98/147/EC: Commission Decision of 13 February 1998 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Bangladesh (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bangladesh, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import policy

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 February 1998

laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture
products originating in Bangladesh

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/147/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), as last amended by Directive 95/71/EC (2),
and in particular Article 11 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10
December 1990 laying down the principles governing the
organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the
Community from third countries (3), as last amended by
Directive 96/43/EC (4), and in particular Article 19(7)
thereof,

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

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

Whereas, in Bangladesh the Department of Fisheries —
Fish Inspection and Quality Control (DF-FIQC) of the
Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock is capable of ef-
fectively 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
in
which it must be drafted and the grade of the person
empowered to sign it;

regarding the language(s)

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;

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 DF-FIQC to the Commis-
sion; whereas it is therefore for the DF-FIQC to ensure
compliance with the provisions laid down to that end in
Article 11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;

Whereas the DF-FIQC provided, on 31 December 1997,
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 it is necessary to repeal Commission Decision
97/513/EC of 1 August 1997 concerning certain pro-
tective measures with regard to certain fishery products
originating in Bangladesh (5);

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 Department of Fisheries — Fish Inspection and
Quality Control (DF-FIQC) of the Ministry of Fisheries
and Livestock shall be the competent authority in Bangla-
desh for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery
and aquaculture products with the requirements of Dir-
ective 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Bangla-
desh, must meet the following conditions:

1. each consignment must be

a
numbered original health certificate, duly completed,
signed, dated and comprising a single sheet in ac-
cordance with the model in Annex A hereto;

accompanied by

(1) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 332, 30. 12. 1995, p. 40.
(3) OJ L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 162, 1. 7. 1996, p. 1.

2. the products must come from approved establishments

listed in Annex B hereto;

(5) OJ L 214, 6. 8. 1997, p. 46.

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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 ‘BANGLADESH’ and
the approval number of the establishment of origin in
indelible letters;

4. fisheries products must have been prepared and packed

after 31 December 1997.

Article 3

1.
Certificates as 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.
Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signa-
ture of the representative of the DF-FIQC and the latter’s

official stamp in a colour different from that of other
endorsements.

Decision 97/513/EC is repealed.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 13 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Bangladesh and intended for export to the
European Community, excluding bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastro-
pods in whatever form

Reference No: .................................................................

Country of dispatch:

BANLADESH

Competent authority:

Department of Fisheries — Fish Inspection and Quality Control
(DF-FIQC) of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

I. Details identifying the fishery products

Description of fishery/aquaculture products (1):

— 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 establishment(s) approved by the DF-FIQC 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: ...........................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................................................

(1) Delete where applicable.
(2) Live, refrigerated, frozen, salted, smoked, preserved, etc.

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IV. Health attestation

— The official inspector hereby certifies that the fishery or 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.

— The undersigned official inspector hereby declares that he is aware of the provisions of Directives

91/493/EEC and 92/48/EEC and Decision 98/147/EC.

Done at .........................................................................,

on ..................................................................................

(Place)

(Date)

Official
stamp (1)

.......................................................................................................................
Signature of official inspector (1)

.......................................................................................................................
(Name in capital letters, capacity and qualifications of person signing)

(1) The colour of the stamp and signature must be different from that of the other particulars in the certificate.

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ANNEX B

LIST OF APPROVED ESTABLISHMENTS

Number

Name

Address

Approved
until

CTG-35

Apex Foods Ltd

Sagarika Road, Chittagong

28.2.1999

CTG-31

SAR & Co. Ltd

Sagarika Road, Chittagong

28.2.1999

CTG-33

Meenhar Sea Foods Ltd

Kulurghat, Chittagong

28.2.1999

KLN-18

Lockpur Fish Processing Co. Ltd

Rupsha, Khulna

28.2.1999

KLN-08

Asian Sea Food Ltd

Shipyard Road, Khulna

28.2.1999

KLN-01

Sigma Sea Foods Ltd

Rupsha, Khulna

28.2.1999