Hi Vinod
All ³elements² in the value chain leading to product eligible for the EU
Market, need to be under the ³official controls² of the CA, and commercial
operators on each of those elements have the responsibility to offer
sufficient guarantees that their products are sourced from ³controlled²
establishments (vessels, landing sites, aquaculture farms, cages, cold
storages, and so on).
The rules that apply for 3rd countries are not more stringent than those
applied in member states of the EU.
There is no ³official² inspection protocols or checklists produced by the
EU. Your CA should have their own checklists as part of their ³national
control plan².
A good reference for the requirements can be found on the Inspection guides
developed by the EU¹s SFP-ACP programme. ³Manual/Handbook for the Execution
of Sanitary Inspection of Fish as Raw Material and Fish Products as Food for
Human Consumption² and, ³Field Guide for Sanitary Inspection of Fish and
Fish Products as Food for Human Consumption². Both versions are now
available on the SFP site and can be downloaded from
http://www.sfp-acp.eu/EN/B3-DocTechniques.htm (they are available in
English, French and Portuguese)
While these documents are not ³official EU directives² type of publications
, they will give you a good insight on what is expected, not only at vessels
& fishing harbours/ landing centres but overall on EU market access
requirements, and in case your CA do not have develop their own, there are a
good model.
However, be aware that copy and paste is never a good option, as ³one size
fits all² does not really work in reality, and protocols should be
developed for your own needs and fleet type.
³if you copy one source you doing plagiarism, if you copy five sources the
you doing research² used to say one of my lecturers.
As an industry person myself, I believe that we need to understand as much
(or more) about market access requirements than the CA, as it is our
business the one in jeopardy, not the CA¹s one.
Best regards
-- Francisco Blaha www.franciscoblaha.com
On 23/2/07 5:12 PM, "Vinod V" <vinuvijayakumar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear List, > > Is it true that the fishing vessels & fishing harbours/ landing centres have > to be approved by the Competent Authority (CA) for carrying out exports to the > EU. > > If so, what is the mechanism for the same in the EU. Are any specific > questionaire that is used available for reference. What cspecific criteria > have to be met by the fishing vessels and landing centres. The requirements in > anexure of EU regulation 853/2004 is very general & broad. > > Any one who could throw some light on this subject. > > Regards > > Vinod >
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