2002/833/EC: Commission Decision of 22 October 2002 amending Decision 2000/672/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Venezuela (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3902)
Date: 2002-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Venezuela, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import policy, originating product

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 October 2002

amending Decision 2000/672/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery
products originating in Venezuela

(notified under document number C(2002) 3902)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/833/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:

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2000/672/EC of 20 October
2000 laying down special conditions governing imports
of fishery products originating in Venezuela (3), states
that
the ‘Servicio Autonomo de Recursos Pesqueros
(SARPA) of the Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria’ is to be
the competent authority in Venezuela for verifying and
certifying
aquaculture
products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/
EEC.

compliance of

fishery

and

Following a restructuring of the Venezuelan administra-
tion, the competent authority for issuing health certifi-
cates for fishery products has changed to the ‘Instituto
Nacional de la Pesca y Acuacultura (INAPESCA)’. This
new authority is capable of effectively verifying the
application of the laws in force.

(4)

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 2000/672/EC is modified as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The “Instituto Nacional de la Pesca y Acuacultura (Inapesca)”
shall be the competent authority in Venezuela for verifying
and certifying compliance of
fishery and aquaculture
products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.’

2. In Article 3, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

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

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

(3)

Decision 2000/672/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 280, 4.11.2000, p. 46.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 7 December 2002.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 22 October 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

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