Commission Decision
of 14 January 2005
amending Decision 2001/556/EC as regards the inclusion of establishments in India in provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import gelatine intended for human consumption
(notified under document number C(2004) 4543)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2005/33/EC) (repealed)
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 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 molluscs1, and in particular Article 2(4) thereof,
Whereas:
Commission Decision 2001/556/EC of 11 July 2001 drawing up provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States authorise imports of gelatine intended for human consumption2 sets out provisional lists of establishments in third countries from which the Member States are authorised to import gelatine intended for human consumption.
India has provided a list of establishments producing gelatine intended for human consumption for which the responsible authorities certify that the establishments comply with Community rules.
Accordingly, those establishments should be included in the lists set out in Decision 2001/556/EC.
As on the spot inspections of the concerned establishments have not yet been carried out, imports from them should not be eligible for reduced physical checks pursuant to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries3.
Decision 2001/556/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
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: