2002/20/EC: Commission Decision of 11 January 2002 amending Decision 96/606/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Uruguay (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 4983)
Date: 2002-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Uruguay, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, import, originating product

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 January 2002

amending Decision 96/606/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Uruguay

(notified under document number C(2001) 4983)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/20/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(5) thereof,

Whereas:

275/EC (5), the Commission has adopted Decision 2002/
19/EC laying down special conditions for the import of
bivalve molluscs, echinoderms,
tunicates and marine
gastropods originating in Uruguay (6).

The wording of Decision 96/606/EC should be aligned
on the wording of more recently adopted Commission
Decisions,
laying down special conditions governing
imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating
in certain third countries.

Decision 96/606/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

(4)

(5)

(6)

(1)

(2)

(3)

products

aquaculture

Commission Decision 96/606/EC of 11 October 1996
laying down special conditions governing imports of
fishery
in
and
Uruguay (3), states that
the ‘Ministerio de Ganadería,
Agricultura y Pesca — Instituto Nacional de Pesca
(INAPE)’ is to be the competent authority in Uruguay for
verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aqua-
culture products with the requirements of Directive 91/
493/EEC.

originating

Following a restructuring of the Uruguayan administra-
tion, the competent authority for issuing health certi-
ficates for fishery products has changed to the ‘Dirección
Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos (Dinara) del Ministerio
de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca’. This new authority is
capable of effectively verifying the application of the
laws in force.

Furthermore, since Uruguay wishes to export to the
Community frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echi-
noderms,
tunicates and marine gastropods and the
Competent authorities of this country have given the
guarantee that these products will be either sterilised, or
heat-treated according to the requirements of Commis-
sion Decision 93/25/EEC of 11 December 1992
approving certain treatments to inhibit the development
of pathogenic micro-organisms in bivalve molluscs and
marine gastropods (4), as amended by Decision 97/

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 269, 22.10.1996, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 16, 25.1.1993, p. 22.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 96/606/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The “Dirección Nacional de Recursos Acuáticos (Dinara) del
Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca” shall be the
competent authority in Uruguay for verifying and certifying
compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the
requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.’;

2.

in Article 2 point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘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 “URUGUAY” and the
establishment,
approval/registration number of
factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in
indelible letters’;

the

(5) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1.
(6) See page 73 of this Official Journal.

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3.

in Article 3 paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature of the representative of the Dinara and the

‘2.
latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.’;

4. Annex A is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 11 January 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

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