2005/499/EC: Commission Decision of 12 July 2005 laying down special conditions for imports of fishery products from the Bahamas (notified under document number C(2005) 2518)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bahamas, 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 the Bahamas

(notified under document number C(2005) 2518)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/499/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

basis of
a
Commission.

communication from the DF

to the

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,

(7)

(8)

Whereas:

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

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

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

In particular, the ‘Department of Fisheries (DF)’ is capable
of effectively verifying the implementation of the rules in
force.

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

appropriate

It
is
concerning
fishery
Community from the Bahamas,
Directive 91/493/EEC.

to lay down detailed provisions
imported
the
in accordance with

products

into

vessels

equipped

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

of Council Directive

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The ‘Department of Fisheries (DF)’ shall be the competent
the purposes of
authority in the Bahamas
verifying and certifying compliance of
fishery products with
the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

identified for

Article 2

imported into the Community from the
Fishery products
Bahamas shall meet the requirements set out in Articles 3, 4
and 5.

Article 3

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.

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

2.
official
carried out.

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

the representative of

Article 4

(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.

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

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Article 5

Article 7

All packages shall bear the word ‘THE BAHAMAS’ and the
approval/registration number of
factory
vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible letters,
frozen fishery products in bulk and
except
intended for the manufacture of preserved foods.

the establishment,

in the case of

Article 6

This Decision shall apply from 28 August 2005.

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 the Bahamas 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

01

04

08

16

22

29

64

68

69

70

71

90

Tropic Seafood Ltd

Marsh Harbour Exporters & Importers Ltd

Ronald's Seafood Ltd

Performance Fisheries Ltd

Paradise Fisheries Ltd

Seafarmer (David Kreiser)

Heritage Seafood Ltd

Hurricane Shawn (Hurricane Seafoods)

Typhoon Kyle (Hurricane Seafoods)

Painful Pleasure (Hurricane Seafoods)

Turn Me Loose (Hurricane Seafoods)

G & L Seafoods

New Providence

Abaco

Eleuthera

Long Island

New Providence

New Providence

New Providence

New Providence

New Providence

New Providence

New Providence

Grand Bahama

Legend:

FV Factory vessels

PP Processing plant

PP

PP

PP

PP

PP

FV

PP

FV

FV

FV

FV

PP