2002/808/EC: Commission Decision of 16 October 2002 amending Decision 97/102/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Russia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3842)
Date: 2002-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 October 2002

amending Decision 97/102/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Russia

(notified under document number C(2002) 3842)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/808/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July
1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and
fishery products (1), as last
the placing on the market of
amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article
11(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 97/102/EC of 16 January 1997
laying down special conditions governing imports of
fishery and aquaculture products originating in Russia (3),
states that the ‘Committee of Fisheries of the Federation
of Russia, assisted by the State Committee for Sanitary
(Goskomsanepid-
and
nadzor)’ is to be the competent authority in Russia for
verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aqua-
culture products with the requirements of Directive 91/
493/EEC.

Epidemiological

Surveillance

Following a restructuring of the Russian administration,
the competent authority for issuing health certificates for
fishery products has changed to the ‘State Fisheries
Committee of the Russian Federation’, assisted by the
‘Department of Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance
(Gossanepidnadzor) of the Ministry of Health (Minzdrav)
of the Russian Federation’. This new authority is capable
of effectively verifying the application of the laws in
force.

The wording of Decision 97/102/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 97/102/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

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,

Decision 97/102/EC is modified as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The “State Fisheries Committee of the Russian Federation”,
assisted by the “Department of Sanitary and Epidemiological
Surveillance (Gossanepidnadzor) of the Ministry of Health
(Minzdrav) of the Russian Federation” shall be the competent
authority in Russia for verifying and certifying compliance
of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements
of Directive 91/493/EEC.’

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

1.
Fishery products imported into the Community from
Russia shall meet the conditions set out in paragraphs 2, 3
and 4.

Each consignment

2.
a
numbered original health certificate, duly completed, signed,
dated and comprising a single sheet in accordance with the
model in Annex I.

accompanied by

shall be

The products shall come from approved establish-
factory vessels or cold stores or from registered

3.
ments,
freezer vessels listed in Annex II.

4.
Except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk
and intended for the manufacture of preserved foods, all
packages shall bear the word “RUSSIA” and the approval/
registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold
store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters.’

3. In Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signa-
ture of the representative of the GOSSANEPIDNADZOR and
the latter's official stamp in a colour different from that of
other endorsements.’

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

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 35, 5.2.1997, p. 23.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 December 2002.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 16 October 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

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