2001/39/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 2000 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in the Czech Republic (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 4085)
Date: 2000-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import, originating product

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2000

laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in the Czech
Republic

(notified under document number C(2000) 4085)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/39/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,

Whereas:

A Commission expert has conducted an inspection visit
to the Czech Republic to verifiy the conditions under
stored and
which fishery products are produced,
dispatched to the Community.

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

(7)

(8)

(9)

The SVA 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.

from the Czech
fishery products
The imports of
Republic are mainly constituted of live freshwater fish
(mainly carp) from fish farms intended for direct human
consumption or for direct processing, it is necessary to
provide specific import conditions and certification
requirement
the introduction of disease
affecting aquaculture animals which could be introduced
in the Community when importing live animals for
human consumption.

to prevent

import conditions should apply without
The special
prejudice to Decisions
to Council
taken pursuant
Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January 1991 concerning the
animal health conditions governing the placing on the
market of aquaculture animals and products (4), as last
amended by Directive 98/45/EC (5).

In the Czech Republic the State Veterinary Administra-
tion (SVA) is capable of effectively verifying the applica-
tion of the laws in force.

(10)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

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 approval establishments, factory vessels, or cold
stores must be drawn up, and a list of freezer vessels
equipped in accordance with points 1 to 7 of Annex II
to Directive 92/48/EEC (3) must be also drawn up. These
limits must be drawn up on the basis of a communi-
cation from the SVA to the Commission. It is therefore
for the SVA to ensure compliance with the provisions
laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of Directive
91/493/EEC.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The State Veterinary Administration (SVA)
shall be the
competent authority in the Czech Republic for verifying and
certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with
the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Notwithstanding the provisions designed to protect
1.
animal health, fishery and aquaculture products originating in
the Czech Republic must meet the following conditions.

1.1. 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.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(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.

(4) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 12.

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1.2. The products must come from approved establishements,
factory vessels, cold stores or registered freezer vessels
listed in Annex B hereto.

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

1.3. Except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and
intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all
packages must bear the words ‘CZECH REPUBLIC’ and the
approval/registration number of the establishment, factory
vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible
letters.

1.4. Additionally, each container of live fish must bear a label
containing the following statement.
‘Only for direct
human consumption or direct processing. Shall not be
reimmersed in Community waters’.

2. Member States shall ensure that live fish imported from
the Czech Republic are not reimmersed in Community waters.

Article 3

Certificates as referred to in Article 2(1) must be drawn
1.
up in at least one official language of the Member State where
the checks are carried out.

Article 4

This Decision shall come into effect 60 days after its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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

ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

Reference No:

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

Country of dispatch:

CZECH REPUBLIC

Competent authority:

State Veterinary Administration (SVA)

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/registration number(s) of establishment(s), factory vessel(s), or cold store(s) approved or
freezer vessel(s) registered by the SVA for export to the EC: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

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

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.

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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 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 inspector hereby declares that he is aware of the provisions of Directives 91/493/EEC and

92/48/EEC and Decision 2001/39/EC.

V. Animal health attestation (1)

The official inspector hereby certifies that the live fish or aquaculture animals specified above:

1. are intended only for direct human consumption or direct processing and cannot be replaced in open waters in the

Community;

2.

these animals did not show clinical signs of disease on the day of loading.

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

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

(Place)

(Date)

(cid:1)Official stamp

(2)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signature of official inspector (2)

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

(1) Only for live fish or aquaculture animals intended for direct human consumption or direct processing.
(2) 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 ESTABLISHMENTS AND VESSELS

Approval No

Name

CZ 425

Rybárství Trebon a.s.

CZ 429

Rybárství Telc, a.s.

TREBON
JINDRICHUV HRADEC

TELC
JIHLAVA

City
Region

Category

CZ 430

Ing. Savo Mardesic-Antun Mardesic

PRAHA 4

CZ 433

Rybníkárství Pohorelice, a.s.

CZ 435

Zpracovna ryb Klatovy-Tajanov

CZ 438

Lísno s.r.o., Konopiste

CZ 1001

Blatenská ryba s.r.o.

CZ 1002

Rybníkárství Hluboká a.s.

CZ 1003

Rybárství Tábor a.s.

CZ 1004

Rybárství Trebon a.s.

CZ 1005

Klatovské rybárství a.s.

POHORELICE
BRECLAV

KLATOVY
KLATOVY

BENESOV
BENESOV

BLATNA
STRAKONICE

HLUBOKA N. VLTAVOU
CESKE BUDEJOVICE

TABOR
TABOR

TREBON
JINDRICHUV HRADEC

KLATOVY
KLATOVY

CZ 1006

Ceské
Lázne

rybárství

s.r.o. Mariánské

MARIÁNSKÉ LÁZNE
CHEB

CZ 1007

Rybárství Chlumec nad Cidl. A.s.

CHLUMEC NAD. CIDL.
HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ

CZ 1008

Rybníkárství Pohorelice a.s.

CZ 1009

Rybárství Telc a.s.

POHORELICE
BRECLAV

TELC
JIHLAVA

CZ 1010

Rybárství Velké Mezirící a.s.

VELKE MEZIRICI
ZDAR NAD SAZAVOU

CZ 1013

Výzkumný ústav rybárský a hydro-
biologický Jihoceské university se
sídlem ve Vodnanech

VODNANY
STRAKONICE

CZ 1014

Skolní rybárství SRS Protivín

CZ 1015

Lísno s.r.o., Konopiste

PROTIVIN
PÍSEK

KONOPISTE
BENESOV

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

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Approval No

Name

City
Region

Category

CZ 1016

Jeroným Colloredo-Mansfeld, Lesní
a rybárská správa Zbiroh

ZBIROH
ROKYCANY

CZ 1017

Kinského rybárství s.r.o.

ZDAR N. SAZAVOU
ZDAR N. SAZAVOU

CZ 1018

Lesy a rybníky mesta Ceských Bude-
jovic s.r.o.

CESKE BUDEJOVICE
CESKE BUDEJOVICE

CZ 1020

Stici Iíhen s.r.o.

CZ 1023

Petruz zdar s.r.o.
Hrady

rýbárství Nové

TABOR
TABOR

NOVE HRADY V JIZ.
CECHACH
CESKE BUDEJOVICE

CZ 1024

CZ 1025

Krystof
Krabowský

Jaroslav

Kolowrat

OPOCNO
RYCHNOV N.K.

Ing. Dalibor Vojkovský, Rybárství
Tylov

KRNOV
BRUNTAL

CZ 1028

Chov ryb Jistebník s.r.o.

CZ 1029

Ing. Vladislav Kubec KF Holýsov

CZ 1030

Mestské lesy

CZ 1032

Rybárství Lnáre s.r.o.

CZ 1033

Rybárství Kardasova Recice, s.r.o.

CZ 1036

Rybárství Ruzicka s.r.o.

JISTEBNIK
NOVÝ JICIN

HOLYSOV
PELHRIMOV

DOMAZLICE
DOMAZLICE

LNARE
STRAKONICE

KAPLICE
CESKÝ KRUMLOV

ZDAR N. SAZAVOU
ZDAR N. SAZAVOU

CZ 1038

CZ 1039

Mestské
s.r.o.

hospodárstvi

Vodnany,

VODNANY
STRAKONICE

Karel Schwarzenbergh, Lesní správa
Orlik nad Vltavou

CIMELICE
PÍSEK

CZ 1040

Svarc-chov ryb na oteplené vode

VELKA BYSTRICE
OLOMOUC

CZ 1042

Rybárství Hodonín s.r.o.

CZ 1043

Sticí

líhen ESOX, s.r.o.

CZ 1044

Josef Vanek

CZ 1045

Sofisch-Trading, s.r.o.

CZ 1046

Salmo, Zdenek Masat

HODONÍN
HODONÍN

TABOR
TABOR

LIBOVA
TABOR

SOBESLAV
TABOR

TABOR
TABOR

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

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City
Region

Category

Approval No

Name

CZ 1047

Rybárství Litomysl, s.r.o.

CZ 1048

Pálava Pasohlávky, s.r.o.

CZ 1050

Nieslanik a syn, Chov a prodej ryb

LITOMYSL
SVITAVY

PASOHLAVKY
BRECLAV

JABLUNKOV
FRYDEK-MISTEK

CZ 1052

Státní
Vltavou

rybárství

s.p. Hluboká n.

HAVLOVICE
CHRUDIM

CZ 1053

Krsek Václav, Chov lososovitých ryb

KUNVALD
USTI NAD ORLICI

CZ 1054

Rybárství a chov drubeze, Zdenek
Horák

NOVA DEDINA
OLOMOUC

CZ 1055

Rantep Jeseník, s.r.o.

CZ 1057

Ceský rybárský svaz, MO Nový Bor

CZ 1058

Dvur Lnár, s.r.o.

CZ 1060

Ing. Ivan Jaros, Rybníkárství

CZ 1062

Rybarství Jindrichuv Hradec, s.r.o.

CZ 1063

Rybnicní hospodárství, s.r.o.

CZ 1065

Ing. Joachimsthai Martin

CZ 1066

Alcedor, s.r.o.

CZ 1067

Pavel Duda

CZ 1068

Rybarstvi Vysociny, v.o.s.

CZ 3003

Fjord Bohemia, spol. s.r.o.

JESENIK
JESENIK

NOVY BOR
CESKA LIPA

LNARE
STRAKONICE

JINDRICHUV HRADEC
JINDRICHUV HRADEC

KAMENICE NAD LIPOU
PELHRIMOV

LÁZNE BOHDANEC
PARDUBICE

ZIROVNICE
PELHRIMOV

CESKE BUDEJOVICE
CESKE BUDEJOVICE

TABOR
TABOR

CHOTEBOR
HAVLICKUV BROD

PRAHA 9
PRAHA

CZ 3651

Lesy Hluboká n. Vltavou, a.s.

HLUBOKA N. VLTAVOU
CESKE BUDEJOVICE

PP: Processing plant.

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP