2000/87/EC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1999 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Lithuania (notified under document number C(1999) 4762) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, import, originating product

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laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Lithuania

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 1999

(notified under document number C(1999) 4762)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/87/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/439/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 the Council directive 97/79/EC (2), and in partic-
ular Article 11 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

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

in Lithuania the ‘State Veterinary Service (SVS)’
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 establisment, 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 Council Directive 92/48/EEC (3)
must also be drawn up. These lists must be drawn up on
the basis of a communication from the SVS to 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.

It

Commission.
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)

the SVS 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 fulfil-
ment of requirements equivalent to those laid down by
that Directive for the approval or registration of estab-
lishments, factory vessels, cold stores or freezer vessels
of origin;

(8)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The ‘State Veterinary Service (SVS)’ shall be the competent
authority in Lithuania 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 Lithuania 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
the manufacture of preserved foods, all
intended for
packages must bear
the word ‘LITHUANIA’ and the
approval/registration number of the establishment, factory
vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible
letters.

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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 Lithuania 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: LITHUANIA

Competent authority:

‘State Veterinary Service (SVS)’

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:

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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 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 this Decision.

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

LIST OF APPROVED ESTABLISHMENTS

Number

Name

Address

21-18

51-06

55-29

56-05

68-10

68-08

72-09

JSC ‘Digrama’

JSC ‘Kraitene’

JSC ‘P ir P Provit Industrija’

JSC ‘Ostsee Fisch Kretinga’

JSC ‘Plunges saltis’

JSC ‘Plunges kooperatine prekyba’

JSC ‘Norvelita’

Klaipeda

Marijampole

Klaipeda

Kretinga-Klaipeda

Plunge-Telsiai

Plunge-Telsiai

Raseiniai-Kaunas