2001/38/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 2000 amending Decision 97/20/EC establishing 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2000) 4083)

Commission Decision
of 22 December 2000
amending Decision 97/20/EC establishing 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
(notified under document number C(2000) 4083)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2001/38/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs(1), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC(2), and in particular Article 9(3)(b) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/20/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2000/332/EC(4), establishes the list of third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form are authorised for human consumption.
(2) Commission Decision 2001/37/EC(5) lays down special conditions for the import of marine gastropods originating in Jamaica and Commission Decision 2001/36/EC(6) lays down the special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Jamaica including frozen marine gastropods, therefore Decision 97/20/EC should be amended to include Jamaica in part I of the list.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,