Commission Regulation (EC) No 430/2006 of  15 March 2006  approving operations to check conformity with the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and vegetables carried out in Senegal prior to import into the Community
Date: 2006-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Senegal, fresh fruit, fresh vegetable, import, marketing standard, originating product, quality label

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 430/2006

of 15 March 2006

approving operations to check conformity with the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit
and vegetables carried out in Senegal prior to import into the Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Checks on conformity carried out by Senegal should
therefore be approved with effect from the date of imple-
mentation of the administrative cooperation procedure
provided for
in Article 7(8) of Regulation (EC) No
1148/2001.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001
of 12 June 2001 on checks on conformity to the
marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and vege-
tables (2), lays down the conditions for the approval of
checking operations, performed by certain third countries
which so request, prior to import into the Community.

Article 1

Checks on conformity with the marketing standards applicable
to fresh fruit and vegetables carried out by Senegal prior to
import into the Community are hereby approved in accordance
with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001.

that

the aforementioned Directorate has

The Senegalese authorities sent the Commission a request
for the approval of checking operations performed under
the responsibility of the Directorate for Plant Protection
of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water. The request
states
the
necessary staff, equipment and facilities to carry out
to those
checks,
referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No
1148/2001 and that
the fresh fruit and vegetables
exported from Senegal to the Community must meet
the Community marketing standards.

it uses methods

equivalent

that

(3)

The information sent by the Member States to the
Commission shows that,
in the period 2001 to 2005,
of non-conformity with marketing
the
standards among imports from Senegal of
fresh fruit
and vegetables was very low.

incidence

Article 2

Details of the official authority and inspection body in Senegal,
as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001, are given in the Annex to
this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003,
p. 64).

(2) OJ L 156, 13.6.2001, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 408/2003 (OJ L 62, 6.3.2003, p. 8).

It shall apply from the date of publication in the C series of the
Official Journal of the European Union of the notice referred to in
Article 7(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001, relating to the
establishment of
cooperation between the
Community and Senegal.

administrative

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

Official authority referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001:

ANNEX

Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Hydraulique
Direction de la protection des végétaux

bp 20054 Thiaroye Dakar

Senegal

Tel. (221) 834 03 97

Fax (221) 834 28 54/834 42 90

Email: almhanne@hotmail.com

almhanne@yahoo.fr

Inspection body referred to in Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001:

Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Hydraulique
Direction de la protection des végétaux

Bureau qualité de la Division Législation et Contrôle phytosanitaire

Tel. (221) 834 03 97

Fax (221) 834 28 54

Email: dpv1@sentoo.sn

almhanne@yahoo.fr