1999/487/EC: Commission Decision of 2 July 1999 amending Decision 98/568/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery products originating in Guatemala (notified under document number C(1999) 1828) (Text with EEA relevance)
L 190/36 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 7. 1999 COMMISSION DECISION of 2 July 1999 amending Decision 98/568/EC laying down special conditions governing imports of fishery prod- ucts originating in Guatemala (notified under document number C(1999) 1828) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/487/EC) 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), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC (2), and in particular Article 11 thereof, (1) Whereas Article 1 of Commission Decision 98/568/EC of 6 October 1998 laving down special conditions governing imports of fishery and aquaculture products originating in Guatemala (3), which states that the Direc- ción General de Servicios Pecuarios (Digesepe) del Minis- terio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación shall be the competent authority in the Guatemala for verifying fishery and aquaculture and certifying compliance of the Directive 91/ produts with the requirements of 493/EEC; (2) Whereas, following a restructuring of the Guatemala Government, the competent authority for health certi- ficates for fishery products (Digesepe) has changed to the Area de Inocuidad de Alimentos — Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones (AIA — UNR) and this new authority is capable of effectively verifying the application of the therefore, necessary to laws in force; whereas it modify the nomination of the competent authority named by Decision 98/568/Ec and the health certificate included in Annex A to this Decision: model is, (3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter- inary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Commission Decision 98/568/EC is amended af follows. 1. Article 1 shall be replaced by the following: ‘Article 1 The Area de Inocuidad de Alimentos — Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones (AIA — UNR) of the Ministerio de Agricul- tura, Ganaderia y Alimentación shall be the competent authority in Guatemala for verifying and certifying compli- ance of fishery and aquaculture products with the require- ments of Directive 91/493/EEC. ' 2. Annex A shall be replaced by the Annex hereto. This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Article 2 Done at Brussels, 2 July 1999. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15. (2) OJ L 24, 30. 1. 1998, p. 31. (3) OJ L 277, 14. 10. 1998, p. 27. 23. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 190/37 ANNEX ‘ANNEX A HEALTH CERTIFICATE for fishery and aquaculture products originating in Guatemala and intended for export to the European Community, excluding bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in any form Reference No. Country of dispatch GUATEMALA Competent authority: rea de Inocuidad de Alimentos — Unidad de Normas y Regulaciones (AIA — UNR) I. Details identifying the fishery products — Description of fishery/aquaculture products (1): — species (scientific name):. — presentation of product and type of treatment (2):. — Code number (where available):. — Type of packaging:. — Number of packages:. — Net weight:. — Requisite storage and transport temperature:. II. Origin of products Name(s) and official approval number(s) of establishment(s), factory vessel(s) or cold store(s) approved or freezer vessel(s) registered by the AIA-UNR for export to the European Community:. III. Destination of products The products are dispatched from:. (place of dispatch) to:. (country and place of destination) by the following means of transport:. Name and address of dispatcher:. Name of consignee and address at place of destination:. (1) Delete where applicable. (2) Live, refrigerated, frozen, salted, smoked, preserved, etc. L 190/38 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 7. 1999 IV. Health attestation The official inspector hereby certifies that the fishery or aquaculture products specified above: 1) were caught, and handled on board vessels in accordance with the health rules laid down by Directive 92/48/EEC; 2) were landed, handled and where appropriate packaged, prepared, processed, frozen, thawed and stored hygien- ically in compliance with the requirements laid down in Chapters II, III and IV of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC; 3) have undergone health controls in accordance with Chapter V of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC; 4) are packaged, marked, stored and transported in accordance with Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the Annex to Directive 91/493/EEC; 5) do not come from toxic species or species containing biotoxins; 6) have satisfactorily undergone the organoleptic, parasitological, chemical and microbiological checks laid down for certain categories of fishery products by Directive 91/493/EEC and in the implementing decisions thereto. The undersigned official Directive 92/48/EEC and Decision 98/568/EC. inspector hereby declares that he is aware of the provisions of Directive 91/493/EEC, Done at. , on. (Place) (Date) Official stamp (1):. Signature of official inspector (1). letters, capacity and qualifications of person (Name in capital signing) (1) The colour of the stamp and signature must be different from that of the other particulars in the certificate. '