2003/608/EC: Commission Decision of 18 August 2003 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products from Mayotte (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2976)
Date: 2003-08-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Mayotte, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import, originating product

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 August 2003

laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products from Mayotte

(notified under document number C(2003) 2976)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/608/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(7)

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 Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (2), and in particular
Article 11 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

An inspection has been carried out on behalf of the
Commission in Mayotte to verify the conditions under
stored and
which fishery products
dispatched to the Community.

are produced,

The requirements in the legislation of Mayotte on health
inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be
considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive
91/493/EEC.

In particular,
the ‘Direction des Services Vétérinaires
(DSV) of the Direction de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt
(DAF)’ belonging to the ‘Ministère français de l'agricul-
ture et de la pêche’, is capable of effectively verifying the
implementation of the legislation in force.

The DSV has provided official assurances regarding
compliance with the standards for health controls and
monitoring of fishery products as set out in Chapter V
of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and regarding the
fulfilment of hygienic requirements equivalent to those
laid down by that Directive.

is appropriate

It
to lay down detailed provisions
concerning fishery products imported into the Commu-
nity from Mayotte, in accordance with Directive 91/493/
EEC.

It is also necessary to draw up a list of approved estab-
lishments, factory vessels, or cold stores, and a list of
freezer vessels equipped in accordance with the require-
ments of Council Directive 92/48/EEC of 16 June 1992
laying down the minimum hygiene rules applicable to
fishery products caught on board of certain vessels in
accordance with Article 3(1)(a)(I) of Directive 91/493/
EEC (3). These lists should be drawn up on the basis of a
communication from the DSV to the Commission.

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 187, 7.7.1992, p. 41.

However, the Community inspection team was not able
to verify the inspection capacity of the DSV as regards
the freezer or factory vessels because at the time of the
inspection the two proposed freezer vessels were regis-
tered under French flag and no factory vessel was
proposed to be authorised. Therefore, the inclusion of
new vessels in the list will require a new inspection visit
on the spot by the Commission experts.

It is appropriate for the present Decision to be applied
45 days after its publication in providing for the neces-
sary 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,

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The ‘Direction des Services Vétérinaires (DSV) of the Direction
de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt (DAF)’ belonging to the ‘Ministère
français de l'agriculture et de la pêche’, shall be the competent
authority in Mayotte identified for the purposes of verifying
and certifying compliance of fishery products with the require-
ments of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery products imported into the Community from Mayotte
shall comply with Articles 3, 4 and 5.

Article 3

Each consignment shall be accompanied by a numbered
1.
in
original health certificate in accordance with the model
Annex I and comprising a single sheet, duly completed, signed
and dated.

The certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official
2.
language of the Member State where the checks are carried out.

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The certificate shall bear the name, capacity and signature
3.
of the representative of the DSV, and the latter's official stamp
in a colour different from that of the endorsements.

Article 6

The inclusion of new vessels in the list of Annex II shall only
be done following the results of a Community inspection visit
on the spot.

Article 4

The fishery products shall come from approved establishments,
factory vessels, or cold stores, or from registered freezer vessels
listed in Annex II.

Article 5

All packages shall bear the word ‘MAYOTTE’ and the approval/
registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold
store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters, except in the
case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the
manufacture of preserved foods.

This Decision shall apply from 4 October 2003.

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 8

Done at Brussels, 18 August 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

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ANNEX II

LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND VESSELS

Approval No

Name

City
Region

Approval limit

Category

YT 976.510.01 Mayotte Aquaculture

Port de Longoni — F-97600
Mayotte

YT 976.507.02

SCEA Subagri

F-97600 Mayotte

YT 976.508.01

Cap Saint-Vincent

YT 976.508.02

Sterenn

ZV: Freezer Vessel
PP: Processing Plant

PP

PP

ZV

ZV