EU Approved Premises
These are fish and shellfish processing businesses whose processing factories, packing plants, depuration facilities, factory vessels, freezer vessels, etc. meet the minimum health and sanitary conditions as laid down by the two directives 91/492/EEC and 91/493/EEC. All fish, fish products and food containing fish or fish products for human consumption are supposed to come from an approved premises. All imports of fish and fish products into the European Union have to come from Approved Premises. All intra community trade in fish and fish products is supposed to be via approved premises.

This site has a database of EU approved, and a separate database of other processors and traders. This does not mean that the companies in the the other processors database are illegal. There are anomalies in the system, which these directives do not cater for. Also different countries may interpret the directives differently.
The major examples are
  1. Producers of Molluscs from Class A waters (very clean) . Producers from Class A waters within the European Union can sell their live product directly without depuration and therefore do not need approval under 91/492/EEC.
  2. Resellers/Brokers. - As these companies within the European Union are not technically processing the fish themselves they do not have to be currently registered under the 91/493/EEC directive
  3. Fishmonger/Artisan Processor - Where a processor is selling direct to the public themselves
Note: This is the view of the project consortium and is not necessarily the view of the European Commission or the Competent Authorities. 		 


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