CELEX: 32006D0766
Language: en
Date: 2006-11-06 00:00:00
Title: 2006/766/EC: Commission Decision of 6 November 2006 establishing the lists of third countries and territories from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and fishery products are permitted (notified under document number C(2006) 5171)   (Text with EEA relevance)

18.11.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 320/53
            
         COMMISSION DECISION
   of 6 November 2006
   establishing the lists of third countries and territories from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and fishery products are permitted
   (notified under document number C(2006) 5171)
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   (2006/766/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms and marine gastropods and of fishery products from third countries have been laid down in Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Commission Decision 97/20/EC (2) established the list of third countries fulfilling the equivalence conditions for the production and placing on the market of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and Commission Decision 97/296/EC (3) drew up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Lists should be drawn up containing the third countries and territories which satisfy the criteria referred to in Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and which are therefore able to guarantee that bivalve molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms and marine gastropods and fishery products exported to the Community meet the sanitary conditions laid down to protect the health of consumers. Nevertheless, imports of adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads, should also be permitted from third countries not appearing on such a list.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The competent authorities of Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay have provided appropriate guarantees that the conditions applicable to live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods are equivalent to those provided for in the relevant Community legislation.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The competent authorities of Armenia, Belarus and Ukraine have provided appropriate guarantees that the conditions applicable to fishery products are equivalent to those provided for in the relevant Community legislation.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Decisions 97/20/EC and 97/296/EC should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new Decision.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Imports of bivalve molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms and marine gastropods
   1.   The list of third countries from which bivalve molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms and marine gastropods may be imported, as referred to in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, is established in Annex I to this Decision.
   2.   Notwithstanding Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 , Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads, that may be imported also from third countries not appearing on the list referred to in paragraph 1.
   Article 2
   Imports of fishery products
   The list of third countries and territories from which fishery products may be imported, as referred to in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, is established in Annex II to this Decision.
   Article 3
   Repeal
   Decisions 97/20/EC and 97/296/EC are repealed.
   References to the repealed Decisions shall be construed as references to this Decision.
   Article 4
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 6 November 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Markos KYPRIANOU
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206; corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83).
   
      (2)  OJ L 6, 10.1.1997, p. 46. Decision as last amended by Decision 2002/469/EC (OJ L 163, 21.6.2002, p. 16).
   
      (3)  OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/200/EC (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 50).
   
      ANNEX I
      List of third countries from which imports of bivalve 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)
      
                  AU —
               
               
                  AUSTRALIA
               
            
                  CL —
               
               
                  CHILE (1)
                  
               
            
                  JM —
               
               
                  JAMAICA (2)
                  
               
            
                  JP —
               
               
                  JAPAN (1)
                  
               
            
                  KR —
               
               
                  SOUTH KOREA (1)
                  
               
            
                  MA —
               
               
                  MOROCCO
               
            
                  NZ —
               
               
                  NEW ZEALAND
               
            
                  PE —
               
               
                  PERU (1)
                  
               
            
                  TH —
               
               
                  THAILAND (1)
                  
               
            
                  TN —
               
               
                  TUNISIA
               
            
                  TR —
               
               
                  TURKEY
               
            
                  UY —
               
               
                  URUGUAY
               
            
                  VN —
               
               
                  VIETNAM (1)
                  
               
            
         (1)  Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods.
      
         (2)  Only marine gastropods.
   
   
      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)
      
                  AE —
               
               
                  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
               
            
                  AG —
               
               
                  ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (1)
                  
               
            
                  AL —
               
               
                  ALBANIA
               
            
                  AM —
               
               
                  ARMENIA (2)
                  
               
            
                  AN —
               
               
                  NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
               
            
                  AR —
               
               
                  ARGENTINA
               
            
                  AU —
               
               
                  AUSTRALIA
               
            
                  BD —
               
               
                  BANGLADESH
               
            
                  BG —
               
               
                  BULGARIA (3)
                  
               
            
                  BR —
               
               
                  BRAZIL
               
            
                  BS —
               
               
                  THE BAHAMAS
               
            
                  BY —
               
               
                  BELARUS
               
            
                  BZ —
               
               
                  BELIZE
               
            
                  CA —
               
               
                  CANADA
               
            
                  CH —
               
               
                  SWITZERLAND
               
            
                  CI —
               
               
                  IVORY COAST
               
            
                  CL —
               
               
                  CHILE
               
            
                  CN —
               
               
                  CHINA
               
            
                  CO —
               
               
                  COLOMBIA
               
            
                  CR —
               
               
                  COSTA RICA
               
            
                  CU —
               
               
                  CUBA
               
            
                  CV —
               
               
                  CAPE VERDE
               
            
                  DZ —
               
               
                  ALGERIA
               
            
                  EC —
               
               
                  ECUADOR
               
            
                  EG —
               
               
                  EGYPT
               
            
                  FK —
               
               
                  FALKLAND ISLANDS
               
            
                  GA —
               
               
                  GABON
               
            
                  GD —
               
               
                  GRENADA
               
            
                  GH —
               
               
                  GHANA
               
            
                  GL —
               
               
                  GREENLAND
               
            
                  GM —
               
               
                  GAMBIA
               
            
                  GN —
               
               
                  GUINEA CONAKRY (4)
                      (5)
                  
               
            
                  GT —
               
               
                  GUATEMALA
               
            
                  GY —
               
               
                  GUYANA
               
            
                  HK —
               
               
                  HONG KONG
               
            
                  HN —
               
               
                  HONDURAS
               
            
                  HR —
               
               
                  CROATIA
               
            
                  ID —
               
               
                  INDONESIA
               
            
                  IN —
               
               
                  INDIA
               
            
                  IR —
               
               
                  IRAN
               
            
                  JM —
               
               
                  JAMAICA
               
            
                  JP —
               
               
                  JAPAN
               
            
                  KE —
               
               
                  KENYA
               
            
                  KR —
               
               
                  SOUTH KOREA
               
            
                  KZ —
               
               
                  KAZAKHSTAN
               
            
                  LK —
               
               
                  SRI LANKA
               
            
                  MA —
               
               
                  MOROCCO (6)
                  
               
            
                  MG —
               
               
                  MADAGASCAR
               
            
                  MR —
               
               
                  MAURITANIA
               
            
                  MU —
               
               
                  MAURITIUS
               
            
                  MV —
               
               
                  MALDIVES
               
            
                  MX —
               
               
                  MEXICO
               
            
                  MY —
               
               
                  MALAYSIA
               
            
                  MZ —
               
               
                  MOZAMBIQUE
               
            
                  NA —
               
               
                  NAMIBIA
               
            
                  NC —
               
               
                  NEW CALEDONIA
               
            
                  NG —
               
               
                  NIGERIA
               
            
                  NI —
               
               
                  NICARAGUA
               
            
                  NZ —
               
               
                  NEW ZEALAND
               
            
                  OM —
               
               
                  OMAN
               
            
                  PA —
               
               
                  PANAMA
               
            
                  PE —
               
               
                  PERU
               
            
                  PG —
               
               
                  PAPUA NEW GUINEA
               
            
                  PH —
               
               
                  PHILIPPINES
               
            
                  PF —
               
               
                  FRENCH POLYNESIA
               
            
                  PM —
               
               
                  ST PIERRE & MIQUELON
               
            
                  PK —
               
               
                  PAKISTAN
               
            
                  RO —
               
               
                  ROMANIA (3)
                  
               
            
                  RU —
               
               
                  RUSSIA
               
            
                  SA —
               
               
                  SAUDI ARABIA
               
            
                  SC —
               
               
                  SEYCHELLES
               
            
                  SG —
               
               
                  SINGAPORE
               
            
                  SN —
               
               
                  SENEGAL
               
            
                  SR —
               
               
                  SURINAME
               
            
                  SV —
               
               
                  EL SALVADOR
               
            
                  TH —
               
               
                  THAILAND
               
            
                  TN —
               
               
                  TUNISIA
               
            
                  TR —
               
               
                  TURKEY
               
            
                  TW —
               
               
                  TAIWAN
               
            
                  TZ —
               
               
                  TANZANIA
               
            
                  UA —
               
               
                  UKRAINE
               
            
                  UG —
               
               
                  UGANDA
               
            
                  US —
               
               
                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
               
            
                  UY —
               
               
                  URUGUAY
               
            
                  VE —
               
               
                  VENEZUELA
               
            
                  VN —
               
               
                  VIETNAM
               
            
                  XM —
               
               
                  MONTENEGRO (7)
                  
               
            
                  XS —
               
               
                  SERBIA (7)
                      (8)
                  
               
            
                  YE —
               
               
                  YEMEN
               
            
                  YT —
               
               
                  MAYOTTE
               
            
                  ZA —
               
               
                  SOUTH AFRICA
               
            
                  ZW —
               
               
                  ZIMBABWE
               
            
         (1)  Only live crustaceans.
      
         (2)  Only for live non farmed crayfish.
      
         (3)  Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of the Community.
      
         (4)  Only fish that has not undergone any preparation or processing operation other than heading, gutting, chilling or freezing.
      
         (5)  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.
      
         (6)  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.
      
         (7)  Only whole fresh fish from wild seawater catches.
      
         (8)  Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.