Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/454/EC of 29 April 2004 amending Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2003/858/EC laying down the animal health conditions and certification requirements for imports of live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for farming, and live fish of aquaculture origin and products thereof intended for human consumption (OJ L 156, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aquaculture, fish, health certificate, health legislation, import, originating product, third country

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Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/454/EC of 29 April 2004 amending Annexes I, II and III to Deci-
sion 2003/858/EC laying down the animal health conditions and certification requirements for imports of live
fish, their eggs and gametes intended for farming, and live fish of aquaculture origin and products thereof
intended for human consumption

(Official Journal of the European Union L 156 of 30 April 2004)

Decision 2004/454/EC should read as follows:

‘COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 April 2004

amending Annexes I, II and III to Decision 2003/858/EC laying down the animal health conditions
and certification requirements for imports of live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for
farming, and live fish of aquaculture origin and products thereof intended for human consumption

(notified under document number C(2004) 1680)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/454/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January
1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the
placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1),
and in particular Article 20(1) and Article 21(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2003/858/EC (2)
lays down the
specific animal health conditions and model certificates
applicable to third countries or parts thereof from which
Member States are authorised to import live fish, their
eggs and gametes intended for farming, and live fish of
aquaculture origin and products thereof
intended for
human consumption.

By Commission Decision 2004/453/EC of 29 April
2004 implementing Council Directive 91/67/EEC as
regards measures against certain diseases in aquaculture
animals (3) Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden and the
United Kingdom have been granted additional guaran-
tees for certain diseases referred to in Annex A, Column
1, List III, to Directive 91/67/EEC.

Those guarantees should also apply when live fish is
imported from third countries. Annexes I, II and III to
Decision 2003/858/EC should take those additional
guarantees into account and be amended accordingly.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2003/858/EC is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision.

2. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.

3. Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Deci-

sion.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation

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

(2) OJ L 324, 11.12.2003, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 156, 30.4.2004.

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ANNEX I

“ANNEX I

Territories from which importation of certain species of live fish, their eggs, and gametes intended for farming
in the European Community (EC) are authorised

Country

Territory

Specific requirements (1)

ISO code

Name

Code

Descripti-
on

VHS

IHN

SVC

BKD

IPN

G. salaris

Comments (1)

AL

Albania

AU

Australia

BR

Brazil

BG

Bulgaria

CA

Canada

CL

Chile

CN

China, Peoples
Republic of

CO

Colombia

CG

Congo

HR

Croatia

MK (1)

Former Yugoslav
Republic of Mace-
donia

ID

Indonesia

IL

Israel

JM

Jamaica

JP

Japan

MY

Malaysia (Penin-
sular, western
Malaysia only)

NZ

New Zealand

RU

Russian Federation

SG

Singapore

ZA

South Africa

Carps only

Carps only

Carps only

Carps only

Carps only

Carps only

Carps only

Carps only

Carps only

Carps only

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Country

Territory

Specific requirements (1)

ISO code

Name

Code

Descripti-
on

VHS

IHN

SVC

BKD

IPN

G. salaris

LK

Sri Lanka

TW

Taiwan

TH

TR

US

Thailand

Turkey

United States

Comments (1)

Carps only

Carps only

(1)

(2)

(3)

Insert ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ as relevant if designated farm, coastal or continental zone is approved by the central competent authority of the exporting country as a territory
that fulfils the specific animal health requirements — including a non-vaccination policy — for introduction into European Community zones and farms having a
Community approved programme or status, or for one or more of the diseases viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) and infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN),
additional guarantees for spring viraemia of carp (SVC), bacterial kidney disease (BKD, infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN), and/or Gyrodactylus salaris (G. salaris).
No limitations if left empty. If a country or territory is allowed to export only certain species and/or eggs or gametes, the species should be specified and/or a
comment with for example ‘eggs only’ shall be inserted in this column.
Provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations currently taking place in the
United Nations.’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

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ANNEX III

“ANNEX III

Explanatory notes

(a) The certificates shall be produced by the competent authorities of the
exporting country, based on the appropriate model appearing in
Annex II, IV, or V to this Decision taking into account the use to
which the fish are to be put after the arrival to the Community.

(b) Considering the status of the place of destination as regards viral
haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS), infectious haematopoietic necrosis
(IHN), spring viraemia of carp (SVC), bacterial kidney disease (BKD),
infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) and Gyrodactylus salaris (G. salaris)
in the Community Member State, the appropriate specific additional
requirements shall be incorporated and completed in the certificate.
(c) The original of each certificate shall consist of a single page, double-
sided, or, where more than one page is required, it shall be in such a
form that all pages form part of an integrated whole and are indivi-
sible.
It shall, on the right hand side of the top of each page, be marked as
original and bear a specific code number issued by the competent
authority. All pages of the certificate shall be numbered — (page
number) of (total number of pages).

(d) The original of the certificate and the labels referred to in the model
certificate shall be drawn up in at least one official language of the
Community Member State in which the inspection at the border post
shall be carried out and of the Community Member State of destina-
tion. However, these Member States may allow other languages,
if
necessary, accompanied by an official translation.

(e) The original of the certificate must be completed on the day of
loading the consignment for exportation to the Community with an
official stamp and signed by an official inspector designated by the
competent authority. In doing so, the competent authority of the
exporting country shall ensure that
the principles of certification
equivalent to those laid down in Directive 96/93/EC are followed
The stamp, unless embossed, and the signature shall be in a colour
different to that of the printing.

(f)

If for reasons of identification of the items of the consignment, addi-
tional pages are attached to the certificate, these pages shall be consid-
ered as forming part of the original and be signed and stamped by the
certifying official inspector on each page.

(g) The original of the certificate must accompany the consignment until

it reaches the Community border inspection post.

(h) The certificate shall be valid for 10 days from the date of issue. In
the case of transport by ship, the time of validity is prolonged by the
time of journey at sea.

(i) The fish, their eggs and gametes, shall not be transported together
with other fish, eggs or gametes that, either are not destined to Com-
munity, or are of a lower health status. Furthermore, they must not
be transported under any other conditions that alter their health
status.

(j) The possible presence of pathogens in the water is relevant for
considering the health status of live fish, eggs and gametes. The certi-
fying officer should therefore consider the following: The Place of
origin should be the localisation of the farm where the fish, eggs or
gametes was reared reaching their commercial size relevant for the
consignment covered by this certificate.’