2007/158/EC: Commission Decision of 7 March 2007 amending Decisions 2003/804/EC and 2003/858/EC, as regards importation of live fish and molluscs intended for human consumption from third countries listed in Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (notified under document number C(2007) 682) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2007-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fish, food consumption, health certificate, import, mollusc, third country, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 March 2007

amending Decisions 2003/804/EC and 2003/858/EC, as regards importation of live fish and molluscs
intended for human consumption from third countries listed in Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005

(notified under document number C(2007) 682)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/158/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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

live

fish,

imports of

Commission Decision 2003/804/EC of 14 November
2003, laying down animal health conditions and certifi-
cation requirements for imports of molluscs, their eggs
and gametes for further growth, fattening, relaying or
human consumption (2),
and Commission Decision
2003/858/EC of 21 November 2003,
laying down
animal health conditions and certification requirements
for
and gametes
intended for farming, and live fish of aquaculture origin
and
human
consumption (3) refer to third countries on the list estab-
lished by Commission Decision 2006/766/EC of 6
November 2006 establishing the list of third countries
and territories from which imports of bivalve molluscs,
echinoderms,
tunicates, marine gastropods and fishery
products are permitted (4) as regards the authorisation
for importation into the Community of live molluscs
and fish products intended for human consumption.

products

intended

thereof

their

eggs

for

to

Commission

According
(EC) No
laying down transi-
2076/2005 of 5 December 2005,
tional arrangements for the implementation of Regu-
lation (EC) No 853/2004, (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC)

Regulation

(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 302, 20.11.2003, p. 22. Decision as last amended by Decision

2006/767/EC (OJ L 320, 18.11.2006, p. 58).

(3) OJ L 324, 11.12.2003, p. 37. Decision as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1792/2006 (OJ L 362, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 320, 18.11.2006, p. 53.

No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council and amending Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
and (EC) No 854/2004 (5), Member States may in a tran-
sitional period ending on 31 December 2009, under
certain conditions, authorise the import of bivalve
molluscs and fishery products as regards public health
aspects from the countries listed respectively in Annex
I and Annex II to that Regulation. Imports from those
countries may only be marketed on the domestic market
of
the importing Member State or Member States
allowing the same import.

Decisions 2003/804/EC and 2003/858/EC should also
permit import from countries on the lists established
by Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Amendments to Decision 2003/804/EC

Article 4(1)(a) of Decision 2003/804/EC is replaced by the
following:

‘(a)

the third country of dispatch appears either on the list
established by Commission Decision 2006/766/EC (*) or,
during the transitional period referred to in Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (**), on the list estab-
lished by that Regulation;

___________
(*) OJ L 320, 18.11.2006, p. 53.
(**) OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83.’

(5) OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1666/2006 (OJ L 320, 18.11.2006, p. 47).

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Article 2

Amendments to Decision 2003/858/EC

Article 5(1)(a) of Decision 2003/858/EC is replaced by the following:

‘(a)

the third country of dispatch appears either on the list established by Commission Decision
2006/766/EC (*) or, during the transitional period referred to in Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2076/2005 (**), on the list established by that Regulation;

___________
(*) OJ L 320, 18.11.2006, p. 53.
(**) OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83.’

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission