2005/497/EC: Commission Decision of 12 July 2005 amending Decision 2002/472/EC laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products from the Republic of Bulgaria (notified under document number C(2005) 2454)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import, originating product

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 July 2005

amending Decision 2002/472/EC laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products
from the Republic of Bulgaria

(notified under document number C(2005) 2454)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/497/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,

(5)

(6)

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2002/472/EC of 20 June 2002
laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery
products from the Republic of Bulgaria (2) provides that
the addition of new establishments and vessels to the list
of establishments and vessels from which imports of
fishery products
authorised will
from Bulgaria
require a Community inspection.

are

Decision 2002/472/EC also provides that the reduction
laid down by
in the frequency of physical checks,
Commission Decision 94/360/EC (3)
is not applied to
fishery products imported from Bulgaria.

The outcome of a new inspection visit by Commission
experts indicates that Bulgaria now meets the conditions
to provide sanitary guarantees at least equivalent to those
applied in the Community. In view of that outcome it is
appropriate to grant the reduction in the frequency of
physical checks,
include new establishments in the list
and apply the procedure laid down in Article 5 of
Council Decision 95/408/EC (4) for future modifications
of that list.

(4)

Decision 2002/472/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2002/472/EC is amended as follows:

1. Articles 4 and 5 are deleted.

2. Annex I and II are replaced by 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

(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 163, 21.6.2002, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 158, 25.6.1994, p. 41. Decision as last amended by Decision

2002/237/EC (OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 40).

(4) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Directive
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected version in OJ L 195,
2.6.2004, p. 12).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

for fishery products from Bulgaria 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

BG 051 3001 Maxim-G Keranov

BG 161 3002

Parpen Chobanov

BG 211 3002

Salvenius ReyaFish

BG 261 3001

Euro Pesca, Ltd company

BG 051 3002

Beluga AD

BG 021 3024

Buljac AD

BG 020 3001

Buljac AD

Novo Sello — Vidin District
Boliartsi — Plovdiv District
Dospat — Smolyan District
Svolengrad — Haskovo District
City of Vidin — Region of Vidin
City of Bourgas — Region of Bourgas
City of Bourgas — Region of Bourgas

Categorie legend:
PPa Plant processing only or partially materials derived from aquaculture (farmed products).’

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

A