2005/500/EC: Commission Decision of 12 July 2005 laying down special conditions for imports of fishery products from Grenada (notified under document number C(2005) 2545)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Grenada, fishery product, health certificate, health control, health legislation, import

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 July 2005

laying down special conditions for imports of fishery products from Grenada

(notified under document number C(2005) 2545)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/500/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

appropriate

It
is
concerning
Community
Directive 91/493/EEC.

to lay down detailed provisions
imported
the
into
accordance with
in

fishery
products
from Grenada,

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,

Whereas:

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

are produced,

(6)

(7)

(8)

vessels

equipped

of Council Directive

It is also necessary to draw up a list of approved estab-
lishments, factory vessels, or cold stores, and a list of
in accordance with the
freezer
requirements
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
basis of a communication from the PHD-MHE to the
Commission.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

In particular, the ‘Public Health Department (PHD) under
the Ministry of Health and the Environment (MHE)’
is
capable of effectively verifying the implementation of
the rules in force.

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

Article 1

The ‘Public Health Department (PHD) under the Ministry of
(MHE)’shall be the competent
Health and the Environment
authority in Grenada 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 Grenada
shall meet the requirements set out in Articles 3, 4 and 5.

(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.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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Article 3

Article 5

1.
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.

All packages shall bear the word ‘GRENADA’ and the appro-
val/registration number of the establishment, factory vessel, cold
store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters, except in the
case of frozen fishery products in bulk and intended for the
manufacture of preserved foods.

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

2.
official
carried out.

Article 6

This Decision shall apply from 28 August 2005.

The health certificate shall bear the name, capacity and
3.
the PHD-MHE, and the
signature of
latter’s official stamp in a colour different from that of the
endorsements.

the representative of

Article 4

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

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 July 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

for fishery products from Grenada 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

Approval No

Name

City
Region

Approval
limit

Category

Remarks

001

002

005

006

009

0010

0011

0012

Grenada Commercial Fisheries Ltd

St George's

Caribbean Seafoods Ltd

St. George's

Minerva (Cardinal Olliverre)

Carriacou

Comment (Devon Mitchell)

Petit Martinique

Mascot (Don Blair)

Content I (Chad Charles)

Petit Martinique

Petit Martinique

Content II (Francis Decoteau)

Petit Martinique

White Stallion (Gerard Bethel)

Petit Martinique

A

A

PP

PP

ZV

ZV

ZV

ZV

ZV

ZV

Legend:

PP

Processing plant

ZV Freezer vessel

A

Cold store only