2003/905/EC: Commission Decision of 19 December 2003 amending Decision 2002/862/EC laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products from Kazakhstan (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 4890)
Date: 2003-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Kazakhstan, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import, originating product, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 December 2003

amending Decision 2002/862/EC laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products
from Kazakhstan

(notified under document number C(2003) 4890)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/905/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), and in
particular Article 11(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Decision

Commission

2002/862/EC (2),

the
In
‘Committee of Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (CFFH) of
the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Protection’
is identified as the competent authority in
Kazakhstan for verifying and certifying compliance of
fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements
of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Following a restructuring of the Kazakhstan administra-
tion, the competent authority has changed to the ‘Veter-
inary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture (VD-
MA)’. This new authority is capable of verifying effec-
tively the application of the laws in force.

The VD-MA has provided official assurances on compli-
ance with the standards for health controls and moni-
toring of fishery and aquaculture products as set out in
Directive 91/493/EEC and on the fulfilment of hygienic
requirements equivalent
to those laid down in that
Directive.

Decision 2002/862/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

Article 1

Decision 2002/862/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The “Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture
(VD-MA)” shall be the competent authority in Kazakhstan
for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aqua-
culture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/
EEC.’;

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

‘2.
Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signa-
ture of the representative of the VD-MA and the latter's offi-
cial stamp in a colour different from that of other endorse-
ments.’;

3. Annex I
Decision

is replaced by the text

in the Annex to this

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 27 December 2003.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15; Directive as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 301, 5.11.2002, p. 48.

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