1999/486/EC: Commission Decision of 2 July 1999 amending Decision 94/269/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Colombia (notified under document number C(1999) 1826) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Colombia, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 July 1999

amending Decision 94/269/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery prod-
ucts originating in Colombia

(notified under document number C(1999) 1826)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/486/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 Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 11
thereof,

(1) Whereas the Article 1 of Commission Decision 94/
269/EC of 8 April 1994 laying down special conditions
governing import of fishery and aquaculture products
origination in Colombia (3), as last amended by Decision
96/31/EC (4), which states that the Ministerio de Salud
— Divisi(cid:155)n de Alimentos
shall be the competent
authority in Colombia for verifying and certifying
compiance of fishery and aquaculture products with the
requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC;

(2) Whereas, following a restructuring of the Colombian
Movement,
the competent authority for health certi-
ficates for fishery products has changed from the Minis-
terio de Salud — Divisi(cid:155)n de Alimentos to the Instituto
Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y alimentos
(Invima) and this new authority is capable of effectively
verifying the application of the laws in force; whereas it
is, therefore, necessary to modify the nomination of the
competent authority named by Decision 94/269/EC;

(3) Whereas it is convenient to harmonise the wording of
the more
Decision 94/269/EC with the wording of
recently adopted Commission Decisions laying down

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 115, 6.5.1994, p. 38.
(4) OJ L 9, 12.1.1996, p. 6.

fishery and
special conditions governing imports of
aquaculture products originating in certain third coun-
tries;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in the Decision are
in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter-
inary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Commission Decision 94/269/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y
Alimentos (Invima) shall be the competent authority in
Colombia for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery
aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive
91/493/EEC.'

2. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Fishery and aquaculature products originating in Colombia
must meet the following conditions.

1. Each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered
original health certificate, duly completed, signed, dated
and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the
model

in Annex A hereto;

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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
the word “Colombia” and the
packages must bear
establishment,
the
approval/registration number of
factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in
indelible letters.'

3. Annex A shall be replaced by the Annex hereto.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 2 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Columbia and intended for export to the European Com-
munity, excluding bilvalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in any form

Reference No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Country of dispatch

Columbia

Competent authority:

Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos (Invima)

I. Details identifying the fishery products

Description of fishery/aquaculture product (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) approved by the Ministry of Health for exports to the
Community:

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

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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 hygien-
ically 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
Directive 92/48/EEC and Decision 99/269/EC.

inspector hereby declares that he is aware of the provisions of Directive 91/493/EEC,

Done at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,

on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Place)

(Date)

Official
seal (1):

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

Signature of official

inspector (1)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
letters, capacity and qualifications of person
(Name in capital

signing)

(1) The colour of the stamp and signature must be different from that of the other particulars in the certificate.'