97/276/EC: Commission Decision of 11 April 1997 amending Decision 93/437/EEC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Argentina (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 11 April 1997 amending Decision 93/437/EEC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Argentina (Text with EEA relevance) (97/276/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard 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 (1), as last amended by Directive 96/23/EC (2), and in particular Article 11 (4) (a) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 93/437/EEC of 30 June 1993 laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Argentina (3), as last amended by Decision 96/262/EC (4), lays down the model health certificate to accompany fishery products originating in Argentina with the exception of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in any form;
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Decision 97/20/EC of 17 December 1996 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 (5) provides that adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads, may be imported from third countries not appearing on the list in the Annex thereto;
Whereas Argentina has officially requested authorization from the Commission to export adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads, to the territory of the European Community;
Whereas for Argentina to enjoy the possibility provided for in Article 3 of Decision 97/20/EC, Article 2 of Decision 93/437/EEC and the model health certificate in Annex A thereto must be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,