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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/200",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 22 February 2006 amending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to the United States of America (notified under document number C(2006) 496) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/200/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-200",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 22 February 2006\namending Decision 97/296/EC drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, with respect to the United States of America\n(notified under document number C(2006) 496)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2006/200/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 95/408/EC of 22 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, and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Decision 97/296/EC of 22 April 1997 drawing up the list of third countries from which the import of fishery products is authorised for human consumption, lists the countries and territories from which import of fishery products for human consumption is authorised. Part I of the Annex to that Decision lists the countries and territories covered by a specific Decision pursuant 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, and part II of that Annex lists the countries and territories meeting the conditions set out in Article 2(2) of Decision 95/408/EC.\n(2)\nCommission Decision 2006/199/EC, sets specific import conditions for fishery products from the United States of America. This country should therefore be included in the list in part I of the Annex to Decision 97/296/EC.\n(3)\nIn the interest of clarity, the lists concerned should be replaced in their entirety.\n(4)\nDecision 97/296/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThis Decision should apply from the same day as Decision 2006/199/EC laying down specific conditions for import of fishery products from the United States of America.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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 by OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 122, 14.5.1997, p. 21. Decision as last amended by Decision 2005/501/EC (OJ L 183, 14.7.2005, p. 109)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 15. Directive as last amended by Directive 2004/41/EC."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See page 17 of this Official Journal."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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