98/421/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1998 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Ghana (notified under document number C(1998) 1854) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ghana, 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 Ghana

(notified under document number C(1998) 1854)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/421/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-
tion visit to Ghana to verify the conditions under which
fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to
the Community;

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

Whereas, in Ghana the Ghana Standards Board (GSB) of
the Ministry of Trade 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 GSB

(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 GSB to
ensure compliance with the provisions laid down to that
end in Article 11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;

Whereas the GSB has provided official assurances re-
garding 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 or registration of esta-
blishments, 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 Ghana Standards Board (GSB) of the Ministry of
Trade shall be the competent authority in Ghana for veri-
fying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquacul-
ture products with the
requirements of Directive
91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Ghana
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 establishments,
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 ‘GHANA’ 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 GSB and the latter’s
official 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 Ghana and intended for export to the Euro-
pean Community, excluding bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in
whatever form

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

Country/Territory of dispatch:

GHANA

Competent authority:

Ghana Standards Board (GSB) of the Ministry of Trade

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 GSB 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 Directive

91/493/EEC, Directive 92/48/EEC and Decision 98/421/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

GS/SF/E052

Skippy’s Seafood Co., Ltd

GS/SF/E002

Société Nouvelle Cap Langouste

GS/SF/E001

Vivier Du Nord

GS/SF/E128

Green Gold

GS/SF/E009

Compass Dive and Salvage (Gh) Ltd

GS/SF/E007

Pako Bay Seafood

Accra

Accra

Accra

Takoradi

Axim

Apam

GS/SF/E006

Kpone Lobsters

Kpone-Tema

GS/SF/E015

Divine Seafood

GS/SF/EF038

Pioneer Food Cannery

GS/SF/EF039

Ghana Agro-Food Co., Ltd

GS/SF/E855

Liwon Enterprise

Tema

Tema

Tema

Tema

II. LIST OF FREEZER VESSELS

Number

Name

Port

GS/SF/E003

M. V. Lima

GS/SF/E004

Filikos 1

GS/SF/E005

Mihalis N.

GS/SF/E008

Zhonglu-706

GS/SF/E010

Toman 3

GS/SF/E011

Alabanzas

GS/SF/E012

M. V. Shabda

GS/SF/E013

Afko 306

GS/SF/E014

Afko 803

Tema

Tema

Tema

Tema

Tema

Tema

Tema

Tema

Tema