Commission Decision of 12 July 2005 amending Decision 2002/472/EC laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products from the Republic of Bulgaria (notified under document number C(2005) 2454) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/497/EC)

Commission Decision

of 12 July 2005

amending Decision 2002/472/EC laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products from the Republic of Bulgaria

(notified under document number C(2005) 2454)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/497/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), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2002/472/EC of 20 June 2002 laying down specific conditions for imports of fishery products from the Republic of Bulgaria(2) provides that the addition of new establishments and vessels to the list of establishments and vessels from which imports of fishery products from Bulgaria are authorised will require a Community inspection.

(2) Decision 2002/472/EC also provides that the reduction in the frequency of physical checks, laid down by Commission Decision 94/360/EC(3) is not applied to fishery products imported from Bulgaria.

(3) The outcome of a new inspection visit by Commission experts indicates that Bulgaria now meets the conditions to provide sanitary guarantees at least equivalent to those applied in the Community. In view of that outcome it is appropriate to grant the reduction in the frequency of physical checks, include new establishments in the list and apply the procedure laid down in Article 5 of Council Decision 95/408/EC(4) for future modifications of that list.

(4) Decision 2002/472/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) It is appropriate for this Decision to be applied 45 days from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union thereby providing for the necessary transitional period.

(6) 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:

Article 1 U.K.

Decision 2002/472/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Articles 4 and 5 are deleted.

2.

Annex I and II are replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2 U.K.

This Decision shall apply from 28 August 2005.

Article 3 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 July 2005.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission

ANNEX U.K.

‘ANNEX I

HEALTH CERTIFICATE for fishery products from Bulgaria and intended for export to the European Community, excluding bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods in whatever form

ANNEX II

LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND VESSELS

Categorie legend: PPa Plant processing only or partially materials derived from aquaculture (farmed products).’
Approval No	Name	City Region	Approval limit	Category	Remarks
BG 051 3001	Maxim-G Keranov	Novo Sello — Vidin District		PP
BG 161 3002	Parpen Chobanov	Boliartsi — Plovdiv District		PP
BG 211 3002	Salvenius ReyaFish	Dospat — Smolyan District		PP
BG 261 3001	Euro Pesca, Ltd company	Svolengrad — Haskovo District		PP
BG 051 3002	Beluga AD	City of Vidin — Region of Vidin		PP
BG 021 3024	Buljac AD	City of Bourgas — Region of Bourgas		PP
BG 020 3001	Buljac AD	City of Bourgas — Region of Bourgas		PP	A

(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).

(2)

OJ L 163, 21.6.2002, p. 24.

(3)

OJ L 158, 25.6.1994, p. 41. Decision as last amended by Decision 2002/237/EC (OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 40).

(4)

OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17. Decision as last amended by Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 33; corrected version in OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12).