COMMISSION DECISION of 19 May 1994 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Thailand (94/325/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 the market of fishery products (1), and in particular Article 11 (1) thereof,

Whereas a Commission expert has conducted an inspection visit to Thailand to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community;

Whereas the provisions of Thai legislation on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC;

Whereas the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries, the competent Thai authority, and the Fish Inspection and Quality Control Division, its inspection department, are 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 definition of a model certificate, the minimum requirements regarding the language(s) in which it must be drafted and the qualifications of the person empowered 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 the third country and the approval number of the establishment of origin;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 11 (4) (c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments must be drawn up; whereas that list must be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries, to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries, to ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in Article 11 (4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;

Whereas the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries, has provided official assurances regarding compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding the fulfilment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive for the approval of establishments;

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 Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries (Fish Inspection and Quality Control Division), shall be the competent authority in Thailand for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery and acquaculture products originating in Thailand, must meet the following conditions:

1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the model in Annex A hereto;

2. the products must come from approved establishments listed in Annex B hereto;

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 'Thailand' and the approval number of the establishment of origin in indelible letters.

Article 3

1. The certificate referred to in Article 2 (1) must be drawn up in at least one official language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.

2. The certificate must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries, and the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.

Article 4

This Decision shall apply from 1 August 1994.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 May 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.

ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Thailand and intended for export to the European Community

Reference No:

Country of dispatch: THAILAND

Competent authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries

Inspection department: Fish Inspection and Quality Control Division

I. Details identifying the fishery products

Description of product(1): fishery - aquaculture

- 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 establishments(s) approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Department of Fisheries, for export to the EC:

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:

IV. Health attestation

The official inspector hereby certifies that the fishery and 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 hygienically in compliance with the requirements laid down in Chapters II, III and IV of the Annex to Directive 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 for certain categories of fishery products by Directive 91/493/EEC and in the implementing decisions thereto.

7. in addition, where the fishery products are frozen or processed bivalve molluscs: the molluscs were obtained from production areas subject to conditions which are at least equivalent to those laid down by Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs.

Done at: ,

(place) on:

(date)

Official stamp

Signature of official inspector (name in capital letters, capacity and qualifications of person signing)

(1) Delete where applicable

(2) Live, refrigerated, frozen, salted, smoked, preserved, . . . .

ANNEX B

List of approval establishments >(1)"> ID="1">1001> ID="2">A & N Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1002> ID="2">Aquastar Foods Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1003> ID="2">Klang Co., Ltd> ID="3">Rayong> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1004> ID="2">Lucky Union Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1005> ID="2">N & N Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1006> ID="2">Seafoods Enterprise Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1007> ID="2">Siam Ocean Frozen Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1008> ID="2">Surapon Nichirei Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1009> ID="2">Surapon Seafoods Public Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1010> ID="2">Surat Seafoods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Suratthani> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1011> ID="2">The Thai Fisheries Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1012> ID="2">The Thai Fisheries Cooperation Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1013> ID="2">Anglo-Siam Seafoods Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1014> ID="2">I.C.C. Cosmos Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1015> ID="2">Kiang Huat Sea Gull Trading Frozen Food Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1016> ID="2">Narong Seafood Co., Ltd (Samutsakorn Branch)> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1017> ID="2">Okeanos Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1018> ID="2">Overseas Marine & Cold Storage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Chana, Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1019> ID="2">Premier Frozen Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1020> ID="2">Seafresh Industry Public Co., Ltd> ID="3">Chumporn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1021> ID="2">STC Foodpak Ltd> ID="3">Chonburi> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1022> ID="2">Siam Tin Food Product Co., Ltd> ID="3">Satun> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1023> ID="2">Thai Luxe Enterprise Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsongkram> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1024> ID="2">Thai Prawn Culture Center Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1025> ID="2">Thai Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1026> ID="2">A.P. Frozen Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1027> ID="2">Bright Sea Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1028> ID="2">Chaivaree Marine Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1029> ID="2">Co-op Foods (Thailand) Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1030> ID="2">Far East Cold Storage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1031> ID="2">Frionor (Thailand) Ltd> ID="3">Bangkok> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1032> ID="2">Kantang Cold Storage Industry Co., Ltd> ID="3">Trang> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1033> ID="2">Kantang Seafood Co., Ltd> ID="3">Trang> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1034> ID="2">Kingfisher Holdings Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1035> ID="2">Kingfisher Holdings Ltd (Songkhla Branch)> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1036> ID="2">May Ao Co., Ltd> ID="3">Bangkok> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1037> ID="2">Narong Seafood Co., Ltd (Songkhla Branch)> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1038> ID="2">Ongkorn Cold Storage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1039> ID="2">Pakpanang Coldstorage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Nakornsrithamarat> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1040> ID="2">Queen Marine Food Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1041> ID="2">Sam D Farm Co., Ltd> ID="3">Chumphon> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1042> ID="2">S. Chaivaree Cold Storage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1043> ID="2">Seafood City Co., Ltd> ID="3">Nakornsrithamarat> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1044> ID="2">Sea Horse Public Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1045> ID="2">Sea Horse Public Co., Ltd Donsak Branch> ID="3">Suratthani> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1046> ID="2">Sea Horse Public Co., Ltd Krabi Branch> ID="3">Krabi> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1047> ID="2">Sea Horse (Suratthani) Trading Co., Ltd> ID="3">Suratthani> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1048> ID="2">Shianlin Bangkok Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1049> ID="2">Siamchai International Food Co., Ltd> ID="3">Ranong> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1050> ID="2">S.K. Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1051> ID="2">Spi Canning Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1052> ID="2">Star Frozen Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1053> ID="2">Takzin Samut Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1054> ID="2">Tep Kinsho Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1055> ID="2">Teppitak Seafoods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Pattanee> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1056> ID="2">Tey Seng Cold Storage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1057> ID="2">Thai International Seafoods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1058> ID="2">Thailand Fishery Cold Storage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1059> ID="2">Trang Seafood Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Trang> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1060> ID="2">Transamut Food Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1061> ID="2">Tropical Seafood Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1062> ID="2">Transiam Food Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1063> ID="2">The Union Frozen Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1064> ID="2">V.I. International Co., Ltd> ID="3">Ranong> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1065> ID="2">Yeenin Frozen Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Rayong> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1066> ID="2">Apitoon Enterprise Industry Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1067> ID="2">B.S. Manufacturing Co., Ltd> ID="3">Bangkok> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1068> ID="2">Chao Phraya Coldstorage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Bangkok> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1069> ID="2">Man A. Frozen Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1070> ID="2">Pacific Fish Processing Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1071> ID="2">Southern Marine Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1072> ID="2">Thavee Seafood Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1073> ID="2">Thai Agri Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1074> ID="2">Thai Royal Frozen Food Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1075> ID="2">Unicord Public Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1076> ID="2">United Cold Storage Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">1077> ID="2">Patarat Tanakorn Co., Ltd> ID="3">Ratchburi> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1078> ID="2">Pacific Kaneka Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1079> ID="2">Sethachon Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1080> ID="2">Pacific A.C. Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1081> ID="2">Sakorn Fishery Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1082> ID="2">King Cold Storage Industry Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1083> ID="2">Aksara Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1084> ID="2">Asian Seafoods Coldstorage Public Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1085> ID="2">Andaman Seafood Co., Ltd> ID="3">Ranong> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1086> ID="2">T.S. Processing Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1087> ID="2">Thai Excel Foods Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">1088> ID="2">Thai Seri Universal Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2001> ID="2">ISA (International Seafood Associates) Co., Ltd> ID="3">Nakornprathom> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2002> ID="2">Pataya Food Industries Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2003> ID="2">Southeast Asian Packaging And Canning Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2004> ID="2">Chotiwat Manufacturing Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2005> ID="2">Thai Union Manufacturing Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2006> ID="2">Continental Pacific (1979) Ltd> ID="3">Pattani> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2007> ID="2">Pan Asia (1981) Co., Ltd> ID="3">Suratthani> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2008> ID="2">R.S. Cannery Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2009> ID="2">Sea Horse Public Co., Ltd (Cannery)> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2010> ID="2">S.K. Foods Co., Ltd (Cannery)> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2011> ID="2">Narong Canning Co., Ltd> ID="3">Bangkok> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2012> ID="2">Tropical Canning (Thailand) Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2013> ID="2">Songkla Canning Public Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2014> ID="2">Spi Canning Co., Ltd (Cannery)> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2015> ID="2">Thai Agri Foods Co., Ltd (Cannery)> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2016> ID="2">Surat Canning Co., Ltd> ID="3">Suratthani> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2017> ID="2">Royal Canning Co., Ltd> ID="3">Songkhla> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2018> ID="2">Siam Tin Food Product Co., Ltd (Cannery)> ID="3">Satun> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2019> ID="2">Premier Canning Industry Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2020> ID="2">Pattani Food Industries Co., Ltd> ID="3">Pattani> ID="4">Unlimited"> ID="1">2021> ID="2">Poosin Thang Nguan Hah Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2022> ID="2">B & M Products Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2023> ID="2">Chin Huay Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2024> ID="2">Eastern Packer (AK) Co., Ltd> ID="3">Trad> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2025> ID="2">Nimit Intermark Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutprakarn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2026> ID="2">On-Green Produces Co., Ltd> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">31 May 1995"> ID="1">2027> ID="2">Unicord Public Co., Ltd (Cannery)> ID="3">Samutsakorn> ID="4">Unlimited""

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(1) Date of expiry of approval, or unlimited.