2003/303/EC: Commission Decision of 25 April 2003 amending Decision 97/296/EC to authorise import of fishery products from Sri Lanka (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1287)

Commission Decision
of 25 April 2003
amending Decision 97/296/EC to authorise import of fishery products from Sri Lanka
(notified under document number C(2003) 1287)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/303/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 of 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), as last amended by Decision 2001/4/EC(2), and in particular Article 2 (2) and (3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/296/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/863/EC(4), lists the countries and territories from which importation of fishery products for human consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC list the names of the countries and territories covered by a specific Decision under Council Directive 91/493/EEC(5) and part II names those qualifying under Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.
(2) Commission Decision 2003/302/EC(6) sets specific import conditions for fishery products originating in Sri Lanka. This country should therefore be added to the list in part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC.
(3) Decision 97/296/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) This Decision should take effect on the same day as Decision 2003/302/EC.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,