Commission Regulation (EC) No 146/2009 of 20 February 2009 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 as regards imports of fishery products from Cameroon (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-02-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cameroon, fishery product, health control, import restriction, third country

21.2.2009

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 146/2009

of 20 February 2009

amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 as regards imports of fishery products from
Cameroon

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

to Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005.
in Annex II
Cameroon is thus currently listed in Annex II to Regu­
lation (EC) No 2076/2005.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (1), and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

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 (2),
and in particular Article 16 thereof,

for

Whereas:

Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 provides
that products of animal origin are to be imported only
from a third country or a part of a third country that
appears on a list drawn up in accordance with that
Regulation.

the

(EC) No

2076/2005

the European Parliament and of

Commission Regulation
of
5 December 2005 laying down transitional arrangements
for
(EC) No
implementation of Regulations
853/2004, (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004
the Council (3)
of
provides, by way of derogation from Article 11(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 854/2004,
that Member States,
subject to certain conditions, may authorise imports of
fishery products from the third countries listed in Annex
II to that Regulation.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

A Community inspection carried out in Cameroon in
2003 revealed serious shortcomings as regards hygiene
in the handling of fishery products and in the capacity of
the competent authorities of that third country to carry
out reliable checks on fishery products. Accordingly,
Cameroon cannot provide the necessary guarantees that
fishery products have been obtained in conditions at least
equivalent to those governing the production and placing
on the market of fishery products in the Community.
Following the
inspection, Cameroon suspended its
exports of fishery products to the EU.

Since 2004, Cameroon’s competent authority has not
informed the Community of progress in the implemen­
tation of corrective action to remedy to the shortcomings
In 2008, Cameroon declined a
observed in 2003.
Community on-the-spot
inspection arguing that no
Cameroonian fishery establishment or vessel envisages
exporting fishery products to the EU in the short term.

(6)

Imports into the Community of fishery products from
Cameroon should therefore no longer be authorised.

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with
Standing
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

opinion

the

the

of

Those third countries in which no Community inspection
had been undertaken yet
sanitary
conditions and ascertain whether the controls applied
by their competent authorities are equivalent
to the
requirements under Community legislation were listed

to check their

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55, as corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004,

p. 22.

(2) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206, as corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004,

p. 83.

(3) OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83.

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 is replaced by the
text in the Annex to this Regulation.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 February 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

List of third countries and territories from which imports of fishery products in whatever form for human
consumption may be permitted

AO — ANGOLA
AZ — AZERBAIJAN (1)
BJ — BENIN
CG — REPUBLIC OF CONGO (2)
ER — ERITREA
IL — ISRAEL
MM — MYANMAR
SB — SOLOMON ISLANDS
SH — SAINT HELENA
TG — TOGO

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(1) Authorised only for imports of caviar.
(2) Authorised only for imports of fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea.’