2005/514/EC: Commission Decision of 13 July 2005 amending Decision 96/609/EC laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and aquaculture products originating in the Ivory Coast, as regards the competent authority and the model of health certificate (notified under document number C(2005) 2584)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Côte d'Ivoire, aquaculture, fishery product, health certificate, import, supervisory power

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 13 July 2005

amending Decision 96/609/EC laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and
aquaculture products originating in the Ivory Coast, as regards the competent authority and the
model of health certificate

(notified under document number C(2005) 2584)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/514/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

In Commission Decision 96/609/EC (2), the ‘Ministère de
l’agriculture et des
ressources animales — Direction
générale des ressources animales (MARA-DGRA)’ is iden-
tified as the competent authority in the Ivory Coast for
verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aqua-
culture products with Directive 91/493/EEC.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 96/609/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Following a restructuring of the Ivorian administration,
the competent authority has changed to the ‘Ministère de
la production animale et des ressources halieutiques —
Direction des
services vétérinaires et de la qualité
(MIPARH-DSVQ)’.

The “Ministère de la production animale et des ressources
halieutiques — Direction des services vétérinaires et de la
qualité (MIPARH-DSVQ)” shall be the competent authority
in the Ivory Coast 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 MIPARH-DSVQ has provided official 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
hygienic requirements equivalent to those laid down in
that Directive.

‘Article 2

Fishery and aquaculture products imported from the Ivory
Coast 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;

(5)

Decision 96/609/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

(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 269, 22.10.1996, p. 37.

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 preserved foods, all
packages must bear the words “THE IVORY COAST”
and the approval/registration number of
the estab-
lishment, 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 MIPARH-DSVQ 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 2 September 2005.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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 Ivory Coast and intended for export to the European Community, excluding bivalve
molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form

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