2005/505/EC: Commission Decision of 13 July 2005 amending Decision 96/355/EC laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Senegal, as regards the competent authority and the model of health certificate (notified under document number C(2005) 2651)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Senegal, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, health control, import (EU), supervisory power

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 July 2005

amending Decision 96/355/EC laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in Senegal, as regards the competent authority and the model of
health certificate

(notified under document number C(2005) 2651)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/505/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,

(6)

(7)

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

the

‘Minis-
In Commission Decision 96/355/EC (2),
tère de la pêche et des transports maritimes — Direction
de l’océanographie et des pêches maritimes — Bu-
reau du contrôle des produits halieutiques (MPTM —
DOPM — BCPH)’
competent
authority
certifying
compliance of
fishery and aquaculture products with
Directive 91/493/EEC.

identified as
verifying
for

is
in Senegal

the
and

Following a restructuring of the Senegal administration,
the competent authority has changed to the ‘Ministère de
l’Economie Maritime — Direction des Pêches Maritimes
— Bureau de Contrôle des Produits Halieutiques (MEM
— DPM — BCPH)’.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 96/355/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The ‘Ministère de l’Economie Maritime — Direction des
Pêches Maritimes — Bureau de Contrôle des Produits Halieu-
tiques (MEM — DPM — BCPH)’ shall be the competent
authority in Senegal for verifying and certifying compliance
of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of
Directive 91/493/EEC.’

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

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

The MEM — DPM — BCPH has provided official
assurances on compliance with the standards for health
fishery and aquaculture
controls and monitoring of
in Directive 91/493/EEC and on
products as set out
to
the fulfilment of hygienic requirements equivalent
those laid down in that Directive.

(5)

Decision 96/355/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

‘Article 2

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

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

(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 137, 8.6.1996, p. 24.

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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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 “SENEGAL” and the appro-
val/registration number of
factory
vessel, cold store or freezer vessel of origin in indelible
letters.’

the establishment,

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 29 August 2005.

Article 3

3. Paragraph 2 of the Article 3 is replaced by the following:

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

‘2.
Certificates must bear the name, capacity and signature
of the representative of the MEM — DPM — BCPH and the
latter’s official stamp in a colour different from that of other
endorsements.’

4. Annex A is replaced by the text

in the Annex to this

Decision.

Done at Brussels, 13 July 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

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

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