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Office of Seafood
February 26, 2001; Updated September 2004

European Union (EU) Export Certificates
for Fishery/Aquaculture Products and Live Molluscan Shellfish

Fishery/Aquaculture Products

These European Union (EU) Export Certificates are required for Fishery and Aquaculture products as of March 10, 2001 based on the EU Commission Decision (2001/67/EC) dated January 23, 2001.. The EU Official Journal text (dated January 24, 2001) of the Commission Decision is available at http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex, then go to Official Journal, then L22, then 41.

Please use the PDF version below for printing. An html version of the English form is available for information purposes only.

  • Czech (PDF)
  • English (PDF)
  • Estonian (PDF)
  • Danish (PDF)
  • Dutch (PDF)
  • Finnish (PDF)
  • French (Français) (PDF)
  • German (Deutsch) (PDF)
  • Greek (PDF)
  • Hungarian (PDF)
  • Italian (Italiano) (PDF)
  • Latvian (PDF)
  • Lithuanian (PDF)
  • Maltese (PDF)
  • Polish (PDF)
  • Portuguese (Português) (PDF)
  • Slovenian (PDF)
  • Swedish (PDF)
  • Spanish (Español) (PDF)

Live Molluscan Shellfish

The following certificates are required for live bivalve molluscs, as well as echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods intended for direct human consumption in the European Community (96/333/EC, dated May 3, 1996):

Please use the PDF version below for printing. An html version of the English form is available for information purposes only.
  • Czech (PDF)  *New*
  • Dutch (PDF)  *New*
  • English (PDF)  *New*
  • French (Français) (PDF)  *New*
  • German (Deutsch) (PDF)  *New*
  • Italian (Italiano) (PDF)  *New*
  • Portugese (Português) (PDF)  *New*
  • Slovenian (PDF)  *New*
  • Spanish (Español) (PDF)  *New*

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FDA Coordinator(s) for European Union (EU) Export Health Certificates

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