2002/469/EC: Commission Decision of 20 June 2002 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, to include Japan (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 2194)

Commission Decision
of 20 June 2002
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, to include Japan
(notified under document number C(2002) 2194)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/469/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 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 97/20/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/21/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. Part I of the Annex lists the names of the countries and territories covered by a specific decision under Directive 91/492/EEC and Part II names those qualifying under Article 2(2) of Council Decision 95/408/EC(5), as last amended by Decision 2001/4/EC(6).
(2) Commission Decision 2002/470/EC of 20 June 2002 lays down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Japan(7), therefore Decision 97/20/EC should be amended to include this country in part I of the list.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,