98/422/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1998 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Tanzania (notified under document number C(1998) 1855) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Tanzania, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, import, originating product

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 June 1998

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

(notified under document number C(1998) 1855)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/422/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 the Act of Accession of
Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 11
thereof,

Whereas a Commission expert has conducted an inspec-
to Tanzania to verify the conditions under
tion visit
which fishery products
stored and
dispatched to the Community;

are produced,

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

Whereas, in Tanzania the Fisheries Division (FD) of the
Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism is 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
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/registration number of
the establishment,
factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin;

to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive
Whereas, pursuant
91/493/EEC, a list of approved establishments, factory
vessels or cold stores must be drawn up; whereas a list of
freezer vessels registered in the sense of Council Directive
92/48/EEC (2) must be drawn up; whereas this list must be
drawn up on the basis of a communication from the FD

(1) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 187, 7. 7. 1992, p. 41.

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

Whereas the FD has provided official assurances regard-
ing compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the
Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding the fulfil-
ment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by
that Directive for the approval or registration of es-
tablishments, factory vessels, cold stores or freezer vessels;

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 Fisheries Division (FD) of the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Tourism shall be the competent authority
in Tanzania for verifying and certifying compliance of
fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of
Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Tanzania
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

2. The products must come from approved establish-
ments, factory vessels, cold stores or registered freezer
vessels 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 ‘TANZANIA’ and the
approval/registration number of
the establishment,
factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in
indelible letters.

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Article 3

Article 4

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 sig-
nature of the representative of the FD and the latter’s offi-
cial stamp in a colour different from that of other en-
dorsements.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 June 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 Tanzania 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:

TANZANIA

Competent authority:

Fisheries Division (FD) of
Tourism

the Ministry of Natural Resources and

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), factory vessel(s) or cold store(s) approved or
freezer vessel(s) registered by the FD 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 official inspector hereby certifies that any person working on and/or handling the fishery or
aquaculture products above described have satisfactorily undergone the medical supervision laid
down in Chapter III, point II B of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC.

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

91/493/EEC, Directive 92/48/EEC and Decision 98/422/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

I. LIST OF APPROVED ESTABLISHMENTS

Number

Name

Address

A-PP-200

Hellas Tanzania Mafia Fish. Processing Plant Ltd

Mafia Island

A-PP-203

Fruits De la Mer Ltd

Dar es Salaam

A-PP-205

Vickfish Ltd

A-PP-206

Fish Pak Tanzania Ltd

A-PP-207

Tan Perch Ltd

A-PP-208

Nile Perch Fisheries Ltd

A-PP-209

Tanzania Fish Processors Ltd

A-PP-210

Mwanza Fishing Industries Ltd

A-PP-211

Victoria Fisheries Ltd

A-PP-214

Selthmar Ocean Products Ltd

A-PP-215

Omega Fish Ltd

A-PP-217

M/S Lucia Abdulle Omari

Mwanza

Musoma

Mwanza

Mwanza

Mwanza

Mwanza

Mwanza

Kilwa Masoko

Mwanza

Dar es Salaam

II. LIST OF FREEZER VESSELS

Number

Name (owner)

Port

A-102

A-103

A-106

A-110

A-111

A-112

A-113

A-114

A-115

A-116

B-110

B-111

B-112

MFV ARUSHA (Heltanco Ltd)

MFV ODYSSEAS (Heltanco Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam

MFV BANUSO II (Den-Tan Resources Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

MFV MAMA LEDA (Tramico Investment Company Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

MFV MARIETTA (African Fishing Co. Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

MFV MTONI (Ocean Fisheries (T) Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

MFV MAENDELBEO (African Fishing Company Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

MFV CONNIE (African Fishing Company Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

MFV CANADA (African Fishing Company Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

MFV DEBBIE (African Fishing Company Ltd)

Dar es Salaam

MFV ALWALY

MFV SEASHORE I

MFV SEASHORE II

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam