Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 553 in Riga in 2003 (7 October. No 53, § 6) requirements for fishery products, food for the introduction of aquaculture animals and products thereof into in Latvia, and the export thereof from, transit traffic Issued in accordance with article 42 of the law on veterinary medicine-point 8 i. General questions 1. establishes requirements for fishery products, food for aquaculture animals and products thereof (hereinafter referred to as aquaculture products) for imports into Latvia of its export and transit traffic.
2. the provisions do not apply to the products of fishing and aquaculture products designed in the form of mailings or have their baggage of persons crossing the border, and if: 2.1. they are for personal use;
2.2. the weight does not exceed one kilogram;
2.3. they are not intended for trade;
2.4. they have been produced in the country, which is included in the list of countries from which imports are authorised to import fishery products and aquaculture products;
2.5. they are industrially processed and sealed packed.
3. The provisions in chapters II and III requirements (except for the requirements on restriction applicable to infectious animal diseases) do not apply to the products of fishing and aquaculture products if they: 3.1 in accordance with the accompanying documentation is intended for exhibitions and scientific research purposes, not for use in human nutrition;
3.2. for international vessels, aircraft or train passenger and crew catering.
 
II. the exporting countries and companies allowed to export to Latvia fisheries products and aquaculture products 4. in Latvia authorised to import fishery products and aquaculture products from those countries or administrative territorial units and enterprises (fishery products processing companies, freezer and processing vessels), which is included in the fisheries products and aquaculture products and the exporting countries the exemption lists. Exporting and exemption lists, establish and maintain a food and veterinary service, and it confirms the Minister of agriculture.
5. food and veterinary department in the Ministry of Agriculture presented proposals for the inclusion of a country that the list contained in paragraph 4 if: 5.1. it is for the Member States of the European Union or a country to which the decision of the European Commission are allowed to export products to the European Union;
5.2. it is not included in the list of the European Commission for the right to export products to the European Union, but the food and veterinary service are the outline national compliance with this provision in section 7.
6. food and veterinary department in the Ministry of Agriculture presented proposals for the inclusion of this provision, the exemption in paragraph 4 that list if: 6.1. Member State of the European Union with a European firm that the Commission decision is recognized and registered, exported products to the Member States of the European Union;
6.2. the company, which is not a Member State of the European Union, with the European company a Commission decision has been given permission to export fishery products and aquaculture products to the Member States of the European Union;
6.3. Lithuania or Estonia's competent authority has granted the company the right to export fishery products and aquaculture products to Latvia.
7. If the State, its territorial entity or company is not included in this provision lists referred to in paragraph 4, the food and veterinary service of the country, its administrative and territorial units or the company shall evaluate the request: 7.1. national laws and regulations;
7.2. the national monitoring and control the structure and powers of the authority;
7.3. fishery products and aquaculture products health, paying particular attention to the epizootic animal diseases, and the environmental health situation of the (pollution), which might endanger public and animal health in Latvia;
7.4. the order in which the State provides information about the diagnosis of animal diseases, especially A and B of the International Office of Epizootics on lists of the Group (the regularity and timeliness);
7.5. the State guarantees to ensure the implementation of these provisions;
7.6. the company's compliance with the hygiene requirements, the self-control system and export products manufactured in compliance with the Latvian legislation for mandatory food safety requirements;
7.7. environmental pollution that can affect people, fisheries products and aquaculture products.
8. the provisions of the assessment referred to in point 7.6 of the associated costs shall be borne by the applicant.
9. food and veterinary service by country or part of the evaluation pursuant to paragraph 7 of these regulations to the requirements of the Ministry of Agriculture submitted proposals for national, or company (the company) into the relevant list or removal from the list.
10. food and veterinary service of the exporting country or conditional proposals, which are allowed to export to Latvia fisheries products and aquaculture products, inclusion in the listing or delisting of the Minister of agriculture the appearance created by the Commission (hereinafter the Commission).
11. The food and veterinary service publishes the newspaper "Gazette" in paragraph 4 of this rule, these lists and their amendments.
 
III. undertakings (companies), which may be introduced into Latvia fisheries products and aquaculture products in 12. fishery products and aquaculture products may be imported into the company (the company), which is included in the list approved by the Minister of agriculture.
13. The food and veterinary service by company (companies) the driver or his authorized person shall evaluate compliance with the company's (the company) to the requirements of laws and regulations to the requirements of the food chain.
14. The food and veterinary service by company (companies) in the Ministry of Agriculture of the evaluation submitted a proposal on the inclusion of company (companies) products of fishing and aquaculture products in the list of the importer, if it is recognised or 14.1: registered according to the prescribed food legislation and registration procedures of recognition;
14.2. is food and veterinary service monitoring and control;
14.3. has entered into an agreement with the food and veterinary service of the enterprises (companies) for fisheries products and aquaculture products if it can provide for the storage of fishery products according to the laws and requirements for food storage;
14.4. observe the food monitoring statutory requirement.
15. The Commission shall examine the proposals for evaluating company (companies) the inclusion of fishery products and aquaculture products in the list of importers.
16. where an undertaking (company) — fishery products and aquaculture products, the importer shall amend this rule 14.3. of the agreement referred to it five working days, inform the food and veterinary service.
17. food and veterinary service of the Minister of agriculture established annually re-register fishery products and aquaculture products importer enterprises (companies). Moved company (companies) list after its examination, the Commission shall confirm the Minister of agriculture.
18. The food and veterinary service publishes the newspaper "journal" that rule 12, paragraph list and its amendments.
 
IV. Requirements for fishery products and aquaculture products in Latvia 19. Fishery products and aquaculture products may be imported into Latvia, if: they caught, 19.1 landed, processed, packaged, marked, stored and transported under the production of fisheries products to the market supply and the hygiene requirements laid down;
19.2. it contains is not poisonous fish of the following families: the adatziv četrzobj (Tetraodontidae), Ocean sunfish (Molidae), ežziv (diodontidae), aspurn-adatziv (canthigasteridae), as well as they do not contain biotoxins or muscle paralysis-causing toxins;
19.3. the aquaculture animals comply with the regulations laid down by the veterinary requirements and the food related requirements;
19.4. they have not been treated with ionizing or ultraviolet radiation;
19.5. they meet the regulations set minimum quality and safety requirements and the freshness criteria check was carried out according to the requirements of freshness and size criteria for fishery products intended for placing on the market.
20. State the main food and health inspector is entitled to prohibit fishing products from countries or administrative territorial units, which included this provision in paragraph 4 on the list, if the State or its administrative territorial unit according to international epizootic Office developed the international animal health code is considered a communicable disease is discovered in the affected or some other reason that is a threat to human and animal health and the risk of being infected with the disease in the fisheries products and aquaculture products.

21. If the goods left the exporting country or its territorial units before the country's main food and veterinary inspector's orders on fisheries products and aquaculture products import prohibitions, the food and veterinary service, assessment of risk, the shipment may be authorized in Latvia.
22. The food and veterinary service assess the risks, on the basis of the World Trade Organization's sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement, the international epizootic Office recommendations, as well as the European Union and Latvia's laws in the field of veterinary medicine.
23. All the costs relating to the movement of goods back to the exporting country mentioned in these rules ban due to be chargeable to the importer.
 
V. fishery products and aquaculture products veterinary control 24. cargo 24 hours before an importer of fisheries products and aquaculture products into the food and veterinary service of sanitary border inspection (sanitary border inspection) control point for cargo transport, border crossing the expected date and time. Sanitary border inspection shall inform the importer of goods on import procedures.
25. The State border control points in free customs zones, free warehouses and customs warehouses, state sanitary robežinspektor-veterinarian — veterinary inspection of the cargo in accordance with arrangements laid down by the veterinary checks at the border, free zones, free warehouses and customs warehouses.
26. food intended for fisheries products and aquaculture products requires a food and veterinary service confirmed the veterinary health certificate (original). The certificate shall be issued by the competent authority of the exporting country. The veterinary health certificate (original) after the border crossing control point remains.
27. The veterinary health certificate certifies that the fishery products and aquaculture products comply with these rules and other regulations laid down by the health and minimum safety requirements. The veterinary health certificate is valid if it: 27.1. filled in English, German or Russian;
27.2. cargo during transportation is at the importer (copy) and, together with the cargo is transferred to the beneficiary;
27.3. presented on a single page or multiple pages. If the certificate presented to multiple pages, 5.1.1.the so that it would not be possible to separate the sheets, without damaging the clamp;
27.4. issued on the day of shipment;
27.5. designed for each shipment and issued for each shipment to the importer;
17.1. the competent authorities of the exporting country have authorized inspectors signed and stamped. If the certificate contains the fixes or deletion, they must be approved by signature and seal.
28. food and veterinary service, assessing the possible risks to the health of the consumer or, in the event of a dispute, determine the fisheries products and aquaculture products additional parazitoloģisko, microbiological, toxicological or chemical tests in order to verify the conformity of the products with the minimum safety, hygiene and freshness.
29. Expenses associated with additional laboratory studies, be chargeable to the importer.
30. in the event of non-conformity to the laws about food requirements, public health veterinarian — robežinspektor — or food Inspector is entitled to ban the products of fishing and aquaculture products and to detain goods: 30.1., as well as to monitor them until they take over the monitoring of food and veterinary service of the relevant territorial unit, if there is a threat to human and animal health, life or the environment. In this case, shall immediately inform the other border inspection posts on the findings and the origin of the products;
30.2. ship goods back to the exporting country, if it is not dangerous to human and animal health, life or the environment;
30.3. the risk assessment, and fisheries products and aquaculture products the importer or his authorized person to decide about the recycling, destruction, use for other purposes (not for human consumption) or return in accordance with the food and veterinary service. Goods destroyed with food and veterinary services according to the agreed place in the laws and requirements of distribution invalid food destruction order. Procedure of destroying food and veterinary service.
31. Expenses associated with the recall, destruction, forced recovery, recycling or destruction of delivery and shipment back to the exporting country be chargeable to the importer.
32. Taking identifiable and food monitoring statutory requirements for fishery products and aquaculture products in transit or interrupted transit, they may be referred to or perform some other action, notice of the Sanitary border inspection, sanitary border inspection under the supervision of the Inspector.
33. The fishery products and aquaculture products for export of Latvian is required by the food and veterinary service confirmed the veterinary health certificate. Veterinary health certificate issued by the food and veterinary service authorized inspector.
34. If fishery products in the Baltic Sea or the Gulf of Riga is caught by fishing vessels of other countries who have a registration number and are located in their own country under the supervision of the competent authority, but the cargo is unloaded in the ports of Latvia and it does not have a veterinary health certificate, the food and veterinary service of the fishery products landed shall be carried out as Latvian vessels.
 
VI. final question 35. Provisions of chapters II and III shall lapse by specific Cabinet rules.
 
Informative reference to European Union directives, the regulations include provisions arising from the Directive 91/493/EEC and 97/78/EEC.
Prime Minister e. Repše Minister of Agriculture m. Roze Editorial Note: rules shall enter into force on the 11 October, 2003.