Food Safety (Fishery Products and Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 3 Amendments to the Food Safety (Fishery Products) (Import Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

1.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “the Council and Commission Decisions” the words “Council and” shall be omitted in both places where they appear.

2.  In regulation 3 (general restriction on importing fishery products)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “and the Council and Commission Decisions are satisfied” there shall be substituted “, and the Commission Decisions are satisfied and the control system to which they have been subject in accordance with Chapter V of the annex to the Council Directive includes provision for the chemical checks mentioned in paragraph 3 of that Chapter to be carried out at a national reference laboratory responsible for the tasks set out in Article 2.1 of Council Decision 93/383/EEC on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins”(1);

(b) in paragraph (1)(c)(i), for the words “and the Council and Commission Decisions which relate to that process or operation are satisfied” there shall be substituted “, and the Commission Decisions which relate to that process or operation are satisfied and the control system to which they have been subject in accordance with Chapter V of the annex to the Council Directive includes provision for the chemical checks mentioned in paragraph 3 of that Chapter to be carried out at a national reference laboratory responsible for the tasks set out in Article 2.1 of Council Decision 93/383/EEC on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins”.

3.  In regulation 4 (additional conditions relating to certain third country imports), in paragraph 2(a)(iii), for “Commission Decision 93/185/EEC of 15th March 1993” there shall be substituted “Commission Decision 95/328/EC of 25th July 1995(2)”.

4.  In Schedule 1 (approved import conditions)—

(a) in paragraph 1, after “Commission Decision 94/188/EC” there shall be inserted “, Commission Decision 94/675/EC(3), Commission Decision 94/675/EC corrigendum(4), Commission Decision 95/164/EC(5), and Commission Decision 96/31/EC(6)”;

(b) in paragraph 2, after “Commission Decision 94/341/EC” there shall be inserted “, Commission Decision 95/299/EC(7) and Commission Decision 96/31/EC”;

(c) in paragraph 3, after “Faroe Islands” there shall be inserted “, as amended by Commission Decision 95/151/EC(8) and Commission Decision 96/31/EC”;

(d) in paragraph 4, after “Commission Decision 94/287/EC” there shall be inserted “, Commission Decision 94/674/EC(9), Commission Decision 94/989/EC(10), Commission Decision 95/351/EC(11) and Commission Decision 96/31/EC”;

(e) in paragraph 5, after “Brazil” there shall be inserted “as amended by Commission Decision 96/31/EC”;

(f) in paragraph 6, after “Ecuador” there shall be inserted “, as amended by Commission Decision 94/840/EC(12), Commission Decision 95/177/EC(13) and Commission Decision 96/31/EC”;

(g) paragraph 7 shall be deleted;

(h) in paragraph 8, after “Commission Decision 94/469/EC” there shall be inserted “, Commission Decision 95/332/EC(14) and Commission Decision 96/31/EC”;

(i) in paragraph 9, after “Singapore” there shall be inserted “, as amended by Commission Decision 96/31/EC”;

(j) in paragraph 10, after “Indonesia” there shall be inserted “, as amended by Commission Decision 95/34/EC(15) and Commission Decision 96/31/EC”;

(k) in paragraph 11, after “Thailand” there shall be inserted “, as amended by Commission Decision 94/704/EC(16), Commission Decision 95/178/EC(17) and Commission Decision 96/31/EC”; and

(l) in paragraph 12, after “New Zealand” there shall be inserted “, as amended by Commission Decision 94/705/EC(18), Commission Decision 95/179/EC(19), Commission Decision 95/310/EC(20) and Commission Decision 96/31/EC”.

5.  After paragraph 12 there shall be added:

“13.   Commission Decision 94/766/EC laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Taiwan(21), as amended by Commission Decision 96/31/EC.

14.   Commission Decision 94/778/EC laying down special conditions for the import of frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods originating in Turkey(22), as amended by Commission Decision 96/31/EC.

15.   Commission Decision 95/30/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Morocco(23), as amended by Commission Decision 95/298/EC(24).

16.   Commission Decision 95/90/EC laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Albania(25), as amended by Commission Decision 95/235/EC(26).

17.   Commission Decision 95/173/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Peru(27), as amended by Commission Decision 95/311/EC(28).

18.   Commission Decision 95/190/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in the Philippines(29).

19.   Commission Decision 95/454/EC laying down special conditions governing the import of fishery and aquaculture products originating in the Republic of Korea(30).”.

6.  In Schedule 2—

(a) for the title “The Council and Commission decisions” there shall be substituted: “The Commission Decisions”;

(b) for paragraph 5, there shall be substituted: “Commission Decision 95/149/EC fixing the total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) limit values for certain categories of fishery products and specifying the analysis methods to be used(31).”.

(1)

O.J. No. L166, 8.7.93, p. 31

(2)

O.J. No. L191, 12.8.95, p. 32

(3)

O.J. No. L268, 19.10.94, p. 22

(4)

O.J. No. L298, 19.11.94, p. 49

(5)

O.J. No. L108,. 13.5.95, p. 74

(6)

O.J. No. L9, 12.1.96, p. 6

(7)

O.J. No. L184, 3.8.95, p. 49

(8)

O.J. No. L100, 3.5.95, p. 22

(9)

O.J. No. L267, 18.10.94, p. 15

(10)

O.J. No. L378, 31.12.94, p. 64

(11)

O.J. No. L203, 29.8.95, p. 13

(12)

O.J. No. L352, 31.12.94, p. 21

(13)

O.J. No. L117, 24.5.95, p. 30

(14)

O.J. No. L192, 15.8.95, p. 42

(15)

O.J. No. L44, 28.2.95, p. 67

(16)

O.J. No. L285, 4.11.94, p. 28

(17)

O.J. No. L117, 24.5.95, p. 35

(18)

O.J. No. L285, 4.11.94, p. 33

(19)

O.J. No. L117, 24.5.95, p. 40

(20)

O.J. No. L186, 5.8.95, p. 70

(21)

O.J. No. L305, 30.11.94, p. 31

(22)

O.J. No. L312, 6.12.94, p. 40

(23)

O.J. No. L42, 24.2.95, p. 32

(24)

O.J. No. L184, 3.8.95, p. 48

(25)

O.J. No. L70, 30.5.95, p. 27

(26)

O.J. No. L156, 7.7.95, p. 82

(27)

O.J. No. L116, 23.5.95, p. 41

(28)

O.J. No. L186, 5.8.95, p. 78

(29)

O.J. No. L123, 3.6.95, p. 20

(30)

O.J. No. L264, 7.11.95, p. 37

(31)

O.J. No. L97, 29.4.95, p. 84