98/572/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 1998 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Cuba (notified under document number C(1998) 2970) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cuba, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, import, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 October 1998

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

(notified under document number C(1998) 2970)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/572/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

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 Council Directive
97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

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

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

Whereas, in Cuba the ‘Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera
(MIP)' 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;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive 91/
493/EEC, a list of approved/registration establishments,
factory vessels, or cold stores must be drawn up; whereas a
list of freezer vessels registered in the sense of Directive
92/48/EEC (3) must be drawn up; whereas these lists must
be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the
MIP to the Commission; whereas it is therefore for the

(1) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 187, 7. 7. 1992, p. 41.

Whereas
assurances
the MIP has provided official
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 or registration of estab-
lishments, factory vessels, cold stores or freezer vessels of
origin;

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 ‘Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera (MIP)' shall be
the competent authority in Cuba for verifying and certi-
fying compliance of
fishery and aquaculture products
with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Cuba
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 accord-
ance 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 ‘CUBA' 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 signa-
ture of the representative of the MIP and the latter’s
official stamp in a colour different from that of other
endorsements.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 October 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 Cuba and intended for export to the European
Community, excluding bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in
whatever form

Reference No:

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

Country of dispatch: CUBA

Competent authority: Ministerio de la Industria Pesquera (MIP)

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 MIP for export to the European Community:

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

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

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

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
fishery products by Directive 91/493/EEC and in the

laid down for certain categories of
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 98/572/EC.

Done at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,
(Place)

on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Date)

Official
stamp (1)

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Name in capital letters, capactiy 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

22

25

05

07

06

04

08

16

54

56

13

24

14

15

21

Vivero de langosta viva ‘Reina viva'

Marlei, La Habana

Centro de procesamiento acuícola ‘Mamposton'

Morales, San José

Pesquera industrial ‘Batabano'

La Habana

Pesquera industrial ‘La Coloma'

Pesquera industrial ‘Isla de la juventud'

Pesquera industrial ‘Cárdenas'

La Coloma - Pinar del
Río

Nueva Gerona - Isla de
la Juventud

Cárdenas - Matanzas

Pesquera industrial ‘Cienfuegos'

Cienfuegos

Pesquera industrial de Villa Clara ‘Villamar'

Calbarién - Villa Clara

Pesquera industrial ‘Sancti Spíritus'

Pesquera industrial de Camagüey ‘Estrella Roja'

Pesquera industrial ‘Santa Cruz del Sur'

Pesquera industrial ‘Río Cauto'

Pesquera industrial ‘Manzanillo'

Pesquera industrial ‘Niquero'

Pesquera industrial ‘Santiago de Cuba'

Sancti Spíritus

Camagüey

Camagüey

Río Cauto - Granma

Manzanillo - Granma

Niquero - Granma

Santiago de Cuba