2005/572/: Commission Decision of 19 July 2005 amending Decision 2000/86/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in China and repealing Decision 97/368/EC, as regards the competent authority and the model of health certificate (notified under document number C(2005) 2751) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, fishery product, health certificate, import, originating product

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 July 2005

amending Decision 2000/86/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of
fishery
products originating in China and repealing Decision 97/368/EC, as regards the competent
authority and the model of health certificate

(notified under document number C(2005) 2751)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/572/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(7)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

‘State
In Commission Decision 2000/86/EC (4),
Administration for Entry/Exit Inspection and Quarantine
(CIQ SA)’
is identified as the competent authority in
China for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery
and aquaculture products with Directive 91/493/EEC.

the

Following a restructuring of the Chinese administration,
the competent authority has changed to the General
Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine (AQSIQ).

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

The AQSIQ 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.

Decision 2000/86/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2000/86/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The General Administration for Quality
Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) shall be the competent
authority in China for verifying and certifying compliance of
fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of
Directive 91/493/EEC.’

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

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

(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).

(4) OJ L 26, 2.2.2000, p. 26. Decision as amended by Decision

2000/300/EC (OJ L 97, 19.4.2000, p. 15).

3. Annex A is replaced by the text

in the Annex to this

Decision.

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Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 6 September 2005.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 July 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

HEALTH CERTIFICATE

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

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