Article 1

Decision 2006/766/EC is amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    Annex I is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      the title to Annex I is replaced by the following:

      ANNEX IList of third countries from which imports are permitted of live, frozen or processed bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods for human consumption7

    2. (b)

      the following entry for Canada is inserted after the entry for Australia:

      CA

      CANADA

    3. (c)

      the following entry for Greenland is inserted after the entry for Chile:

      GL

      GREENLAND

    4. (d)

      the following entry for the United States is inserted after the entry for Turkey:

      US

      UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      Only until 1 July 2010

      and

      excluding imports of bivalve molluscs harvested in the States of Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.

  2. 2.

    Annex II to Decision 2006/766/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2010.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla Vassiliou

Member of the Commission