2006/200/EC: Commission Decision of  22 February 2006  amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to the United States of America  (notified under document number C(2006) 496)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United States, fishery product, health control, human nutrition, import, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 February 2006

amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of
fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to the United States of
America

(notified under document number C(2006) 496)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/200/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995
on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provi-
sional lists of third country establishments from which Member
States are authorised to import certain products of animal
fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), and in
origin,
particular Article 2(2) thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In the interest of clarity, the lists concerned should be
replaced in their entirety.

Decision 97/296/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

This Decision should apply from the same day as
Decision 2006/199/EC laying down specific conditions
for import of fishery products from the United States
of America.

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)

of

fishery

import

products

Commission Decision 97/296/EC of 22 April 1997
drawing up the list of third countries from which the
fishery products is authorised for human
import of
consumption (2), lists the countries and territories from
which
human
consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex to that
Decision lists the countries and territories covered by a
to Council Directive
specific Decision
91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health
conditions for the production and the placing on the
fishery products (3), and part
market of
that
Annex lists the countries and territories meeting the
conditions set out in Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.

pursuant

II of

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 97/296/EC is replaced by the text in the
Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 24 April 2006.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2006.

(2)

Commission Decision 2006/199/EC (4),
specific
import conditions for fishery products from the United
States of America. This country should therefore be
included in the list in part I of the Annex to Decision
97/296/EC.

sets

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Directive
(OJ
2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected by OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12).
(2) OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Decision

2005/501/EC (OJ L 183, 14.7.2005, p. 109).

(3) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15. Directive as last amended by Directive

2004/41/EC.

(4) See page 17 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

List of countries and territories from which importation of fishery products in any form intended for human
consumption is authorised

I. Countries and territories covered by a specific decision pursuant to Council Directive 91/493/EEC

AE — United Arab Emirates
AG — Antigua and Barbuda
AL — Albania
AN — Netherlands Antilles
AR — Argentina
AU — Australia
BD — Bangladesh
BG — Bulgaria
BR — Brazil
BS — The Bahamas
BZ — Belize
CA — Canada
CH — Switzerland
CI — Ivory Coast
CL — Chile
CN — China
CO — Colombia
CR — Costa Rica
CS — Serbia and Montenegro (1)
CU — Cuba
CV — Cape Verde
DZ — Algeria
EC — Ecuador
EG — Egypt
FK — Falkland Islands
GA — Gabon
GD — Grenada
GH — Ghana
GL — Greenland
GM — Gambia
GN — Guinea Conakry
GT — Guatemala
GY — Guyana
HK — Hong Kong
HN — Honduras
HR — Croatia
ID — Indonesia
IN — India
IR — Iran
JM — Jamaica
JP — Japan
KE — Kenya
KR — South Korea
KZ — Kazakhstan

LK — Sri Lanka
MA — Morocco
MG — Madagascar
MR — Mauritania
MU — Mauritius
MV — Maldives
MX — Mexico
MY — Malaysia
MZ — Mozambique
NA — Namibia
NC — New Caledonia
NG — Nigeria
NI — Nicaragua
NZ — New Zealand
OM — Oman
PA — Panama
PE — Peru
PG — Papua New Guinea
PH — Philippines
PF — French Polynesia
PM — Saint Pierre and Miquelon
PK — Pakistan
RO — Romania
RU — Russia
SA — Saudi Arabia
SC — Seychelles
SG — Singapore
SN — Senegal
SR — Suriname
SV — El Salvador
TH — Thailand
TN — Tunisia
TR — Turkey
TW — Taiwan
TZ — Tanzania
UG — Uganda
US — United States of America
UY — Uruguay
VE — Venezuela
VN — Vietnam
YE — Yemen
YT — Mayotte
ZA — South Africa
ZW — Zimbabwe

(1) Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

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II. Countries and territories meeting the terms of Article 2(2) of Council Decision 95/408/EC

AM — Armenia (1)
AO — Angola
AZ — Azerbaijan (2)
BJ — Benin
BY — Belarus
CG — Republic of Congo (3)
CM — Cameroon

ER — Eritrea
FJ — Fiji
IL — Israel
MM — Myanmar
SB — Solomon Islands
SH — Saint Helena
TG — Togo

(1) Authorised only for imports of live crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) intended for direct human consumption.
(2) Authorised only for imports of caviar.
(3) Authorised only for imports of fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea.’