(1)

Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 lays down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin. In particular, it provides that products of animal origin are to be imported only from a third country or part of a third country that appears on a list drawn up in accordance with that Regulation.

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 also provides that when drawing up and updating such lists, account is to be taken of Union controls in third countries and guarantees by the competent authorities of third countries as regards compliance or equivalence with Union feed and food law and animal health rules specified in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).

(3)

Commission Decision 2006/766/EC (3) lists those third countries which satisfy the criteria referred to in Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and are therefore able to guarantee that those products meet the sanitary conditions laid down in Union legislation to protect the health of consumers and can accordingly be exported to the Union. In particular, Annex II to that Decision sets out a list of third countries and territories from which imports into the Union of fishery products for human consumption are permitted. That list also indicates restrictions concerning such imports from certain third countries.

(4)

The competent authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Georgia asked the Commission for the authorisation of imports of fishery products into the Union. Union controls in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in Georgia have taken place and demonstrate that the competent authorities provides appropriate guarantees as specified in Article 48(3) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. On the basis of the available information and guarantees, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Georgia can be included in the list of Annex II to Decision 2006/766/EC for fishery products.

(5)

The competent authorities of the Republic of Kiribati asked the Commission for the authorisation of imports of fishery products into the Union. The competent authorities of the Republic of Kiribati provided written guarantees that are considered appropriate as specified in Article 48(3) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. On the basis of the available information and on the basis of those guarantees, the Republic of Kiribati can be included in the list of Annex II to Decision 2006/766/EC for fishery products.

(6)

Decision 2006/766/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,

(1)

between the entry for Grenada and the entry for Ghana:

(2)

between the entry for Kenya and the entry for South Korea:

(3)

between the entry for Madagascar and the entry for Myanmar: