CELEX: 32008D0156
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-18 00:00:00
Title: 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)

23.2.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 50/65
            
         
      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 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)
            
            
               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.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2006/766/EC 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 (2) lists those third countries which satisfy the criteria referred to in Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and are therefore able to guarantee that those products exported to the Community meet the sanitary conditions laid down to protect the health of consumers.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               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.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Armenia is currently listed in that Annex but only for imports of ‘live non-farmed crayfish’. A Commission inspection carried out in that country in March 2007 showed that the relevant sanitary requirements for 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.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               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 application 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.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently not listed in Annex II to Decision 2006/766/EC. A Commission inspection to that country was carried out from 29 August to 2 September 2005. It has been proven that the competent authorities have provided all necessary guarantees to satisfy the relevant 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.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               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.
            
         
               (8)
            
            
               Annex I of that Decision lists the third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, 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, it is therefore appropriate to move those requirements to Annex I.
            
         
               (9)
            
            
               Decision 2006/766/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (10)
            
            
               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
   Annexes I and II to Decision 2006/766/EC are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall apply from 1 March 2008.
   Article 3
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Markos KYPRIANOU
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (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).
   
      (2)  OJ L 320, 18.11.2006, p. 53.
   
      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
                     
                     
                        AUSTRALIA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        CL
                     
                     
                        CHILE
                     
                     
                        Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
                     
                  
                        JM
                     
                     
                        JAMAICA
                     
                     
                        Only marine gastropods
                     
                  
                        JP
                     
                     
                        JAPAN
                     
                     
                        Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
                     
                  
                        KR
                     
                     
                        SOUTH KOREA
                     
                     
                        Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
                     
                  
                        MA
                     
                     
                        MOROCCO
                     
                     
                        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.
                     
                  
                        NZ
                     
                     
                        NEW ZEALAND
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        PE
                     
                     
                        PERU
                     
                     
                        Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
                     
                  
                        TH
                     
                     
                        THAILAND
                     
                     
                        Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods
                     
                  
                        TN
                     
                     
                        TUNESIA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        TR
                     
                     
                        TURKEY
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        UY
                     
                     
                        URUGUAY
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        VN
                     
                     
                        VIETNAM
                     
                     
                        Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and 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)
            
                        ISO code
                     
                     
                        Countries
                     
                     
                        Remarks
                     
                  
                        AE
                     
                     
                        UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        AG
                     
                     
                        ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
                     
                     
                        Only live crustaceans
                     
                  
                        AL
                     
                     
                        ALBANIA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        AM
                     
                     
                        ARMENIA
                     
                     
                        Only live non-farmed crayfish, heat processed non-farmed crayfish and frozen non-farmed crayfish.
                     
                  
                        AN
                     
                     
                        NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        AR
                     
                     
                        ARGENTINA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        AU
                     
                     
                        AUSTRALIA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        BA
                     
                     
                        BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        BD
                     
                     
                        BANGLADESH
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        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
                     
                     
                        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
                     
                     
                        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
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        ME
                     
                     
                        MONTENEGRO
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        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
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        PF
                     
                     
                        FRENCH POLYNESIA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        PG
                     
                     
                        PAPUA NEW GUINEA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        PH
                     
                     
                        PHILIPPINES
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        PM
                     
                     
                        ST PIERRE & MIQUELON
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        PK
                     
                     
                        PAKISTAN
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        RS
                     
                     
                        SERBIA
                        Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999
                     
                     
                        Only whole fresh fish from wild seawater catches
                     
                  
                        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
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        YE
                     
                     
                        YEMEN
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        YT
                     
                     
                        MAYOTTE
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        ZA
                     
                     
                        SOUTH AFRICA
                     
                     
                         
                     
                  
                        ZW
                     
                     
                        ZIMBABWE
                     
                     
                         
                     
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