2000/85/EC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1999 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Latvia (notified under document number C(1999) 4756) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, import, originating product

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 1999

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

(notified under document number C(1999) 4756)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/85/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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

the provisions of legislation of Latvia on health inspec-
tion and monitoring of fishery products may be consid-
ered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/
493/EEC;

in Latvia the ‘State Veterinary Service (SVS) of
the
Ministry of Agriculture’ is capable of effectively verifying
the application of the laws in force;

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 regarding the language(s) in which it must
be drafted and the grade of the person empowered to
sign it;

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;

pursuant to Article 11(4)(c) of Directive 91/493/EEC, a
list of approved establishments, factory vessels, or cold
stores must be drawn up, and a list of freezer vessels
registered in the sense of Directive 92/48/EEC (3) must
also be drawn up. These lists must be drawn up on 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.

basis of a communication from the SVS to the Commis-
sion. It is therefore for the SVS to ensure compliance
with the provisions laid down to that end in Article
11(4) of Directive 91/493/EEC;

(7)

regarding
the SVS has provided official assurances
compliance with the rules set out in Chapter V of the
Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC, and regarding the fulfil-
ment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by
that Directive for the approval or registration of estab-
lishments, factory vessels, cold stores of freezer vessels
of origin;

(8)

the measures provided for in this Decision are in accord-
the Standing Veterinary
ance with the opinion of
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The ‘State Veterinary Service (SVS) of the Ministry of Agricul-
ture’ shall be the competent authority in Latvia for verifying
and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products
with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Latvia 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 ‘LATVIA’ and the approval/
registration number of
factory vessel,
cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters.

the establishment,

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Article 3

Certificates as referred to in Article 2(1) must be drawn up in at least one official language of the

1.
Member State where the checks are carried out.

Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the SVS and the

2.
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, 21 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

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

Reference No:

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Country of dispatch: LATVIA

Competent authority: State Veterinary Service (SVS) of the Ministry of Agriculture

I. Details identifying the fishery products

— Description of fishery/aquaculture products (1):

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— Species (scientific name):

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— Presentation of product and type of treatment (2):

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— Code number (where available):

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— Type of packaging:

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

— Net weight:

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— Requisite storage and transport temperature:

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II. Origin of products

Name(s) and official approval/registration number(s) of establishment(s), factory vessel(s), or cold store(s) approved or
freezer vessel(s) registered by the SVS for export to the European Community:

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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 Decision 2000/85/EC.

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

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

(Place)

(Date)

(cid:1)Official

stamp (3)

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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

Number

Name

Address

LV 25 Z

SIA ‘Baltijas zivis-97’

Skulte, Limbazu district — LV-4025

LV 28 Z

Joint stock Co. ‘Brivais vilnis’

Salacgriva, Limbazu district — LV-4033

LV 36 Z

Joint stock Co. ‘Banga’

Roja, Talsu District — LV-3264

LV 41 Z

Joint stock Co. ‘Carnikava’

Carnikava, Rigas district — LV-2163

LV 42 Z

Joint stock Co. ‘Auda’

Riga — LV-1030

LV 59 Z

‘Unda’ Ltd

Engure, Tukuma district — LV-3113

LV 61 Z

Latvian-German joint stock venture ‘I.M.S.’

Talsu district — LV-3264

LV 69 Z

‘Kolka’ Ltd

Talsu district, Kolka — LV-3275

LV 87 Z

‘Banga Seafood International’ Ltd

Roja, Talsu district — LV-3264

II. LIST OF REGISTERED FREEZER VESSELS

Number

Name

Owner

LV 005 K

LV 009 K

LV 010 K

LV 068 K

‘Trollis’

‘Freyr’

‘Arnarborg’

‘Erla’

Joint stock company ‘Brivais vilnis’

‘Mersrags I’ Ltd

‘Mersrags I’ Ltd

‘Mersrags I’ Ltd