2005/70/EC: Commission Decision of 25 January 2005 amending Decision 98/695/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Mexico, as regards the designation of the competent authority and the model of health certificate (notified under document number C(2004) 4564)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Mexico, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import, supervisory body

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 January 2005

amending Decision 98/695/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Mexico, as regards the designation of the competent authority
and the model of health certificate

(notified under document number C(2004) 4564)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/70/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

has

official

provided

assurances

The CFPRS
on
compliance with the standards for health controls and
monitoring 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 98/695/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

the ‘Dirección
In Commission Decision 98/695/EC (2),
General de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios
(DGCSPS) de la Secretaría de Salud’ is identified as the
competent
and
aquaculture
certifying
products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

authority
compliance

in Mexico for

verifying

fishery

and

of

Following a restructuring of the Mexican administration,
the competent authority has changed to the ‘Comisión
Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios
(CFPRS)’. This new authority is capable of effectively
verifying the application of the rules in force.

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

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

(2) OJ L 332, 8.12.1998, p. 9. Decision as amended by Decision

2001/819/EC (OJ L 307, 24.11.2001, p. 22).

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 98/695/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The “Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos
Sanitarios (CFPRS)” shall be the competent authority in
Mexico for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery
and
requirements of
Directive 91/493/EEC.’

aquaculture products with the

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

Article 3

‘2.
Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature
of the representative of the CFPRS and the latter's official
stamp in a colour different from that of other endorsements.’

3. Annex A is replaced by the text

in the Annex to this

Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 17 March 2005.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 January 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

for fishery products from Mexico and intended for export to the European Community, excluding bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form

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