2005/496/EC: Commission Decision of 12 July 2005 amending Decision 97/757/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Madagascar, as regards the competent authority and the model of health certificate (notified under document number C(2005) 2513)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Madagascar, fishery produce, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 July 2005

amending Decision 97/757/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Madagascar, as regards the competent authority and the model
of health certificate

(notified under document number C(2005) 2513)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/496/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,

Whereas:

Services

the ‘Direction
In Commission Decision 97/757/EC (2),
de
(DSV)
des
vétérinaires
l’élevage’,
is identified as the competent authority in
Madagascar for verifying and certifying compliance of
fishery
products with Directive
and
91/493/EEC.

du ministère

aquaculture

hygienic requirements equivalent to those laid down in
that Directive.

Decision 97/757/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

It is appropriate for this Decision to be applied 45 days
from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union thereby providing for the necessary
transitional 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

(5)

(6)

(7)

the Madagascar adminis-
Following a restructuring of
tration,
the competent authority has changed to the
‘Direction de la santé animale et du phytosanitaire
(DSAPS) du ministère de l’agriculture, de l’élevage et de
la Pêche (MAEP)’.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 97/757/EC is amended as follows:

That new authority is capable of effectively verifying the
application of the rules in force.

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

The DSAPS has provided
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

official

(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 307, 12.11.1997, p. 33.

‘Article 1

The “Direction de la santé animale et du phytosanitaire
(DSAPS) du ministère de l’agriculture, de l’élevage et de la
pêche (MAEP)” shall be the competent authority in Mada-
gascar for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and
aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive
91/493/EEC.’;

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

Fishery and aquaculture products imported from Madagascar
must meet the following conditions:

1. each consignment must be accompanied by a numbered
original health certificate, duly completed, signed dated
and comprsising a single sheet in accordance with the
model in Annex A hereto;

2. the products must come from approved establishments,
factory vessels, cold store or registered freezer vessels
listed in Annex B hereto;

3. except in the case of frozen fishery products in bulk and
intended for
the manufacture of preserve foods, all
packages must bear the word “MADAGASCAR” and the
approval/registration number of the establishment, factory
vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible
letters.’;

3. Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature
of the representative of the DSAPS-MAEP and the latter’s
official stamp in a colour different from that of other endor-
sements.’;

4. Annex A is replaced by the text

in the Annex to this

Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 28 August 2005.

Article 3

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

‘ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

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

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