2008/156/EC: Commission Decision of 18 February 2008 amending Decision 2006/766/EC as regards the list of third countries and territories from which imports of fishery products in any form for human consumption are permitted (notified under document number C(2008) 555) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, health control, human nutrition, import, originating product, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 February 2008

amending Decision 2006/766/EC as regards the list of third countries and territories from which
imports of fishery products in any form for human consumption are permitted

(notified under document number C(2008) 555)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/156/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific rules
the organisation of official controls on
products of animal origin intended for human consumption (1),
and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

for

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 lays down specific rules
for the organisation of official controls on products of
animal origin. Article 11 of that Regulation provides for
the establishment of lists of third countries and parts of
third countries from which imports of specific products
of animal origin are permitted, and sets out criteria to be
taken into account in the establishment of such lists.

tunicates, marine gastropods

Commission Decision 2006/766/EC of 6 November
2006 establishing the lists of third countries and terri-
tories from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echi-
noderms,
and fishery
products are permitted (2)
those third countries
which satisfy the criteria referred to in Article 11(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and are therefore able to
the
guarantee
Community meet the sanitary conditions laid down to
protect the health of consumers.

exported

products

those

that

lists

to

Annex II of that Decision lists the third countries and
territories from which imports of fishery products in any
form for human consumption are permitted.

Armenia is currently listed in that Annex but only for
‘live non-farmed crayfish’. A Commission
imports of
inspection carried out in that country in March 2007
for
showed that

sanitary requirements

the relevant

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

heat-processed and frozen non-farmed crayfish are met.
Therefore, the listing for Armenia should be extended to
also include heat processed non-farmed crayfish and
frozen non-farmed crayfish.

Montenegro, which is currently listed in Annex II to
Decision 2006/766/EC but only for imports of ‘whole
fresh fish from wild seawater catches’, has provided
scientific information and submitted an additional appli-
cation for the approval of imports of freshwater crayfish
from that third country. The current limitation should
therefore be deleted. Imports of fishery products should
be authorised.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently not listed in Annex
II to Decision 2006/766/EC. A Commission inspection
to
to that country was carried out
2 September 2005.
the
competent authorities have provided all necessary gua-
rantees
sanitary conditions.
Bosnia and Herzegovina should therefore be included
in the list of third countries from which Member States
may authorise imports of fishery products.

It has been proven that

from 29 August

to satisfy the

relevant

Bulgaria and Romania are currently listed in Annex II to
Decision 2006/766/EC. However, as the list refers only
to third countries, the application of those entries ceased
upon their accession to the European Union. The listings
for those two Member States should therefore be deleted.

bivalve molluscs,

Annex I of that Decision lists the third countries from
which imports of
echinoderms,
tunicates and marine gastropods
in any form for
human consumption are permitted. Footnote 6 of
Annex II
referring to Morocco concerns additional
requirements for certain processed bivalve molluscs. For
reasons of consistency,
is therefore appropriate to
move those requirements to Annex I.

it

(9)

Decision 2006/766/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(1) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206, as corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004,
p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No
1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(10)

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

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Annexes I and II to Decision 2006/766/EC are replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 March 2008.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

List of third countries from which imports of bivale molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in
any form for human consumption are permitted

(Countries and territories referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004)

ISO code

Countries

Remarks

AU

CL

JM

JP

KR

MA

NZ

PE

TH

TN

TR

UY

VN

AUSTRALIA

CHILE

Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

JAMAICA

Only marine gastropods

JAPAN

Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

SOUTH KOREA

Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

MOROCCO

NEW ZEALAND

Processed bivalve molluscs belonging to the species Acanthocardia tuberculatum must be
accompanied by: (a) an additional health attestation in accordance with the model set out
in Part B of Appendix V of Annex VI to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 (OJ
L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 27); and (b) the analytical results of the test demonstrating that the
molluscs do not contain a paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) level detectable by the bioassay
method.

PERU

Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

THAILAND

Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

TUNESIA

TURKEY

URUGUAY

VIETNAM

Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods

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ANNEX II

List of third countries and territories from which imports of fishery products in any form for human
consumption are permitted

(Countries and territories referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004)

ISO code

Countries

Remarks

AE

AG

AL

AM

AN

AR

AU

BA

BD

BR

BS

BY

BZ

CA

CH

CI

CL

CN

CO

CR

CU

CV

DZ

EC

EG

FK

GA

GD

GH

GL

GM

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Only live crustaceans

Only live non-farmed crayfish, heat processed non-farmed crayfish and frozen
non-farmed crayfish.

ALBANIA

ARMENIA

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

BANGLADESH

BRAZIL

THE BAHAMAS

BELARUS

BELIZE

CANADA

SWITZERLAND

IVORY COAST

CHILE

CHINA

COLOMBIA

COSTA RICA

CUBA

CAPE VERDE

ALGERIA

ECUADOR

EGYPT

FALKLAND ISLANDS

GABON

GRENADA

GHANA

GREENLAND

GAMBIA

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ISO code

Countries

GN

GUINEA CONAKRY

Remarks

Only fish that has not undergone any preparation or processing operation
other than heading, gutting, chilling or freezing.

The reduced frequency of physical checks, provided for by Commission
Decision 94/360/EC (OJ L 158, 25.6.1994, p. 41), shall not be applied.

GT

GY

HK

HN

HR

ID

IN

IR

JM

JP

KE

KR

KZ

LK

MA

ME

MG

MR

MU

MV

MX

MY

MZ

NA

NC

NG

NI

NZ

GUATEMALA

GUYANA

HONG KONG

HONDURAS

CROATIA

INDONESIA

INDIA

IRAN

JAMAICA

JAPAN

KENYA

SOUTH KOREA

KAZAKHSTAN

SRI LANKA

MOROCCO

MONTENEGRO

MADAGASCAR

MAURITANIA

MAURITIUS

MALDIVES

MEXICO

MALAYSIA

MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA

NEW CALEDONIA

NIGERIA

NICARAGUA

NEW ZEALAND

OM

OMAN

PA

PE

PF

PG

PANAMA

PERU

FRENCH POLYNESIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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ISO code

Countries

Remarks

Only whole fresh fish from wild seawater catches

PH

PM

PK

RS

RU

SA

SC

SG

SN

SR

SV

TH

TN

TR

TW

TZ

UA

UG

US

UY

VE

VN

YE

YT

ZA

PHILIPPINES

ST PIERRE & MIQUELON

PAKISTAN

SERBIA

Not including Kosovo as
defined by the United Nations
security Council Resolution
1244 of 10 June 1999

RUSSIA

SAUDI ARABIA

SEYCHELLES

SINGAPORE

SENEGAL

SURINAME

EL SALVADOR

THAILAND

TUNISIA

TURKEY

TAIWAN

TANZANIA

UKRAINE

UGANDA

UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA

URUGUAY

VENEZUELA

VIETNAM

YEMEN

MAYOTTE

SOUTH AFRICA

ZW

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