2001/38/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 2000 amending Decision 97/20/EC establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 4083)
Date: 2000-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health control, human nutrition, marketing, mollusc, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2000

amending Decision 97/20/EC establishing the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence
conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms,
tunicates and marine gastropods

(notified under document number C(2000) 4083)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/38/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 97/20/EC is replaced by the Annex to
this Decision.

Article 2

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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(3)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 97/20/EC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2000/332/EC (4), establishes the list of third
countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echi-
noderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever
form are authorised for human consumption.

Commission Decision 2001/37/EC (5) lays down special
conditions for the import of marine gastropods origin-
ating in Jamaica and Commission Decision 2001/
36/EC (6)
lays down the special conditions governing
imports of
fishery products originating in Jamaica
including frozen marine gastropods, therefore Decision
97/20/EC should be amended to include Jamaica in part
I of the list.

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 6, 10.1.1997, p. 46.
(4) OJ L 114, 13.5.2000, p. 40.
(5) See page 64 of this Official Journal.
(6) See page 59 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

List of third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in
whatever form for human consumption are authorised

I. Third countries which have been the subject of a specific decision based on Directive 91/492/EEC:

AU

CL

JM

KR

AUSTRALIA

CHILE

JAMAICA (only for marine gastropods)

SOUTH KOREA

MA MOROCCO

PE

TN

TR

VN

PERU

TUNISIA

TURKEY

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

II. Third countries, which may be the subject of a provisional decision, based on Decision 95/408/EC:

CA

FO

GL

NZ

TH

CANADA

FAEROE ISLANDS

GREENLAND

NEW ZEALAND

THAILAND (only for products sterilised or heat-treated under the conditions laid down in Commission
Decision 93/25/EEC)

US

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA