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Commission Decision of 12 July 2005 laying down special conditions for imports of fishery products from Grenada (notified under document number C(2005) 2545) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/500/EC) (repealed)

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Commission Decision

of 12 July 2005

laying down special conditions for imports of fishery products from Grenada

(notified under document number C(2005) 2545)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/500/EC) (repealed)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products(1), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) An inspection has been carried out on behalf of the Commission in Grenada to verify the conditions under which fishery products are produced, stored and dispatched to the Community.

(2) The requirements in the legislation of Grenada on health inspection and monitoring of fishery products may be considered equivalent to those laid down in Directive 91/493/EEC.

(3) In particular, the ‘Public Health Department (PHD) under the Ministry of Health and the Environment (MHE)’ is capable of effectively verifying the implementation of the rules in force.

(4) The PHD-MHE has provided official assurances on compliance with the standards for health controls and monitoring of fishery products as set out in Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC and on the fulfilment of hygienic requirements equivalent to those laid down by that Directive.

(5) It is appropriate to lay down detailed provisions concerning fishery products imported into the Community from Grenada, in accordance with Directive 91/493/EEC.

(6) It is also necessary to draw up a list of approved establishments, factory vessels, or cold stores, and a list of freezer vessels equipped in accordance with the requirements of Council Directive 92/48/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the minimum hygiene rules applicable to fishery products caught on board certain vessels in accordance with Article 3(1)(a)(i) of Directive 91/493/EEC(2). Those lists should be drawn up on the basis of a communication from the PHD-MHE to the Commission.

(7) It is appropriate for this Decision to be applied 45 days after its publication providing for the necessary transitional period.

(8) 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:

(1)

OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

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