No L 79/80 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 4. 93 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 March 1993 laying down certain transitional measures concerning the certification of fishery products from third countries in order to facilitate the switchover to the arrangements laid down in Council Directive 91/493/EEC (93/185/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Havmg regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 ('), and in particular Article 16 thereof, Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 (4) (a) of Directive 91/493/EEC, the conditions applying to imports of fishery products must include the obtaining of a health certificate, detailed rules governing which must be adopted in respect of each third country or each group of third countries after an on-the-spot inspection by experts from the Commission and the Member States ; Whereas veterinary checks on imported fishery products must be conducted in accordance with Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the prin- ciples governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (3, " as last amended by Decision 92/438/EEC (); Whereas, pending the adoption of the detailed rules on import conditions and in order not to interrupt the trade flows existing between third countries and the Member States, a single model should be laid down for the health () OJ No L 268, 24. 9. 1991, p. 15. () O] No L 373, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1. () OJ No L 243, 25. 8. 1992, p. 27. i certificate to accompany fishery products imported into the Community from third countries; Whereas, because of their special status, the abovemen- " tioned health certificate should not be required for the fishery products referred to in the second paragraph of Atticle 10 of Directive 91/493/EEC; Whereas provision should be made for a period of adjust- ment to the new arrangements ; whereas the transitional measures provided for in this Decision are necessary from the viewpoint of both their scope and their duration if that adjustment is to be made smoother; Whereas, in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 91/493/EEC, provision should be made for provisional health certificates to certify that the conditions in which fishery products intended for export to the Community are produced, stored and transported are at least equiva- lent to those laid down in that Directive; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 1. Consignments of fishery products imported into the territories defined in Annex I to Directive 90/675/EEC must be accompanied by health certificates complying with the model set out in the Annex hereto.