COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2017/2298 
of 12 December 2017 
amending Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on 
impor ts of certain feed and food of non-animal origin 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, 
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 Apr il 2004 on 
official controls perf ormed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal 
welf are rules (1), and in particular Article 15(5) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 (2) lays down rules concer ning the increased level of official controls 
to be carried out on impor ts of feed and food of non-animal origin liste d in Annex I thereto (‘the list’), at the 
points of entr y into the territories referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. 
(2)  Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 provid es that the compet ent author ity at the designat ed point of entr y 
is to carry out identity and physical checks on consignments of a product listed in Annex I thereto. However , 
pursuant to Article 9(2) of that Regulation, the decision to list a new product in Annex I may provide under 
certain conditions that the compe tent author ity of the place of destination is to carry out those checks where the 
highly perishable nature of the product or the specif ic charact eristics of the packag ing are such that the 
performa nce of samp ling operations at the designated point of entr y would inevitably result in a serious risk to 
food safety or in the product being damaged to an unacceptable extent. Entr ies in Annex I may include a range 
of products and the assessment as to the highly perishable nature of the products covered may evolve after listing 
in Annex I. In addition, the charact eristics of the packag ing may chang e for products that are already liste d. It is 
theref ore appropr iate to amend Article 9(2) of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 to provide that the derogation 
referred to therein may be applied in respect of products which have already been listed as well as new products 
to be liste d in Annex I. 
(3)  Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 provid es that the list is to be reviewed on a regular basis, and at least 
biannually , taking into account at least the sources of information refer red to in that Article. 
(4)  The occur rence and relevance of recent food incidents notified through the Rapid Aler t System for Food and 
Feed, the findings of audits to third countr ies carried out by the Direct orate for Health and Food Aud its and 
Analysis of the Commission Directorat e-General for Health and Food Safety , as well as the biannual repor ts on 
consignments of feed and food of non-animal origin submitte d by Member State s to the Commission in 
accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 indicate that the list should be amended. 
(5)  In particular , for consignments of peppers (Capsicum spp.) from India and Pakistan the relevant sources of 
information indicate the emergence of new risks requir ing the introduction of an increased level of official 
controls. Entr ies concer ning those consignments should theref ore be included in the list. 
(6)  In addition, the scope of certain entr ies in the list should be amended to include forms of the product other than 
the ones currently listed, where those other forms present the same risk. It is theref ore appropr iate to amend the 
existing entr ies concer ning pistachios from the Unit ed States and peppers (Capsicum spp.) from Thailand and 
Vietnam to include respectively roast ed pistac hios and frozen peppers. 
(7)  Further more, the list should be amended so as to clarify that the entr ies concer ning dried grapes, falling under 
Combined Nomenclature (CN) Code 0806 20, also cover dried grapes whic h have been cut or crushed into 
a paste without any further treatment (3). 13.12.2017 L 329/26 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. 
(2)Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 of 24 July 2009 implem enting Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on impor ts of certain feed and food of non-animal origin and 
amending Decision 2006/504/EC (OJ L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 11). 
(3)Harmonised System Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Orga nization in relation to Chapt er 8 of the Nomenclature established 
under the Intern ational Con vention on the Harmonized Commodity Descr iption and Coding Syst em. (8)  The list should also be amended by deleting the entr ies for commodities for whic h the available information 
indicates an overall satisf actory degree of compl iance with the relevant safety requirements provi ded for in Union 
legislation and for whic h an increased level of official controls is theref ore no long er justified. The entr ies in the 
list concer ning table grapes from Egypt and aubergines from Thailand should theref ore be deleted. 
(9)  In order to ensure consistency and clarity, it is appropr iate to replace Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 
by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 
(10)  Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 should theref ore be amended according ly. 
(11)  The measures provi ded for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 is amended as follows:  
(1) In Article 9, paragraph 2 is replaced by the follo wing: 
‘2. By way of derog ation from Article 8(1), under excep tional circumstances, the Commission may provide in 
respect of a product listed in Annex I, that identity and physical checks on consignments of such products can be 
carried out by the compet ent author ity of the place of destination as indicated in the CED, if appropr iate at the 
premises of the feed and food business operat or if the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 (b) and (c) are satisfied, 
provided that the followi ng conditions are met: 
(a)  the highly perishable nature of the product or the specific charact eristics of the packaging are such that the 
perf ormance of sampli ng operations at the DPE would inevitably result in a serious risk to food safety or in the 
product being damaged to an unacceptable extent ; 
(b)  appropr iate cooperation arrange ments are put in place by the compet ent author ities at the DPE and the 
compe tent author ities performi ng the physical checks to ensure that: 
(i)  the consignment cannot be tampered with in any manner throughout all checks; 
(ii)  the repor ting requirements laid down in Article 15 are fully met.’  
(2) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day followi ng that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
It shall apply from 1 Januar y 2018. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member State s. 
Done at Brussels, 12 December 2017. 
For the Commission 
The President 
Jean-Claude JUNCK ER  13.12.2017 L 329/27 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
‘ANNEX I 
Feed and food of non-animal origin subject to an increased level of official controls at the 
designated point of entr y 
Feed and food 
(intended use) CN code (1) TARIC sub- 
division Countr y of origin Hazard Frequency 
of physical 
and identity 
chec ks (%) 
Pineapples 
(Food — fresh or chilled) 0804 30 00  Benin (BJ) Pesticide 
residues (2)(3) 20 
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell —  1202 41 00  Bolivia (BO) Aflatoxins 50 
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled —  1202 42 00 
—  Peanut butter —  2008 11 10 
—Groundnuts (peanuts), other wise pre­
pared or preser ved —  2008 11 91; 
2008 11 96; 
2008 11 98 
(Feed and food)  
Yardlong beans 
(Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis, vigna 
unguiculata spp. unguiculata) 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen veg­
etables) ex 0708 20 00; 
ex 0710 22 00 10 
10 Cambodia (KH) Pesticide 
residues (2)(4) 50 
Chinese celer y (Apium graveolens) 
(Food — fresh or chilled herb) ex 0709 40 00 20 Cambodia (KH) Pesticide 
residues (2)(5) 50 
Brassica oleracea 
(other edible Brassica, ‘Chinese Broccoli’) (6) 
(Food — fresh or chilled) ex 0704 90 90 40 China (CN) Pesticide 
residues (2) 20 
Tea, whether or not flavour ed 
(Food) 0902  China (CN) Pesticide 
residues (2)(7) 10 
—  Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum) —  0709 60 10; 
0710 80 51  Dominican 
Republic (DO) Pesticide 
residues (2)(8) 20 
—  Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum 
spp.) —  ex 0709 60 99; 
ex 0710 80 59 20 
20 
—  Yardlong beans 
(Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis, 
vigna unguiculata spp. unguiculata) —  ex 0708 20 00; 
ex 0710 22 00 10 
10 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen)   
Stra wber ries 
(Food — fresh or chilled) 0810 10 00  Egypt (EG) Pesticide 
residues (2)(9) 10 13.12.2017 L 329/28 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Feed and food 
(intended use) CN code (1) TARIC sub- 
division Countr y of origin Hazard Frequency 
of physical 
and identity 
chec ks (%) 
—  Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum) —  0709 60 10; 
0710 80 51  Egypt (EG) Pesticide 
residues (2)(10) 10 
—  Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum 
spp.) —  ex 0709 60 99; 
ex 0710 80 59 20 
20 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen)   
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell —  1202 41 00  Gambia (GM) Aflatoxins 50 
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled —  1202 42 00 
—  Peanut butter —  2008 11 10 
—Groundnuts (peanuts), other wise pre­
pared or preser ved —  2008 11 91; 
2008 11 96; 
2008 11 98 
(Feed and food)  
—  Hazelnuts, in shell —  0802 21 00  Georgia (GE) Aflatoxins 20 
—  Hazelnuts, shelled —  0802 22 00 
(Food)  
Palm oil 
(Food) 1511 10 90; 
1511 90 11;  Ghana (GH) Sudan dyes (11) 50 
ex 1511 90 19; 
1511 90 99 90 
Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.) ex 0709 60 99; 
ex 0710 80 59 20 
20 India (IN) Pesticide 
residues (2)(12) 10 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen)   
Dried grapes (including dried grapes cut or 
crushed into a paste , without any further 
treatment) 
(Food) 0806 20  Iran (IR) Ochrato xin A 5 
Peas with pods (unshelled) 
(Food — fresh or chilled) ex 0708 10 00 40 Kenya (KE) Pesticide 
residues (2)(13) 5 
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell —  1202 41 00  Madagascar  
(MG) Aflatoxins 50 
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled —  1202 42 00 
—  Peanut butter —  2008 11 10 
—Groundnuts (peanuts), other wise pre­
pared or preser ved —  2008 11 91; 
2008 11 96; 
2008 11 98 
(Feed and food)  13.12.2017 L 329/29 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Feed and food 
(intended use) CN code (1) TARIC sub- 
division Countr y of origin Hazard Frequency 
of physical 
and identity 
chec ks (%) 
Sesamum seeds 
(Food — fresh or chilled) 1207 40 90  Niger ia (NG) Salmonella (14) 50 
Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.) ex 0709 60 99; 
ex 0710 80 59 20 
20 Pakist an (PK) Pesticide 
residues (2) 10 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen)   
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell —  1202 41 00  Senegal (SN) Aflatoxins 50 
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled —  1202 42 00 
—  Peanut butter —  2008 11 10 
—Groundnuts (peanuts), other wise pre­
pared or preser ved —  2008 11 91; 
2008 11 96; 
2008 11 98 
(Feed and food)  
Raspber ries 
(Food — frozen) 0811 20 31;  Serbia (RS) Norov irus 10 
ex 0811 20 11; 
ex 0811 20 19 10 
10 
Waterm elon (Egusi, Citrullus spp.) seeds and 
derived products 
(Food) ex 1207 70 00; 
ex 1106 30 90; 
ex 2008 99 99 10 
30 
50 Sier ra Leone  
(SL) Aflatoxins 50 
Peppers (sweet or other than sweet) (Capsi ­
cum spp.) 
(Food — dried, roasted, crushed or 
ground) ex 2008 99 99; 
0904 21 10; 79 Sri Lank a (LK) Aflatoxins 20 
ex 0904 21 90; 
ex 0904 22 00 20 
11; 19 
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell —  1202 41 00  Sudan (SD) Aflatoxins 50 
—  Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled —  1202 42 00 
—  Peanut butter —  2008 11 10 
—Groundnuts (peanuts), other wise pre­
pared or preser ved —  2008 11 91; 
2008 11 96; 
2008 11 98 
(Feed and food)  
Sesamum seeds 
(Food — fresh or chilled) 1207 40 90  Sudan (SD) Salmonella (14) 50 
Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.) ex 0709 60 99; 
ex 0710 80 59 20 
20 Thailand (TH) Pesticide 
residues (2)(15) 10 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen)   13.12.2017 L 329/30 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Feed and food 
(intended use) CN code (1) TARIC sub- 
division Countr y of origin Hazard Frequency 
of physical 
and identity 
chec ks (%) 
Yardlong beans 
(Vigna unguiculata spp. sesquipedalis, vigna 
unguiculata spp. unguiculata) ex 0708 20 00; 
ex 0710 22 00 10 
10 Thailand (TH) Pesticide 
residues (2)(16) 20 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen veg­
etables)   
Dried grapes (including dried grapes cut or 
crushed into a paste , without any further 
treatment) 
(Food) 0806 20  Turke y (TR) Ochrato xin A 5 
—  Dried apricots —  0813 10 00  Turke y (TR) Sulphites (17) 20 
—Apr icots, other wise prepared or pre­
served —  2008 50 61 
(Food)  
Lemons (Citr us limon, Citrus limonum) 
(Food – fresh, chilled or dried) 0805 50 10  Turke y (TR) Pesticide 
residues (2) 20 
Sweet Peppers (Capsicum annuum) 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen) 0709 60 10; 
0710 80 51  Turke y (TR) Pesticide 
residues (2)(18) 10 
Vine leaves 
(Food) ex 2008 99 99 11; 19 Turke y (TR) Pesticide 
residues (2)(19) 50 
Pomegranates 
(Food — fresh or chilled) ex 0810 90 75 30 Turke y (TR) Pesticide 
residues (2)(20) 20 
—  Aubergin es (Solanum melong ena) —  0709 30 00;  Uganda (UG) Pesticide 
residues (2) 20 
ex 0710 80 95 72 
—Ethiopian eggplant (Solanum aethiopi ­
cum) —  ex 0709 99 90; 
ex 0710 80 95 80 
73 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen veg­
etables)   
Sesamum seeds 
(Food — fresh or chilled) 1207 40 90  Uganda (UG) Salmonella (14) 50 
—  Pistachios, in shell —  0802 51 00  United States  
(US) Aflatoxins 10 
—  Pistachios, shelled —  0802 52 00 
—  Pistachios, roasted —  ex 2008 19 13; 
ex 2008 19 93 20 
20 
(Food)   13.12.2017 L 329/31 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Feed and food 
(intended use) CN code (1) TARIC sub- 
division Countr y of origin Hazard Frequency 
of physical 
and identity 
chec ks (%) 
—  Dried apricots —  0813 10 00  Uzbekist an  
(UZ) Sulphites (17) 50 
—Apr icots, other wise prepared or pre­
served —  2008 50 61 
(Food)  
—  Coriander leaves —  ex 0709 99 90 72 Vietnam (VN) Pesticide 
residues (2)(21) 50 
—  Basil (holy , sweet) —  ex 1211 90 86 20 
—  Mint —  ex 1211 90 86 30 
—  Parsle y —  ex 0709 99 90 40 
(Food — fresh or chilled herbs)   
Okra 
(Food — fresh or chilled) ex 0709 99 90 20 Vietnam (VN) Pesticide 
residues (2)(21) 50 
Peppers (other than sweet) (Capsicum spp.) ex 0709 60 99; 
ex 0710 80 59 20 
20 Vietnam (VN) Pesticide 
residues (2)(21) 50 
(Food — fresh, chilled or frozen)   
Pitaha ya (dragon fruit) 
(Food — fresh or chilled) ex 0810 90 20 10 Vietnam (VN) Pesticide 
residues (2)(21) 10  
(1) Where only certain products under any CN code are required to be examined and no specific subdivision under that code exists, the CN code is 
marked ‘ex’.  
(2) Residues of at least those pesticides listed in the control programme adopt ed in accordance with Article 29(2) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 
of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 Febr uary 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant 
and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 1) that can be analysed with multi-residue methods based 
on GC-MS and LC-MS (pesticides to be monit ored in/on products of plant origin only).  
(3) Residues of Ethephon.  
(4) Residues of Chlorbufam.  
(5) Residues of Phenthoate.  
(6) Species of Brassica oleracea L. convar . Botr ytis (L) Alef var.Italica Plenck, cultivar albog labra. Also known as ‘Kai Lan’, ‘Gai Lan’, ‘Gailan’, ‘Kailan’, 
‘Chinese kale’, ‘Jie Lan’.  
(7) Residues of Trifluralin.  
(8) Residues of Acephate, Aldicarb (sum of aldicarb, its sulfoxide and its sulfone, expressed as aldicarb), Amitraz (amitraz including the metabolites 
containing the 2,4 -dimethyl aniline moiety expressed as amitraz), Diafenthiuron, Dicof ol (sum of p, p′ and o,p′ isomers), Dithiocarbamates  
(dithiocarbamates expressed as CS2, including maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, thiram and ziram) and Methiocarb (sum of methiocarb and 
methiocarb sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as methiocarb).  
(9) Residues of Hexaf lumuron, Methiocarb (sum of methiocarb and methiocarb sulfoxide and sulfone, expressed as methiocarb), Phenthoate and 
Thiophanate-meth yl.  
(10) Residues of Dicof ol (sum of p, p′ and o,p′ isomers), Dinotefuran, Folpet, Proc hloraz (sum of prochloraz and its metabolites containing the 
2,4,6- Trichlorophenol moiety expressed as proc hloraz), Thiophanate-meth yl and Triforine.  
(11) For the purposes of this Annex, ‘Sudan dyes’ refers to the following chem ical substances: (i) Sudan I (CAS Number 842-07-9); (ii) Sudan II  
(CAS Number 3118-97-6); (iii) Sudan III (CAS Number 85-86-9); (iv) Scarlet Red; or Sudan IV (CAS Number 85-83-6).  
(12) Residues of Carbofuran.  
(13) Residues of Acephate and Diafenthiuron. 
(14)Reference method EN/ISO 6579-1 or a method validated again st it in accordance with the most recent version of EN/ISO 16140 or other inter ­
nationally accept ed similar prot ocols.  
(15) Residues of Formetanate (sum of formetanate and its salts expressed as formetanate (hydroc hlor ide)), Prothiof os and Triforine.  
(16) Residues of Acephate, Dicrotophos, Prothiof os, Quinalphos and Triforine.  
(17) Reference methods: EN 1988-1:1998, EN 1988-2:1998 or ISO 5522:1981.  
(18) Residues of Diafenthiuron, Formetanate (sum of formetanate and its salts expressed as formetanate (hydroc hlor ide)) and Thiophanate-meth yl. 
(19)Residues of Dithiocarbamates (dithiocarbamates expressed as CS2, including maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, thiram and ziram) and Metra ­
fenone.  
(20) Residues of Prochloraz. 
(21)Residues of Dithiocarbamates (dithiocarbamates expressed as CS2, including maneb, mancozeb, metiram, propineb, thiram and ziram), Phentho ­
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