2005/155/EC: Commission Decision of 18 February 2005 amending Decision 97/102/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Russia, as regards the designation of the competent authority and the model of health certificate (notified under document number C(2005) 357) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import, supervisory body

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 February 2005

amending Decision 97/102/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Russia, as regards the designation of the competent authority
and the model of health certificate

(notified under document number C(2005) 357)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/155/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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,

Article 1

Decision 97/102/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

‘State
In Commission Decision 97/102/EC (2),
the
Fisheries Committee of the Russian Federation’
is iden-
tified as the competent authority in Russia for verifying
and certifying compliance of
fishery and aquaculture
products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

Following a restructuring of the Russian administration,
the competent authority has changed to the ‘Ministry of
Agriculture of the Russian Federation’. This new authority
is capable of effectively verifying the application of the
rules in force.

The Ministry of Agriculture has provided official
assurances on compliance with the standards for health
fishery and aquaculture
controls and monitoring of
in Directive 91/493/EEC and on
products as set out
the fulfilment of hygienic requirements equivalent
to
those laid down in that Directive.

Decision 97/102/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

The “Ministry of Agriculture of
the Russian Federation”
assisted by the “National Centre of Quality and Safety of
Fishery Products
shall be the
competent authority in Russia for verifying and certifying
compliance of
fishery and aquaculture products with the
requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.’

(National Fish Quality)”

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

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 24 June 2005.

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

(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 35, 5.2.1997, p. 23. Decision as last amended by Decision

2002/941/EC (OJ L 325, 30.11.2002, p. 45).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

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

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