Commission Decision

of 25 April 2003

amending Decision 97/296/EC to authorise import of fishery products from Sri Lanka

(notified under document number C(2003) 1287)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/303/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 of June 1995 on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs(1), as last amended by Decision 2001/4/EC(2), and in particular Article 2 (2) and (3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 97/296/EC(3), as last amended by Decision 2002/863/EC(4), lists the countries and territories from which importation of fishery products for human consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC list the names of the countries and territories covered by a specific Decision under Council Directive 91/493/EEC(5) and part II names those qualifying under Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.

(2) Commission Decision 2003/302/EC(6) sets specific import conditions for fishery products originating in Sri Lanka. This country should therefore be added to the list in part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC.

(3) Decision 97/296/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) This Decision should take effect on the same day as Decision 2003/302/EC.

(5) 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

The Annex to Decision 97/296/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 17 June 2003.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 April 2003.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 243, 11.10.1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 21.

(3) OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21.

(4) OJ L 301, 5.11.2002, p. 53.

(5) OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15.

(6) See page 6 of this Official Journal.

ANNEX

"ANNEX

LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FROM WHICH IMPORTATION OF FISHERY PRODUCTS IN ANY FORM INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IS AUTHORISED

I. Countries and territories covered by a specific decision under Council Directive 91/493/EC

AL- Albania

AR- Argentina

AU- Australia

BD- Bangladesh

BG- Bulgaria

BR- Brazil

CA- Canada

CH- Switzerland

CI- Ivory Coast

CL- Chile

CN- China

CO- Colombia

CR- Costa Rica

CU- Cuba

CZ- Czech Republic

EC- Ecuador

EE- Estonia

FK- Falkland Islands

GA- Gabon

GH- Ghana

GL- Greenland

GM- Gambia

GN- Guinea (Conakry)

GT- Guatemala

HN- Honduras

HR- Croatia

ID- Indonesia

IN- India

IR- Iran

JM- Jamaica

JP- Japan

KR- South Korea

KZ- Kazakhstan

LK- Sri Lanka

LT- Lithuania

LV- Latvia

MA- Morocco

MG- Madagascar

MR- Mauritania

MU- Mauritius

MV- Maldives

MX- Mexico

MY- Malaysia

MZ- Mozambique

NA- Namibia

NC- New Caledonia

NG- Nigeria

NI- Nicaragua

NZ- New Zealand

OM- Oman

PA- Panama

PE- Peru

PG- Papua New Guinea

PH- Philippines

PK- Pakistan

PL- Poland

RU- Russia

SC- Seychelles

SG- Singapore

SI- Slovenia

SN- Senegal

SR- Suriname

TH- Thailand

TN- Tunisia

TR- Turkey

TW- Taiwan

TZ- Tanzania

UG- Uganda

UY- Uruguay

VE- Venezuela

VN- Vietnam

YE- Yemen

ZA- South Africa

II. Countries and territories meeting the terms of Article 2(2) of Council Decision 95/408/EC

AE- United Arab Emirates

AM- Armenia(1)

AO- Angola

AG- Antigua and Barbuda(2)

AN- Netherlands Antilles

AZ- Azerbaijan(3)

BJ- Benin

BS- Bahamas

BY- Belarus

BZ- Belize

CG- Republic of Congo(4)

CM- Cameroon

CY- Cyprus

DZ- Algeria

ER- Eritrea

FJ- Fiji

GD- Grenada

HK- Hong Kong

HU- Hungary(5)

IL- Israel

KE- Kenya

MM- Myanmar (Burma)

MT- Malta

PF- French Polynesia

PM- St Pierre and Miquelon

RO- Romania

SB- Solomon Island

SH- St Helena

SV- El Salvador

TG- Togo

US- United States of America

YT- Mayotte(6)

YU- Serbia and Montenegro(7),(8)

ZW- Zimbabwe

(1) Authorised only for imports of live crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) intended for direct human consumption.

(2) Authorised only for imports of fresh fish.

(3) Authorised only for imports of caviar.

(4) Authorised only for imports of fishery products caught, frozen and packed in their final packaging at sea.

(5) Authorised only for import of live animals intended for direct human consumption.

(6) Authorised only for imports of non-processed and non-prepared fresh aquaculture products.

(7) Not including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

(8) Authorised only for imports of wild fish intended for direct human consumption."