2001/36/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 2000 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Jamaica (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 4077)
Date: 2000-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Jamaica, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, health control, originating product

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2000

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

(notified under document number C(2000) 4077)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/36/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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

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

In Jamaica the Veterinary Services Division (VSD) 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,
coldstore 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
equipped in accordance with the points 1 to 7 of Annex
II to Directive 92/48/EEC (3) must also be drawn up.
These lists must be drawn up on the basis of a
communication from the VSD to the Commission. It is
therefore for the VSD to ensure compliance with the
provisions laid down to that end in Article 11(4) of
Directive 91/493/EEC.

Following the guarantees provided by the VSD as
regards the frozen marine gastropods which Jamaica
wishes to export to the Community, the Commission
has adopted Decision 2001/37/EC of 22 December
2000 laying down special conditions for the import of
marine gastropods originating in Jamaica (4).

Pursuant to Article 3(4)(b) of Directive 91/493/EC in
addition to the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC
frozen marine gastropods shall satisfy those of Directive
91/493/EEC. For this purpose,
the production areas
from which the marine gastropods may be harvested
and exported to the Community have been laid down by
Decision 2001/37/EC, and the list of establishments
from which the imports should be authorised and the
model of health certificate which should accompany the
imports of
frozen marine gastropods should be laid
down.

The VSD 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.

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

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

(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) See page 64 of this Official Journal.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

The Veterinary Services Division (VSD) of the Ministry of Agri-
culture shall be the competent authority in Jamaica for veri-
fying and certifying compliance of
fishery and aquaculture
products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery and aquaculture products originating in Jamaica 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 ‘JAMAICA’ and the approval/
factory vessel,
registration number of
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.

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

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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ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

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

Reference No:

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

Country of dispatch:

JAMAICA

Competent authority:

Veterinary Services Division (VSD) of the Ministry of Agriculture

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 VSD 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;

7.

in addition, where the fishery products are frozen or processed marine gastropods they were obtained from the
approved production areas laid down in the Annex to the Commission Decision 2001/37/EC of 22 December
2000 laying down special conditions for the import of marine gastropods originating in Jamaica (1).

— The undersigned official inspector hereby declares that he is aware of the provisions of Directives 91/492/EEC,

91/493/EEC, 92/48/EEC and Decisions 2001/36/EC and 2001/37/EC.

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) See page 64 of this Official Journal.
(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

City
Region

Category

VSDJ/DYC-007

DYC Fishing Ltd

Kingston

VSDJ/JAL-003

Jamaica Aquaculture Ltd

Barton Isles, St. Elizabeth

VSDJ/TRE-009

Tonrick Enterprise Ltd

Yallahs, St. Thomas

VSDJ/LK-040

Lady Kim (Stanley Mohammed)

Lionel Town Clarendon

PP

PP

PP

ZV

PP: Processing plant.
ZV: Freezer vessel.