1999/530/EC: Commission Decision of 14 July 1999 amending Decision 95/453/EC laying down special conditions for the import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating the Republic of Korea (notified under document number C(1999) 2062) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: South Korea, fishery resources, health control, import, mollusc, originating product

L 203/76

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

3. 8. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 July 1999

amending Decision 95/453/EC laying down special conditions for the import of live bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating the Republic of Korea

(notified under document number C(1999) 2062)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/530/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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 Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular
Article 9 thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 1 of Commission Decision 95/453/EC
of 23 October 1995 laying down special conditions for
the import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tuni-
cates and marine gastropods originating in the Republic
of Korea (3), states that
the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries — National Fishery Products
Inspection Station (NFPIS)
shall be the competent
authority in the Republic of Korea for verifying and
certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture prod-
ucts with the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC;

(2) Whereas, following a restructuring of the Korean admin-
istration, the competent authority for health certificates
for fishery products (NFPIS) has changed from the
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to the Ministry of
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and Forestry and this new
authority is capable of effectively verifying the applica-
tion of the laws in force; whereas it is, therefore, neces-
sary to modify the nomination of
the competent
authority named by Decision 95/453/EC;

(3) Whereas it is convenient to harmonise the wording of
the title of Decision 95/453/EC with the wording of the
Articles of this Decision, and in particular to clarify that
this Decision lays down the import conditions of frozen
tunicates
or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderm,
and marine gastropods originating in the Republic Korea

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

Article 1

Decision 95/453/EC shall be modified as follows:

1. the title shall be replaced by the following:

‘Commision Decision of 23 October 1995 laying special
conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms,
tunicates and marine gastropods originating in the Republic
Korea';

2. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The “Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries — National
Fishery Products Inspection Station (NFPIS)” shall be the
competent authority in the Republic of Korea for verifyng
and certifying that bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates
and gastropods fulfil the requirements of Directive 91/492/
EEC';

3. Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastro-
pods originating in the Republic of Korea and intended for
human consumption must originate in the authorised
production areas listed in the Annex hereto.'

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 14 July 1999.

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 264, 7.11.1995, p. 35.