2005/154/EC: Commission Decision of 18 February 2005 amending Decision 2003/760/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and products from French Polynesia, as regards the designation of the competent authority and the model of health certificate (notified under document number C(2005) 356) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: French Polynesia, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import, supervisory body

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 February 2005

amending Decision 2003/760/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
products from French Polynesia, as regards the designation of the competent authority and the
model of health certificate

(notified under document number C(2005) 356)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/154/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

The DQAAV has provided official
assurances 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 2003/760/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

the ‘Dépar-
In Commission Decision 2003/760/EC (2),
tement de la Qualité Alimentaire et de l’Action Vété-
rinaire (DQAAV) du Service de Développement Rural
du Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Élevage’ is identified
as the competent authority in French Polynesia for
verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aqua-
culture products with the requirements of Directive
91/493/EEC.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2003/760/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

(1)

(2)

Following a restructuring of
the Polynesian adminis-
the competent authority has changed to the
tration,
‘Département de la qualité alimentaire et de l’action vété-
rinaire (DQAAV) du Ministère de la promotion des
ressources naturelles, chargé de la perliculture, de la
pêche, de l’aquaculture, de l’agriculture, de l'élevage, des
eaux et forêts et de la recherche’.

(3)

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 273, 24.10.2003, p. 23.

‘Article 1

The “Département de la qualité alimentaire et de l’action
vétérinaire (DQAAV) du Ministère de la promotion des
ressources naturelles, chargé de la perliculture, de la pêche,
de l’aquaculture, de l’agriculture, de l'élevage, des eaux et
forêts et de la recherche” shall be the competent authority
in French Polynesia for verifying and certifying compliance
of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of
Directive 91/493/EEC.’

2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

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This Decision shall apply from 10 April 2005.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

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

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