2003/201/EC: Commission Decision of 21 March 2003 amending Decision 2000/85/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Latvia (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 833)
Date: 2003-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, import, originating product

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 March 2003

amending Decision 2000/85/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Latvia

(notified under document number C(2003) 833)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/201/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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 the Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article
11(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 2000/85/EC of 21 December
1999 laying down special conditions governing imports
of
fishery and aquaculture products originating in
Latvia (3), states that the ‘State Veterinary Service (SVS)
is to be the competent
of the Ministry of Agriculture’
authority in Latvia identified for the purposes of veri-
fying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquacul-
ture products with the requirements of Directive 91/
493/EEC.

Following a restructuring of the Latvian administration,
the competent authority for issuing health certificates for
fishery products has changed to the ‘Food and Veterinary
Service (FVS) of
the Republic of Latvia’. This new
authority is capable of effectively verifying the applica-
tion of the laws in force.

Decision 2000/85/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

It is appropriate that the present Decision will enter into
force 45 days after its publication in the Official Journal,
providing for the necessary transitional period.

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,

Article 1

Decision 2000/85/EC is modified as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The “Food and Veterinary Service (FVS) of the Republic of
Latvia” shall be the competent authority in Latvia identified
for the purposes of verifying and certifying compliance of
fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of
Directive 91/493/EEC.’

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

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

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

This Decision shall apply from 6 May 2003.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 26, 2.2.2000, p. 21.

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