2001/255/EC: Commission Decision of 21 March 2001 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(2001) 751)
Date: 2001-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health control, human nutrition, import, marketing, mollusc, third country

31.3.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 91/89

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 March 2001

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(2001) 751)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/255/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

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(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 97/20/EC of 17 December
1996 (3), as last amended by Decision 2001/38/EC (4),
establishes the list of third countries from which imports
of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine
gastropods in whatever form are authorised for human
consumption. The first part of the list covers those third
countries which have been subject of a specific decision
based on Council Directive 91/492/EEC and the second
part covers those which may be the subject of a provi-
sional decision based on Decision 95/408/EC (5).

(2)

Since Commission Decision 97/562/EC of 28 July 1997
laying down special conditions for the import of bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

originating in Thailand (6), Decision 97/20/EC should be
amended to include Thailand in part I of the list.

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.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(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 10, 13.1.2001, p. 66.
(5) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.

(6) OJ L 232, 23.8.1997, p. 9.

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ANNEX

‘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 Council Directive 91/492/EEC:

AU AUSTRALIA
CHILE
CL
MA MOROCCO
PE
PERU
VN SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
KR SOUTH KOREA
TH THAILAND
TN TUNISIA
TR
TURKEY
JM JAMAICA (only for marine gastropods)

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

CA CANADA
FO FAEROE ISLANDS
GL GREENLAND
NZ NEW ZEALAND
US UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’