30.12.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L 354/65 COMMISSION DECISION of 14 December 1998 amending Decision 96/333/EC establishing health certification of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from third countries which are not covered by a specific decision (notified under document number C(1998) 4046) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/740/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs ('), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (%), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas Commission Decision 96/333/EC of 3 May 1996 establishing health certification of live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods from third countries which are not yet covered by a specific decision (°), as amended by Decision 97/ 589/EC (%), is applicable until 31 December 1998; Whereas Commission Decision 97/20/EC (°), as amended by Decision 98/572/EC (%), establishes 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; whereas Part II of that list contains the third countries which might be the subject of a provisional decision based on Council Decision 95/408/EC ("), as last amended by Decision 98/603/EC (%), Whereas, under Decision 95/408/EC, that list is applic- able until 31 December 2000; whereas the date of validity of certification should therefore be amended to bring it into line with the date of validity of the provisional lists; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 In Article 5 of Decision 96/333/EC the words ‘to 31 December 1998 are replaced by ‘to 31 December 2000. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 December 1998. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 1. 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31. 127, 25. 5. 1996, p. 33. 238, 29. 8. 1997, p. 47. 6, 10. 1. 1997, p. 4e6. 277, 14. 10. 1998, p. 42. 243, 11. 10. 1995, p. 17. 289, 28. 10. 1998, p. 36. N Lol S By - 00000000 = == | onll ol onll onll anl ol ol ot 3 =