2005/742/EC: Commission Decision of 19 October 2005 amending Decision 2003/858/EC as regards the list of territories from which importation of certain species of live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for farming in the European Community is authorised (notified under document number C(2005) 3964)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aquaculture, fish, health certificate, import, import licence, originating product, third country

22.10.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 279/71

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 October 2005

amending Decision 2003/858/EC as regards the list of territories from which importation of certain
species of live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for farming in the European Community is
authorised

(notified under document number C(2005) 3964)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/742/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 91/67/EEC of 28 January
1991 concerning the animal health conditions governing the
placing on the market of aquaculture animals and products (1),
and in particular Article 19(1) thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

It is also appropriate to simplify the presentation of the
table in Annex I
to avoid repeating the
requirements set out in the model certificates.

in order

Decision 2003/858/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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)

Commission Decision 2003/858/EC of 21 November
2003 laying down the animal health conditions and
certification requirements for imports of live fish, their
eggs and gametes intended for farming, and live fish of
intended for
aquaculture origin and products thereof
human consumption (2),
third
list of
countries or parts thereof from which imports of live
their eggs and gametes intended for farming in
fish,
the Community are authorised.

establishes

a

The inclusion of the comment ‘carps only’ in the table in
Annex I to Decision 2003/858/EC has led to different
the
interpretations
Decision. For the sake of clarity, that comment should
therefore be made more precise from a taxonomical
point of view to meet the aim of the Decision.

application of

concerning

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2003/858/EC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 October 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 46, 19.2.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 324, 11.12.2003, p. 37. Decision as last amended by Decision

2004/914/EC (OJ L 385, 29.12.2004, p. 60).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Territories from which importation of certain species of live fish, their eggs, and gametes intended for farming
in the European Community (EC) is authorised

Country

Territory

Comments (1)

ISO Code

Name

Code

Description

AL

AU

BR

BG

CA

CL

CN

CO

CG

HR

Albania

Australia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo

Croatia

MK (2)

Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia

ID

IL

JM

JP

MY

NZ

RU

SG

ZA

LK

TW

TH

TR

US

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan

Malaysia (Peninsular, Western
Malaysia only)

New Zealand

Russia

Singapore

South Africa

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

United States

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

Cyprinidae only

(1) No limitations if left blank. If a country or territory is allowed to export certain species, and/or eggs or gametes, the species must be

specified and/or a comment, for example, “eggs only” must be inserted in this column.

(2) Provisional code that does not affect the definitive denomination of the country to be attributed after the conclusion of the negotiations

currently taking place in the United Nations.’