1. All consignment of Indian Fishery
products exported to the EU are required to be accompanied by a
numbered original health certificate, comprising a single sheet
duly completed, signed and dated. The original of the health
certificate is required for customs clearance at the
destination and shall be made available to the customs
authorities at the destination before the arrival of the
consignment. The consignments cannot be cleared on the basis of
a copy of the original or on the basis of a fax copy of the
original. Health Certificate to be given before shipment and
cannot be given retrospectively. |
2. Since European Commission has
recognized the Export Inspection Council of India of Ministry
of Commerce as the competent Authority in India for verifying
and certifying compliance of Fishery and Aquacultural Products
with the requirements of Directive No 91/493/EEC, all EU
approved F and FP establishments are required to obtain Health
Certificate from competent authority (EIC/EIAs) only. |
3. Only the officials of Export
Inspection Agency are authorized to issue and sign the health
certificates for exports of fishery products to EC. As per the
Directive it is clear that in case is found that an
establishment has obtained health certificate from any
authority other than Competent Authority, approval granted to
their units for exporting to EU will be withdrawn forthwith. |
4. Procedure : |
4.1 The
Health Certificate shall be issued only for fishery products
processed in establishments/ factory vessels approved and
monitored by the EIA. |
4.2 The
processor/exporter shall request for health certificate from
the EIA concerned/ Sub-0ffice in the prescribed application
form furnishing all necessary information along with: |
a) A fee
of Rs 10/ per certificate |
b) The
pink copy of the certificate for export (validity for which is
15 days from the date of issue) relating to the consignment
issued by the approved processor. |
4.3 The
local office /sub-office of the EIA shall issue health
certificate to the processor/exporter after satisfying itself
that the fishery products are processed in approved
establishments factory vessels having valid approval number and
after satisfying the relevant requirements such as testing of
every control unit(Production Code) by the unit of organoleptic
and bacteriological factors and maintenance of test records.
Health certificate meant for exports to EU shall be prepared in
triplicate, the original for the exporter, forwarding to the
importer, the pink copy for EIA Head Office and blue copy for
the record of the concerned issuing office. |
4.4 Each
health certificate shall bear the name, capacity and signature
of the representative of EIC and official stamp of EIC in a
colour different from that of other endorsements. While issuing
health certificate, the issuing officer must ensure that the
colour of the signature is different from the colour of the
printing of certificate. Since the certificate is printed in
black. The signature must not be in black colour. The signature
shall be in green or red colour on the original of the
certificate. The copies of the certificate shall have the
carbon impression of the signature. |
4.5 The
Health Certificate in the prescribed Proforma shall be issued
to the approved establishment/factory vessel. The multilingual
Health Certificate blanks supplied are in 4 types of language
combinations and can be used for countries as shown below :
|
Language Combination |
Countries to which it can be used |
English/Italian/French |
U.K, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland. |
English/Swedish/Danish/ Finnish |
U.K, Sweden,Denmark, Finland |
English/German/Dutch |
U.K, Germany, Netherlands, Austria |
English/Spanish/Greek Portuguese |
U.K, Spain, Greece, Portugal |
4.5.1
The health certificate will be issued in a form, which contains
the language of the destination port/country. However the
entries to be made shall be in English.
Country of dispatch |
Republic of India (printed) |
Competent authority |
Export Inspection Council of India - Ministry of
Commerce and Industry. |
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4.5.2
Reference number of health certificate : Since no two
certificates issued from India should have the same number, the
given below system shall be followed for giving the reference
number: Each Sub-office shall give serial number for each
health certificate issued prefixed by agency/Sub-office codes.
For example: Sub-Office :
|
Thoppumpady(Insp.) |
CN/TY |
Quilon |
CN/QN |
Alleppey |
CN/QN |
Quilon |
CN/AY |
Calicut |
CN/CT |
Mangalore |
CN/MN |
Karwar |
CN/KR |
As an
example, the certificate issued by Sub-office: Thoppumpady will
have a reference number: CN/TY/1, CN/TY/2 Note: Annexes of any,
such as results of analysis shall have the same reference
number as that of the health certificate. Other Agencies also
follow the above procedure. |
4.5.3
Species (Scientific Name) : Give the Scientific name. if
correctly known e.g Penacus indicus. Metapenaeus affinis.
Macrobrachium rossubergii etc. if in doubt about the
correctness of the species name give only the family name e.g
Penaeus spp., Palaemonidae spp., loligo spp. etc. |
4.5.4
Presentation of the product and type of treatment : In the case
of frozen fishery products, "frozen Product", "processed" etc,
as appropriate, may be given. Frozen peeled-Undeveined/Frozen
Peeled Deveined/Frozen Headless Shell-on/Frozen Cooked
peeled Shrimp etc. can given. |
In case of Fresh / Chilled fish |
Chilled Fresh Fish |
Type of packaging |
Indicate the type of packaging such As Corrugated
fibrebored Master Cartons |
Number of Package |
….Cartons (10 x 2 kg. per carton) |
Net weight |
Give the weight in kilogrammes |
4.5.5
Temperature required during storage and transport : For frozen
fishery products, write -18* C or below For chilled fresh fish,
0* C to 4* C. |
4.5.6
Origin of products : Give the name address and approval
number of the processor(s) establishment / Fresszer
Vessel/Factory Vessel
Place of dispatch |
Show the port of shipment, e.g Cochin, New Mangalore
etc |
Country and place of Destination |
Show the country/place of destination e.g. The
Netherlands/Rotterdam |
Means of transport |
Show as "By sea per vessels… (name of Vessel)" or
"By air flight number….." |
Name address of dispatcher
|
Show the name address of the actual Exporter,
Exporter can be different from Processor.
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Name of consignee address At place of
destination
|
Here show the name address of importer or his
nominee who receives the Consignment at the port of
destination/place
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Date of issue |
Date of issue cannot be later than the date Of
actual shipment as recorded in bill lading |
Signature of official inspector |
Show the name address of the actual Exporter,
Exporter can be different from Processor.
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Name address of dispatcher
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Signature must be in a colour different From that of
the printing of the certificate. Green or Red colour is
recommend for Signing. |
Name in capitals, capacity and Qualifications |
Type the name of the officer qualification such as
Bsc., M.Sc., D.F.P.T. etc. and the Official designation. The
EIC seal be affixed At the bottom of the certificate. |
Note: Issue of health certificate shall be limited
to only the actual quantities produced / Processed by the
establishment. In no case should the certifies quantity
significantly exceed the production capacity, as assessed by
IDP. |
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