2002/770/EC: Commission Decision of 2 October 2002 amending Decision 2001/699/EC and repealing Decision 2002/250/EC to revoke the protective measures with regard to the fishery and aquaculture products imported from Vietnam (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3607)
Date: 2002-10-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EC Decision, Viet Nam, crustacean, human nutrition, import, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 October 2002

amending Decision 2001/699/EC and repealing Decision 2002/250/EC to revoke the protective
measures with regard to the fishery and aquaculture products imported from Vietnam

(notified under document number C(2002) 3607)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/770/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002
laying down the general principles and requirements of food
law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying
down procedures in matters of food safety (1), and in particular
Article 53(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
third countries (2), and in particular Article 22(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2001/699/EC of 19 September
2001 concerning certain protective measures with regard
to certain fishery and aquaculture products intended for
human consumption and originating in China and
Vietnam (3), and Commission Decision 2002/250/EC of
27 March 2002 concerning the extension of the protec-
tive measures provided by Decision 2001/699/EC, with
regard to fishery and aquaculture products imported
from Vietnam (4), were adopted because of the presence
of chloramphenicol and nitrofurans in fishery and aqua-
culture products imported from Vietnam.

Decisions 2001/699/EC and 2002/250/EC provide that
they will be reviewed on the basis of the guarantees
provided by the Vietnamese competent authorities and
on the basis of the results of the test carried out by
Member States.

(1) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 251, 20.9.2001, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 84, 28.3.2002, p. 75.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Vietnamese competent authority has provided the
appropriate guarantees, and the results of the checks
carried out by Member States in shrimps imported from
Vietnam have been favourable.

Decision 2001/699/EC should, therefore, be amended
accordingly and Decision 2002/250/EC should be
repealed.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2001/699/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in the title the words ‘and Vietnam’ are deleted;

2.

in Article 1 the words ‘and Vietnam’ are deleted;

3.

in Article 2(1) the words ‘and Vietnam’ are deleted;

4.

in Article 6 the words ‘and Vietnamese’ are deleted.

Article 2

Decision 2002/250/EC is repealed.

Article 3

This Decision shall apply from 6 October 2002.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 2 October 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission