community meet the health requirements laiddown for the protection of consumer health by Council Directive 91/493/EEC laying down the health conditions for the production and the
placing on the market of fishery products (
5);
Whereas that list must comprise the third countries already covered by
a specific Decision and the third countries meeting the conditions laiddowninArticle 2 (2) for which a provision al list of authorized estab-lishments can be drawn up in accordance with the procedure laid downinDecision95/408/EC;
Whereas in order to avoid any disruption of the traditional pattern of
trade, Article 11 (7) of Directive 91/493/EEC may continue to apply
for a limited period to fishery products imported from third countries
not yet included in that list;
Whereas that list of third countries is established without prejudice to
Community or national rules concerning the protection of animal healthor of the environment;
Whereas the measures provided for inthis Decisionare inaccordan ce
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The list of third countries meeting the conditions laid down in Article 2
(2) of Decision 95/408/EC on the conditions for drawing up, for aninterim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from1997D0296 — EN — 20.08.2003 — 025.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17.
(2) OJ No L 13, 16. 1. 1997, p. 33.
(3) OJ No L 191, 12. 8. 1995, p. 32.
(4) OJ No L 6, 10. 1. 1997, p. 46.
(5) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
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which Member States are authorized to import certainproducts of
animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs is hereby estab-lished inthe ►
M6Annex I ◄hereto.
Article 2
1. Without prejudice to provisions relating to the protection of
animal health or of the environment, Member States shall ensure that
no fishery products in whatever form intended for human consumptionare imported except from the third countries in the►
M6 ◄list►M6in the Annex I ◄.
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to fishery products imported from an
establishment approved in accordance with the procedure laid down inArticle 11 (6) of Directive 91/493/EEC.
3. Inadditionto paragraph 1, Member States shall en sure that aqua-
culture products, as defined in Article 2.2 of Council Directive 91/493/EEC, in whatever form intended for human consumption, are importedonly from the third countries which are included in the Annex to thepresent Decision and in the Annex to the Commission Decision 2000/
159/EC as a country with an approved residues monitoring plan for
aquaculture.
Article 3
Notwithstanding Commission Decision 2000/159/EC and Article 2.3 of
the present Decision Member States, when importing fishery productsfrom countries listed in part II of the Annex to the present Decisionand up to the date of coming into effect of the model of health certifi-cate provided by the CommissionDecision2001/67/EC (
1), shall accept
the consignments of fishery products accompanied by the model of
health certificate provided by Decision95/328/EC.
Article 4
This Decisionshall apply from 1 July 1997.
Article 5
This Decisionis addressed to the Member States.1997D0296 — EN — 20.08.2003 — 025.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 22, 24.1.2001, p. 41.▼M19
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ANNEX
Listofcountriesandterritoriesfromwhichimportationoffisheryproducts
inanyformintendedforhumanconsumptionisauthorised
I.Countriesandterritories covered bya specific Decision under Directive
91/493/EEC
AL — ALBANIA
AR — ARGENTINA
AU — AUSTRALIABD — BANGLADESH
BG — BULGARIA
BR — BRAZILCA — CANADA
CH — SWITZERLAND
CI — CÔTE D'IVOIRECL — CHILE
CN — CHINA
CO — COLOMBIACR — COSTA RICA
CU — CUBA
CZ — CZECH REPUBLIC
EC — ECUADOR
EE — ESTONIAFK — FALKLAND ISLANDS
GA — GABON
GH — GHANAGL — GREENLAND
GM — GAMBIA
GN — GUINEA (CONAKRY)GT — GUATEMALA
HN — HONDURAS
HR — CROATIAID — INDONESIA
IN — INDIA
IR — IRANJM — JAMAICA
JP — JAPAN
KR — SOUTH KOREAKZ — KAZAKHSTAN
LK — SRI LANKA
LT — LITHUANIA
LV — LATVIA
MA — MOROCCOMG — MADAGASCAR
MR — MAURITANIA
MU — MAURITIUSMV — MALDIVES
MX — MEXICO
MY — MALAYSIAMZ — MOZAMBIQUE
NA — NAMIBIA
NC — NEW CALEDONIANG — NIGERIA1997D0296 — EN — 20.08.2003 — 025.001 — 4
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NI — NICARAGUA
NZ — NEW ZEALANDOM — OMANPA — PANAMAPE — PERUPG — PAPUA NEW GUINEAPH — PHILIPPINESPM — SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELONPK — PAKISTANPL — POLANDRU — RUSSIA
SC — SEYCHELLES
SG — SINGAPORESI — SLOVENIASK — SLOVAKIASN — SENEGALSR — SURINAMETH — THAILANDTN — TUNISIATR — TURKEYTW — TAIWANTZ — TANZANIAUG — UGANDAUY — URUGUAY
VE — VENEZUELA
VN — VIETNAMYE — YEMENYT — MAYOTTEZA — SOUTH AFRICA
II.Countries and territories meeting the terms of Article 2(2) of Decision
95/408/EC
AE — UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
AM — ARMENIA(
1)
AO — ANGOLAAG — ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA(
2)
AN — NETHERLANDS ANTILLESAZ — AZERBAIJAN(
3)
BJ — BENINBS — BAHAMASBY — BELARUSBZ — BELIZECG — REPUBLIC OF CONGO(
4)
CM — CAMEROONCY — CYPRUS
DZ — ALGERIA
ER — ERITREAFJ — FIJIGD — GRENADA1997D0296 — EN — 20.08.2003 — 025.001 — 5
(1) Authorised only for imports of live crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) intended for direct
human consumption.
(2) Authorised only for imports of fresh fish.
(3) Authorised only for imports of caviar.
(4) Authorised only for imports of fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final
packaging at sea.
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HK — HONG KONG
HU — HUNGARY(1)
IL — ISRAELKE — KENYA
MM — MYANMAR
MT — MALTAPF — FRENCH POLYNESIA
RO — ROMANIA
SB — SOLOMON ISLANDSSH — SAINT HELENASV — EL SALVADOR
TG — TOGO
US — UNITED STATES OF AMERICAYU — SERBIA and MONTENEGRO(
2)(3)
ZW — ZIMBABWE1997D0296 — EN — 20.08.2003 — 025.001 — 6
(1) Authorised only for import of live animals intended for direct human consumption.
(2) Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution
1244 of 10 June 1999.
(3) Authorised only for imports of wild fish intended for direct human consumption.