2002/21/EC: Commission Decision of 11 January 2002 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, to include Uruguay (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 4984)
Date: 2002-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Uruguay, health control, import, marketing, mollusc, originating product

12.1.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 10/79

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 January 2002

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, to include Uruguay

(notified under document number C(2001) 4984)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/21/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

Uruguay,
amended to include Uruguay in part I of the list.

therefore Decision 97/20/EC should be

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
the present 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

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 Council Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in partic-
ular Article 9(3)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 97/20/EC (3), as last amended by
Decision 2001/675/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. Part I of
the Annex lists the names of the countries and territories
covered by a specific Decision under Directive 91/
492/EEC and part
II names those qualifying under
Article 2(2) of Council Decision 95/408/EC (5), as last
amended by Decision 2001/4/EC (6).

(2)

Commission Decision 2002/19/EC (7) lays down special
conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echino-
derms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in

(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 236, 5.9.2001, p. 16.
(5) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.
(6) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 21.
(7) See page 73 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

MA

PE

TH

TN

TR

UY

VN

AUSTRALIA

CHILE

JAMAICA (only for marine gastropods)

SOUTH KOREA

MOROCCO

PERU

THAILAND

TUNISIA

TURKEY

URUGUAY

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM.

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

CA

GL

NZ

US

CANADA

GREENLAND

NEW ZEALAND

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.