1999/526/EC: Commission Decision of 14 July 1999 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Panama (notified under document number C(1999) 2058) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Panama, aquaculture, fishery product, import, originating product

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 July 1999

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

(notified under document number C(1999) 2058)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/526/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 Council Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular
Article 11 thereof,

(1) Whereas a Commission expert team has conducted an
inspection visit to Panama to verify the conditions under
which fishery products are produced,
stored and
dispatched to the Community;

(2) Whereas the provisions of

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

factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of

ment,
origin;

(6) Whereas, pursuant

to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive
91/493/EEC, a list of approved/registration establish-
ments, 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 list must be drawn up on the basis of a communi-
cation from the DPA to the Commission; whereas it is
therefore for the DPA to ensure compliance with the
provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of
Directive 91/493/EEC;

(7) Whereas

the DPA has provided official assurances
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 establishments, factory vessels, cold stores of freezer
vessels of origin;

(3) Whereas, in Panama the Departemento de Protecci(cid:155)n de
Alimentos (DPA) del Ministerio de Salud is capable of
effectively verifying the application of the laws in force;

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

(4) Whereas the procedure for obtaining the health certifi-
cate
referred to in Article 11(4)(a) of Directive
91/493/EEC must also cover the definition of a model
the minimum requirements regarding the
certificate,
language(s) in which it must be drafted and the grade of
the person empowered to sign it;

(5) 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 establish-

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Departemento de Protecci(cid:155)n de Alimentos (DPA) del
Ministerio de Salud shall be the competent authority in Panama
for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquacul-
ture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

(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.

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Article 2

Article 3

Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Panama 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.

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

the establishment,

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.

Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of
2.
the representative of the DPA and the latter’s official stamp in a
colour different from that of other endorsements.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 14 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Panama and intended for export to the European Com-
munity, excluding bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form

Reference No:

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

Country of dispatch: PANAMA

Competent authority:

‘Departamento de Protecci(cid:155)n de Alimentos (DPA) del Ministerio de Salud'

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:

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— Number of packages: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

— Net weight:

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— 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 DPA for export to the European Community:

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

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III. Destination of products

The products are dispatched from: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(place of dispatch)

to:

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(country and place of destination)

by the following means of transport: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Name and address of dispatcher: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Name of consignee and address at place of destination:

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(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 laid down
for certain categories of fishery products by Directive 91/493/EEC and in the 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 this Decision.

Done at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

, on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Place)

(Date)

Official
stamp (3)

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

Signature of official

inspector (3)

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(name in capital letters, capacity and qualifications of person signing)

(3) 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

No

Name

Address

Caribbean Sea Food Export

Grupo Panalang Union

Vigomar SA

Altrix de Panam(cid:145) SA

Agromarina

Empacadora Alimenticas/Empak Food

Mariscos Islas de la Perlas

Productos Oc(cid:130)anos SA

San Francisco

San Francisco

Aguadulce

Aguadulce

Aguadulce

Puerto Vacamont

Puerto Vacamont

Ciudad de Panam(cid:145)

Oceanic Export Corp./Oceanic Products

Pueblo Nuevo

Aquachame SA

Chame, El L(cid:146)bano

II. LIST OF REGISTERED FREEZER VESSELS

No

Name

Port

M/V Amazonas

Txori Aundi

Juan Mar(cid:146)a Soroa

Nave The Fisher

Nave The Valiant

Nave Nao

Panam(cid:145)

Panam(cid:145)

Panam(cid:145)

Panam(cid:145)

59 P

66 P

77 P

60 P

52 P

73 P

65 P

49 P

81 P

75 P

106 BC

101 BC

105 BC

126 BC

129 BC

125 BC

109 BFRIG

M/V Montesol

108 BFRIG

M/V Montelaura

107 BFRIG

M/V Montecruz

127 BFRIG

Platte Reefer

130 BFRIG

Plaslin Reefer

III. LIST OF APPROVED FACTORY VESSELS

No

Name

Port

102 BF

Cheung Shing