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2005/71/EC: Commission Decision of 26 January 2005 amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to Antigua and Barbuda, Hong Kong, El Salvado


Published: 2005-01-26

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1.2.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 28/45


COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 January 2005

amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to Antigua and Barbuda, Hong Kong, El Salvador and Slovakia

(notified under document number C(2004) 4608)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/71/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), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 97/296/EC of 22 April 1997 drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption (2), lists the countries and territories from which import of fishery products for human consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex to that Decision lists the countries and territories covered by a specific decision under 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 (3), and part II of that Annex lists the countries and territories meeting the conditions set out in Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.

(2)

Commission Decisions 2005/72/EC (4), 2005/73/EC (5) and 2005/74/EC (6) provide for specific import conditions for fishery products originating in Antigua and Barbuda, Hong Kong and El Salvador which should therefore be included in the list in Part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC.

(3)

The list set out in Part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC includes Slovakia. Since that country is now a Member State its name should be deleted from that list.

(4)

In the interests of clarity the lists concerned should be replaced in their entirety.

(5)

Decision 97/296/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

This Decision should apply from the same day as Decisions 2005/72/EC, 2005/73/EC and 2005/74/EC as regards the import of fishery products from Antigua and Barbuda, Hong Kong and El Salvador.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 97/296/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 17 March 2005.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission


(1)  OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected in OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12).

(2)  OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Decision 2004/359/EC (OJ L 113, 20.4.2004, p. 45).

(3)  OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(4)  See page 49 of this Official Journal.

(5)  See page 54 of this Official Journal.

(6)  See page 59 of this Official Journal.


ANNEX

‘ANNEX

List of countries and territories from which importation of fishery products in any form intended for human consumption is authorised

I.   Countries and territories covered by a specific decision under Council Directive 91/493/EEC

 

AE — UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

AG — ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

 

AL — ALBANIA

 

AN — NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

 

AR — ARGENTINA

 

AU — AUSTRALIA

 

BD — BANGLADESH

 

BG — BULGARIA

 

BR — BRAZIL

 

BZ — BELIZE

 

CA — CANADA

 

CH — SWITZERLAND

 

CI — IVORY COAST

 

CL — CHILE

 

CN — CHINA

 

CO — COLOMBIA

 

CR — COSTA RICA

 

CS — SERBIA and MONTENEGRO (1)

 

CU — CUBA

 

CV — CAPE VERDE

 

EC — ECUADOR

 

EG — EGYPT

 

FK — FALKLAND ISLANDS

 

GA — GABON

 

GH — GHANA

 

GL — GREENLAND

 

GM — GAMBIA

 

GN — GUINEA CONAKRY

 

GT — GUATEMALA

 

GY — GUYANA

 

HK — HONG KONG

 

HN — HONDURAS

 

HR — CROATIA

 

ID — INDONESIA

 

IN — INDIA

 

IR — IRAN

 

JM — JAMAICA

 

JP — JAPAN

 

KE — KENYA

 

KR — SOUTH KOREA

 

KZ — KAZAKHSTAN

 

LK — SRI LANKA

 

MA — MOROCCO

 

MG — MADAGASCAR

 

MR — MAURITANIA

 

MU — MAURITIUS

 

MV — MALDIVES

 

MX — MEXICO

 

MY — MALAYSIA

 

MZ — MOZAMBIQUE

 

NA — NAMIBIA

 

NC — NEW CALEDONIA

 

NG — NIGERIA

 

NI — NICARAGUA

 

NZ — NEW ZEALAND

 

OM — OMAN

 

PA — PANAMA

 

PE — PERU

 

PG — PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 

PH — PHILIPPINES

 

PF — FRENCH POLYNESIA

 

PM — ST PIERRE & MIQUELON

 

PK — PAKISTAN

 

RO — ROMANIA

 

RU — RUSSIA

 

SC — SEYCHELLES

 

SG — SINGAPORE

 

SN — SENEGAL

 

SR — SURINAME

 

SV — EL SALVADOR

 

TH — THAILAND

 

TN — TUNISIA

 

TR — TURKEY

 

TW — TAIWAN

 

TZ — TANZANIA

 

UG — UGANDA

 

UY — URUGUAY

 

VE — VENEZUELA

 

VN — VIETNAM

 

YE — YEMEN

 

YT — MAYOTTE

 

ZA — SOUTH AFRICA

 

ZW — ZIMBABWE

II.   Countries and territories meeting the terms of Article 2(2) of Council Decision 95/408/EC

 

AM — ARMENIA (2)

 

AO — ANGOLA

 

AZ — AZERBAIJAN (3)

 

BJ — BENIN

 

BS — BAHAMAS

 

BY — BELARUS

 

CG — REPUBLIC OF CONGO (4)

 

CM — CAMEROON

 

DZ — ALGERIA

 

ER — ERITREA

 

FJ — FIJI

 

GD — GRENADA

 

IL — ISRAEL

 

MM — MYANMAR

 

SB — SOLOMON ISLANDS

 

SH — ST HELENA

 

TG — TOGO

 

US — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’


(1)  Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

(2)  Authorised only for imports of live crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) intended for direct human consumption.

(3)  Authorised only for imports of caviar.

(4)  Authorised only for imports of fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea.