98/571/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 1998 amending Decision 97/20/EC establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods (notified under document number C(1998) 2967) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health control, import, marketing, mollusc, quality standard, third country

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Official Journal of the European Communities

14. 10. 98

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 October 1998

amending Decision 97/20/EC establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the
equivalence conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

(notified under document number C(1998) 2967)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/571/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council 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 (1), as
last amended by the Directive 97/
79/EC (2), and in particular Article 9(3)(a) thereof,

Whereas Commission Decision 97/20/EC (3) of 17
December 1996, last amended by Decision 97/565/EC (4),
establishes the list of third countries from which imports
of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine
gastropods in whatever form are authorised for human
consumption;

Whereas Commission Decision 98/569/EC (5) lays down
special conditions for the import of live bivalve molluscs,
echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating
in Tunisia;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to add Tunisia on the
list of third countries from which importation of bivalve

molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
are authorized;

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 Annex to Decision 97/20/EC is replaced by the
Annex of the present Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 October 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 6, 10. 1. 1997, p. 46.
(4) OJ L 232, 23. 8. 1997, p. 15.
(5) See page 31 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

List of third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and
marine gastropods in whatever form for human consumption are authorised

I. Third countries which have been the subject of a specific decision based on Council Directive

91/492/EEC

Australia

Chile

Morocco

Peru

South Korea

Tunisia

Turkey

II. Third countries which may be the subject of a provisional decision based on Council Decision

95/408/EC

Canada

Faeroes

Greenland

New Zealand

Thailand (only for products sterilised or heat-treated under the conditions laid down in Commis-
sion Decision 93/25/EEC)

United States of America