94/941/EC: Council Decision of 14 December 1994 laying down transitional measures applicable to imports of fishery products from third countries

COUNCIL DECISION
of 14  December 1994
laying down transitional measures applicable to imports of fishery products from  third countries
(94/941/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43  thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(),
Whereas fishery products appear on the list of products in Annex II to the Treaty; whereas the  health conditions for production and placing on the market have been laid down in Directive  91/493/EEC();
Whereas imports of fishery products from third countries are the subject of provisions laid down in  Article 11 of Directive 91/493/EEC comprising, inter alia, the drawing up of lists of approved  establishments and specimen health certificates;
Whereas, pending Community decisions laying down specific conditions for importing fishery products  for each third country, it is for the Member States to apply to such imports, in accordance with  Article 11 (7) of the aforementioned Directive, conditions which are at least equivalent to those  laid down for Community production;
Whereas a transitional specimen health certificate was established pursuant to Article 16 of  Directive 91/493/EEC by Commission Decision 93/185/EC of 15 March 1993 laying down certain  transitional measures concerning the certification of fishery products from third countries in  order to facilitate the switchover to the arrangements laid down in Council Directive 91/493/EEC();  whereas the period of application of that Decision is limited to 31 December 1994; whereas that  transitional health certificate should remain in force pending the drawing up of provisional lists  of approved establishments, in order to prevent any disruption of imports from third countries;
Whereas Article 7 (3) of Directive 91/493/EEC requires any amendment to the lists of approved  establishments to be notified to the Commission and the other Member States; whereas provision  should be made for those lists and the lists pursuant to Article 11 (5) of the said Directive to be  updated every two months,