97/565/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1997 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)

COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1997 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) (97/565/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 91/492/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 amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 9 (3) (a) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 97/427/EC (2) lays down special conditions for the import of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Australia;
Whereas Commission Decision 97/562/EC (3) lays down special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Thailand; whereas those conditions apply to products sterilized or heat-treated under the conditions laid down in Commission Decision 93/25/EEC (4), as last amended by Decision 97/275/EC (5);
Whereas Australia and Thailand should therefore be added to the list of third countries from which imports of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods are authorized, established by Commission Decision 97/20/EC of 17 December 1996 (6);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,