CELEX: 32006D0200
Language: en
Date: 2006-02-22 00:00:00
Title: 2006/200/EC: Commission Decision of  22 February 2006  amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to the United States of America  (notified under document number C(2006) 496)   (Text with EEA relevance)

10.3.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 71/50
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 22 February 2006
   amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to the United States of America
   (notified under document number C(2006) 496)
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   (2006/200/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs (1), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Decision 97/296/EC of 22 April 1997 drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption (2), lists the countries and territories from which import of fishery products for human consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex to that Decision lists the countries and territories covered by a specific Decision pursuant to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (3), and part II of that Annex lists the countries and territories meeting the conditions set out in Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2006/199/EC (4), sets specific import conditions for fishery products from the United States of America. This country should therefore be included in the list in part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               In the interest of clarity, the lists concerned should be replaced in their entirety.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Decision 97/296/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               This Decision should apply from the same day as Decision 2006/199/EC laying down specific conditions for import of fishery products from the United States of America.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               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
   The Annex to Decision 97/296/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall apply from 24 April 2006.
   Article 3
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 22 February 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Markos KYPRIANOU
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected by OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12).
   
      (2)  OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Decision 2005/501/EC (OJ L 183, 14.7.2005, p. 109).
   
      (3)  OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/41/EC.
   
      (4)  See page 17 of this Official Journal.
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX
            List of countries and territories from which importation of fishery products in any form intended for human consumption is authorised
            I.   Countries and territories covered by a specific decision pursuant to Council Directive 91/493/EEC
            AE— United Arab Emirates
            AG— Antigua and Barbuda
            AL— Albania
            AN— Netherlands Antilles
            AR— Argentina
            AU— Australia
            BD— Bangladesh
            BG— Bulgaria
            BR— Brazil
            BS— The Bahamas
            BZ— Belize
            CA— Canada
            CH— Switzerland
            CI— Ivory Coast
            CL— Chile
            CN— China
            CO— Colombia
            CR— Costa Rica
            CS— Serbia and Montenegro (1)
            
            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
            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
            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— Saint Pierre and Miquelon
            PK— Pakistan
            RO— Romania
            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
            UG— Uganda
            US— United States of America
            UY— Uruguay
            VE— Venezuela
            VN— Vietnam
            YE— Yemen
            YT— Mayotte
            ZA— South Africa
            ZW— Zimbabwe
            II.   Countries and territories meeting the terms of Article 2(2) of Council Decision 95/408/EC
            AM— Armenia (2)
            
            AO— Angola
            AZ— Azerbaijan (3)
            
            BJ— Benin
            BY— Belarus
            CG— Republic of Congo (4)
            
            CM— Cameroon
            ER— Eritrea
            FJ— Fiji
            IL— Israel
            MM— Myanmar
            SB— Solomon Islands
            SH— Saint Helena
            TG— Togo
         
      
      
         (1)  Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
      
         (2)  Authorised only for imports of live crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) intended for direct human consumption.
      
         (3)  Authorised only for imports of caviar.
      
         (4)  Authorised only for imports of fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea.’