2006/680/EC: Commission Decision of 6 October 2006 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(2006) 4361)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-10-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: aquaculture, fish farming, food consumption, health certificate, health control, import, third country

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 October 2006

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(2006) 4361)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/680/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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,

Whereas:

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
fish,
their eggs and gametes intended for farming in
the Community are authorised.

establishes

a

(1)

(2)

The findings made during that
inspection show that
Albania cannot provide for the necessary animal health
guarantees for export into the Community of live fish,
their eggs and gametes intended for farming.

Since such import into the Community could seriously
jeopardise the aquatic animal health situation in the
Community, Albania should be deleted from the list of
third countries from which Member States are authorised
to import live fish, their eggs and gametes intended for
to
farming in the Community set out
Decision 2003/858/EC.

in Annex I

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

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(4)

(5)

(6)

2006, Community

In March
undertook an on-the-spot
verify the compliance with Decision 2003/858/EC.

experts
veterinary
inspection in Albania to

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(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

2005/742/EC (OJ L 279, 22.10.2005, p. 71).

Article 1

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

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 6 October 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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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

ISO Code

Name

Code

Description

AU

BG

BR

CA

CG

CL

CN

CO

HR

ID

IL

JM

JP

LK

Australia

Bulgaria

Brazil

Canada

Congo

Chile

China

Colombia

Croatia

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan

Sri Lanka

MK (2)

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

MY

NZ

RU

SG

TH

TR

TW

US

ZA

Malaysia (Peninsula, Western Malaysia
only)

New Zealand

Russia

Singapore

Thailand

Turkey

Taiwan

United States

South Africa

Comments (1)

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 expert 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.’