2005/72/EC: Commission Decision of 28 January 2005 laying down special conditions for imports of fishery products from Antigua and Barbuda (notified under document number C(2004) 4609)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Antigua and Barbuda, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import, supervisory body

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 January 2005

laying down special conditions for imports of fishery products from Antigua and Barbuda

(notified under document number C(2004) 4609)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/72/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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,

(7)

(8)

It is appropriate for this Decision to be applied 45 days
after its publication providing for the necessary transi-
tional period.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

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

In particular, the ‘Fisheries Division of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries (FD)’, is capable of effec-
tively verifying the implementation of the rules in force.

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

appropriate

It
is
concerning
Community from Antigua and Barbuda,
with Directive 91/493/EEC.

to lay down detailed provisions
into
the
imported
in accordance

products

fishery

vessels

equipped

It is also necessary to draw up a list of approved estab-
lishments, factory vessels or cold stores, and a list of
freezer
in accordance with the
requirements of Council Directive 92/48/EEC of 16
June 1992 laying down the minimum hygiene rules
applicable to fishery products caught on board certain
vessels in accordance with Article 3(1)(a)(i) of Directive
91/493/EEC (2). Those lists should be drawn up on the
FD to the
communication from the
a
basis of
Commission.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The ‘Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and
Fisheries (FD)’, shall be the competent authority in Antigua and
Barbuda identified for the purposes of verifying and certifying
compliance of
fishery products with the requirements of
Directive 91/493/EEC.

Article 2

Fishery products imported into the Community from Antigua
and Barbuda shall meet the requirements set out in Articles 3, 4
and 5.

Article 3

1.

Fishery products shall be live crustaceans.

2.
Each consignment shall be accompanied by a numbered
original health certificate in accordance with the model set out
in Annex I and comprising a single sheet, duly completed,
signed and dated.

The health certificate shall be drawn up in at least one
language of the Member State where the checks are

3.
official
carried out.

The health certificate shall bear the name, capacity and
4.
the FD, and the latter’s
signature of
official stamp in a colour different from that of the endor-
sements.

the representative of

Article 4

(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 187, 7.7.1992, p. 41.

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

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All packages shall bear the words ‘ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA’ and the approval/registration number of the
establishment, factory vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters.

Article 5

This Decision shall apply from 17 March 2005.

Article 6

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

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

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ANNEX II

LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND VESSELS

No d'agrément/
Approval No

Nom/Name

Ville/City
Région/Region

Date limite
d'agrément/
Approval limit

Catégorie/
Category

L-001

L-002

L-003

L-004

L-008

L-009

L-010

L-013

L-014

L-015

Caribbean Seafood

White's Fish Market

Lincoln Burton

Eric Burton

Reginald Nicholas

The Lobster Shack

A. B. Supply Sales & Support
Service

St. John's — Antigua

St. John's — Antigua

Codrington — Barbuda

Codrington Village — Barbuda

St. Mary's — Antigua

St. John's — Antigua

St. John's — Antigua

Premier Seafood Ltd.

Codrington — Barbuda

St. John's Fisherman Cooperative

St. John's — Antigua

Wesley Beazer

Codrington Village — Barbuda

Categorie Legend:

PP

Processing plant/Établissement.

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP