Choose the experimental features you want to try

This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website

Document 32006D0766

    2006/766/EC: Commission Decision of 6 November 2006 establishing the lists of third countries and territories from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and fishery products are permitted (notified under document number C(2006) 5171) (Text with EEA relevance)

    OJ L 320, 18.11.2006, p. 53–57 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    This document has been published in a special edition(s) (BG, RO, HR)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 13/12/2019; Repealed by 32019R0626

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2006/766/oj

    18.11.2006   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 320/53


    COMMISSION DECISION

    of 6 November 2006

    establishing the lists of third countries and territories from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and fishery products are permitted

    (notified under document number C(2006) 5171)

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    (2006/766/EC)

    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    The special conditions for the import of bivalve molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms and marine gastropods and of fishery products from third countries have been laid down in Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.

    (2)

    Commission Decision 97/20/EC (2) established 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 and Commission Decision 97/296/EC (3) drew up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption.

    (3)

    Lists should be drawn up containing the third countries and territories which satisfy the criteria referred to in Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and which are therefore able to guarantee that bivalve molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms and marine gastropods and fishery products exported to the Community meet the sanitary conditions laid down to protect the health of consumers. Nevertheless, imports of adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads, should also be permitted from third countries not appearing on such a list.

    (4)

    The competent authorities of Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay have provided appropriate guarantees that the conditions applicable to live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods are equivalent to those provided for in the relevant Community legislation.

    (5)

    The competent authorities of Armenia, Belarus and Ukraine have provided appropriate guarantees that the conditions applicable to fishery products are equivalent to those provided for in the relevant Community legislation.

    (6)

    Decisions 97/20/EC and 97/296/EC should therefore be repealed and replaced by a new Decision.

    (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

    Imports of bivalve molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms and marine gastropods

    1.   The list of third countries from which bivalve molluscs, tunicates, echinoderms and marine gastropods may be imported, as referred to in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, is established in Annex I to this Decision.

    2.   Notwithstanding Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 , Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the adductor muscles of pectinidae other than aquaculture animals, completely separated from the viscera and gonads, that may be imported also from third countries not appearing on the list referred to in paragraph 1.

    Article 2

    Imports of fishery products

    The list of third countries and territories from which fishery products may be imported, as referred to in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, is established in Annex II to this Decision.

    Article 3

    Repeal

    Decisions 97/20/EC and 97/296/EC are repealed.

    References to the repealed Decisions shall be construed as references to this Decision.

    Article 4

    This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 6 November 2006.

    For the Commission

    Markos KYPRIANOU

    Member of the Commission


    (1)   OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206; corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 83. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 83).

    (2)   OJ L 6, 10.1.1997, p. 46. Decision as last amended by Decision 2002/469/EC (OJ L 163, 21.6.2002, p. 16).

    (3)   OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/200/EC (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 50).


    ANNEX I

    List of third countries from which imports of bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in any form for human consumption are permitted

    (Countries and territories referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004)

    AU —

    AUSTRALIA

    CL —

    CHILE (1)

    JM —

    JAMAICA (2)

    JP —

    JAPAN (1)

    KR —

    SOUTH KOREA (1)

    MA —

    MOROCCO

    NZ —

    NEW ZEALAND

    PE —

    PERU (1)

    TH —

    THAILAND (1)

    TN —

    TUNISIA

    TR —

    TURKEY

    UY —

    URUGUAY

    VN —

    VIETNAM (1)


    (1)  Only frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods.

    (2)  Only marine gastropods.


    ANNEX II

    List of third countries and territories from which imports of fishery products in any form for human consumption are permitted

    (Countries and territories referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004)

    AE —

    UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

    AG —

    ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (1)

    AL —

    ALBANIA

    AM —

    ARMENIA (2)

    AN —

    NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

    AR —

    ARGENTINA

    AU —

    AUSTRALIA

    BD —

    BANGLADESH

    BG —

    BULGARIA (3)

    BR —

    BRAZIL

    BS —

    THE BAHAMAS

    BY —

    BELARUS

    BZ —

    BELIZE

    CA —

    CANADA

    CH —

    SWITZERLAND

    CI —

    IVORY COAST

    CL —

    CHILE

    CN —

    CHINA

    CO —

    COLOMBIA

    CR —

    COSTA RICA

    CU —

    CUBA

    CV —

    CAPE VERDE

    DZ —

    ALGERIA

    EC —

    ECUADOR

    EG —

    EGYPT

    FK —

    FALKLAND ISLANDS

    GA —

    GABON

    GD —

    GRENADA

    GH —

    GHANA

    GL —

    GREENLAND

    GM —

    GAMBIA

    GN —

    GUINEA CONAKRY (4) (5)

    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 (6)

    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 (3)

    RU —

    RUSSIA

    SA —

    SAUDI ARABIA

    SC —

    SEYCHELLES

    SG —

    SINGAPORE

    SN —

    SENEGAL

    SR —

    SURINAME

    SV —

    EL SALVADOR

    TH —

    THAILAND

    TN —

    TUNISIA

    TR —

    TURKEY

    TW —

    TAIWAN

    TZ —

    TANZANIA

    UA —

    UKRAINE

    UG —

    UGANDA

    US —

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    UY —

    URUGUAY

    VE —

    VENEZUELA

    VN —

    VIETNAM

    XM —

    MONTENEGRO (7)

    XS —

    SERBIA (7) (8)

    YE —

    YEMEN

    YT —

    MAYOTTE

    ZA —

    SOUTH AFRICA

    ZW —

    ZIMBABWE


    (1)  Only live crustaceans.

    (2)  Only for live non farmed crayfish.

    (3)  Only applicable until this Acceding State becomes a Member State of the Community.

    (4)  Only fish that has not undergone any preparation or processing operation other than heading, gutting, chilling or freezing.

    (5)  The reduced frequency of physical checks, provided for by Commission Decision 94/360/EC (OJ L 158, 25.6.1994, p. 41), shall not be applied.

    (6)  Processed bivalve molluscs belonging to the species Acanthocardia tuberculatum must be accompanied by: (a) an additional health attestation in accordance with the model set out in Part B of Appendix V of Annex VI to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 (OJ L 338, 22.12.2005, p. 27); and (b) the analytical results of the test demonstrating that the molluscs do not contain a paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) level detectable by the bioassay method.

    (7)  Only whole fresh fish from wild seawater catches.

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


    Top