2001/675/EC: Commission Decision of 20 August 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) 2553)
Date: 2001-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: health control, human nutrition, import, marketing, mollusc, third country

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5.9.2001

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 August 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) 2553)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/675/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 2001/255/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.

Following Decision 1/2001 of
the EC-Faeroe Islands
Joint Committee of 31 January 2001 laying down the
the Protocol on veterinary
provisions to implement
matters
supplementing the Agreement between the
European Community, of the one part, and the Govern-
ment of Denmark and the Home Government of the
Faeroe Islands, of the other part (5), the Faeroe Islands
undertake to apply the provisions laid down in Directive
91/492/EEC, and their rules of application fixed in the
relevant Commission decisions. Under the provisions of
this Agreement
is necessary to apply to bivalve
molluscs originating or proceeding from the Faeroe

it

Islands to the EC, the provisions laid down in Council
Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning
veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view
to the completion of the internal market (6) and, there-
fore this country shall be deleted from the list of coun-
tries and territories annexed to Decision 97/20/EC.

(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.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 August 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 91, 31.3.2001, p. 89.
(5) OJ L 46, 16.2.2001, p. 24.

(6) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 13.

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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 Directive 91/492/EEC.

AU

CL

JM

KR

AUSTRALIA

CHILE

JAMAICA (only for marine gastropods)

SOUTH KOREA

MA MOROCCO

PE

TH

TN

TR

VN

PERU

THAILAND

TUNISIA

TURKEY

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

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

CA

GL

NZ

US

CANADA

GREENLAND

NEW ZEALAND

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’