1999/487/EC: Commission Decision of 2 July 1999 amending Decision 98/568/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Guatemala (notified under document number C(1999) 1828) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Guatemala, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import

L 190/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

23. 7. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 July 1999

amending Decision 98/568/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery prod-
ucts originating in Guatemala

(notified under document number C(1999) 1828)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/487/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 Article 1 of Commission Decision 98/568/EC
of 6 October 1998 laving down special conditions
governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products
originating in Guatemala (3), which states that the Direc-
ci(cid:155)n General de Servicios Pecuarios (Digesepe) del Minis-
terio de Agricultura, Ganader(cid:146)a y Alimentaci(cid:155)n shall be
the competent authority in the Guatemala for verifying
fishery and aquaculture
and certifying compliance of
the Directive 91/
produts with the requirements of
493/EEC;

(2) Whereas,

following a restructuring of the Guatemala
Government, the competent authority for health certi-
ficates for fishery products (Digesepe) has changed to the
Area de Inocuidad de Alimentos — Unidad de Normas y
Regulaciones (AIA — UNR) and this new authority is
capable of effectively verifying the application of the
therefore, necessary to
laws in force; whereas it
modify the nomination of
the competent authority
named by Decision 98/568/Ec and the health certificate
included in Annex A to this Decision:
model

is,

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Commission Decision 98/568/EC is amended af follows.

1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The Area de Inocuidad de Alimentos — Unidad de Normas
y Regulaciones (AIA — UNR) of the Ministerio de Agricul-
tura, Ganaderia y Alimentaci(cid:155)n shall be the competent
authority in Guatemala for verifying and certifying compli-
ance of fishery and aquaculture products with the require-
ments of Directive 91/493/EEC.'

2. 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

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 277, 14.10.1998, p. 27.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 190/37

ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Guatemala and intended for export to the European
Community, excluding bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in any form

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

Country of dispatch

GUATEMALA

Competent authority:

(cid:214)rea de Inocuidad de Alimentos — Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones (AIA — UNR)

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 AIA-UNR 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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Official Journal of the European Communities

23. 7. 1999

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 98/568/EC.

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

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

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

(Place)

(Date)

Official
stamp (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.'