2005/219/EC: Commission Decision of 11 March 2005 amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to Saudi Arabia (notified under document number C(2005) 564) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-03-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, health certificate, health control, health legislation, human nutrition, import, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 March 2005

amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of
fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to Saudi Arabia

(notified under document number C(2005) 564)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/219/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 of June
1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period,
provisional
lists of third country establishments from which
Member States are authorised to import certain products of
animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), and
in particular Article 2(2) thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In the interest of clarity, the lists concerned should be
replaced in their entirety.

Decision 97/296/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

This Decision should apply from the same day as
Decision 2005/218/EC, as regards the import of fishery
products from Saudi Arabia.

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:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

of

fishery

Commission Decision 97/296/EC of 22 April 1997
drawing up the list of third countries from which the
fishery products is authorised for human
import of
consumption (2)
lists the countries and territories from
human
products
imports
which
consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex to that
Decision lists the countries and territories covered by a
specific Decision under Council Directive 91/493/EEC of
22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the
fishery
production and the placing on the market of
products (3),
the
II of
countries and territories meeting the conditions set out
in Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.

that Annex lists

and part

for

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 97/296/EC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 19 March 2005.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 March 2005.

(2)

Commission Decision 2005/218/EC (4),
set
specific
import conditions
from Saudi
fishery products
for
Arabia. This country should therefore be added to the
list in part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Directive
(OJ
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33).

(2) OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/71/EC (OJ L 28, 1.2.2005, p. 45).

(3) 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).

(4) See page 50 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

List of countries and territories from which importation of fishery products in any form intended for human
consumption is authorised

I. Countries and territories covered by a specific decision under Council Directive 91/493/EEC

AE — UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
AG — ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
AL — ALBANIA
AN — NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
AR — ARGENTINA
AU — AUSTRALIA
BD — BANGLADESH
BG — BULGARIA
BR — BRAZIL
BZ — BELIZE
CA — CANADA
CH — SWITZERLAND
CI — IVORY COAST
CL — CHILE
CN — CHINA
CO — COLOMBIA
CR — COSTA RICA
CS — SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (1)
CU — CUBA
CV — CAPE VERDE
EC — ECUADOR
EG — EGYPT
FK — FALKLAND ISLANDS
GA — GABON
GH — GHANA
GL — GREENLAND
GM — GAMBIA
GN — GUINEA CONAKRY
GT — GUATEMALA
GY — GUYANA
HK — HONG KONG
HN — HONDURAS
HR — CROATIA
ID — INDONESIA
IN — INDIA
IR — IRAN
JM — JAMAICA
JP — JAPAN
KE — KENYA
KR — SOUTH KOREA
KZ — KAZAKHSTAN
LK — SRI LANKA
MA — MOROCCO

(1) Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

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MG — MADAGASCAR
MR — MAURITANIA
MU — MAURITIUS
MV — MALDIVES
MX — MEXICO
MY — MALAYSIA
MZ — MOZAMBIQUE
NA — NAMIBIA
NC — NEW CALEDONIA
NG — NIGERIA
NI — NICARAGUA
NZ — NEW ZEALAND
OM — OMAN
PA — PANAMA
PE — PERU
PG — PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PH — PHILIPPINES
PF — FRENCH POLYNESIA
PM — ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON
PK — PAKISTAN
RO — ROMANIA
RU — RUSSIA
SA — SAUDI ARABIA
SC — SEYCHELLES
SG — SINGAPORE
SN — SENEGAL
SR — SURINAME
SV — EL SALVADOR
TH — THAILAND
TN — TUNISIA
TR — TURKEY
TW — TAIWAN
TZ — TANZANIA
UG — UGANDA
UY — URUGUAY
VE — VENEZUELA
VN — VIETNAM
YE — YEMEN
YT — MAYOTTE
ZA — SOUTH AFRICA
ZW — ZIMBABWE

II. Countries and territories meeting the terms of Article 2(2) of Council Decision 95/408/EC

AM — ARMENIA (1)
AO — ANGOLA
AZ — AZERBAIJAN (2)
BJ — BENIN
BS — BAHAMAS
BY — BELARUS

(1) Authorised only for imports of live crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) intended for direct human consumption.
(2) Authorised only for imports of caviar.

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CG — REPUBLIC OF CONGO (1)
CM — CAMEROON
DZ — ALGERIA
ER — ERITREA
FJ — FIJI
GD — GRENADA
IL — ISRAEL
MM — MYANMAR
SB — SOLOMON ISLANDS
SH — ST HELENA
TG — TOGO
US — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

(1) Authorised only for imports of fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea.’