Seafood from Greenland: simplified rules

25 July 2011

The European Council has published Decision 2011/408/EU laying down simplified rules and procedures on sanitary controls of fishery products, live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods, by-products thereof and products derived from these by-products coming from Greenland.

The Decision lays down simplified rules and procedures for sanitary controls of seafood originating in or consigned from Greenland. When the Decision takes effect, seafood from Greenland will no longer be subject to veterinary checks at EU Border Inspection Posts (BIPs). Imports of the products into Greenland from third countries will be subject to veterinary checks at EU approved BIPs in Greenland.
 
The Decision shall apply from the date the first BIP in Greenland is officially listed. This is likely to be after a Food and Veterinary Office inspection has confirmed that the necessary EU equivalent measures have been implemented into the law of Greenland.

Council Decision 2011/408/EU is available here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:182:0024:0027:EN:PDF

Fisheries Information Note 008/2011: /media/495695/fin%20008%202011%20-%20products%20from%20greenland%20-%2021%20july.doc