98/418/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1998 repealing Decision 98/84/EC on protective measures with regard to fishery products from or originating in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique and amending the health certification for fishery products originating or proceeding from Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique (notified under document number C(1998) 1848) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, fishery product, import restriction

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 June 1998

repealing Decision 98/84/EC on protective measures with regard to fishery prod-
ucts from or originating in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique and
amending the health certification for fishery products originating or proceeding
from Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique

(notified under document number C(1998) 1848)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/418/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 (1), as last amended by
Directive 96/43/EC (2), and in particular Article 19
thereof,

Whereas Commission Decision 98/84/EEC of 16 January
1998 on protective measures with regard to fishery prod-
ucts from or originating in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and
Mozambique, and repealing Decision 97/878/EC (3), was
the development of a cholera
adopted because of
epidemic in those countries;

fishery products (5), as last amended by the Act of Acces-
sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden;

Whereas special attention must be paid to the medical
checks of workers handling fishery products intended for
human consumption, as laid out in Chapter III, point
II(B) of the Annex of Directive 91/493/EEC; whereas,
therefore, it is necessary to add a specific mention in the
health certification accompanying the imports of fishery
products from Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique;

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

Whereas Commission Decision 95/328/EEC (4) estab-
lishes health certification for fishery products from third
countries which are not yet covered by a specific decision;

Decision 98/84/EEC is hereby repealed with effect from 1
July 1998.

the official authorities

Whereas
in Uganda, Kenya,
Tanzania and Mozambique have provided the appropriate
guarantees; whereas, therefore, Decision 98/84/EC should
be repealed;

the importation of

Whereas
from
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique must be
subject
to the provisions of Council Directive 91/
493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health condi-
tions for the production and the placing on the market of

fishery products

(1) OJ L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 162, 1. 7. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 15, 21. 1. 1998, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 191, 12. 8. 1995, p. 32.

Article 2

Point IV of the health certification laid down in the
Annex to Commission Decision 95/328/EC and accom-
panying the consignments of fishery products originating
or proceeding from Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique,
must be completed by the following point:

‘(3) any person working on and/or handling the
fishery or aquaculture products described above
have satisfactorily undergone the medical supervi-
sion laid down in Chapter III, point II(B) of the
Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC.'

(5) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission