DECISIONS  
COMMISSION DECISION  
of 25 May 2010  
amending Decision 2004/407/EC as regards authorising imports of photographic gelatine into the 
Czech Republic  
(notified under document C(2010) 3244)  
(Only the Czech, Dutch, English, French and German texts are authentic)  
(2010/301/EU)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European 
Union,  
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 
laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not 
intended for human consumption (  1 ), and in particular 
Article 4(4) and the first and second subparagraphs of 
Article 32(1) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 prohibits the importation 
and transit of animal by-products and processed products 
into the Community, unless they are authorised in 
accordance with that Regulation.  
(2) Commission Decision 2004/407/EC of 26 April 2004 
on transitional sanitary and certification rules under 
Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council as regards import from 
certain third countries of photographic gelatine (  2 ) 
provides that Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands 
and the United Kingdom are to authorise the importation 
of certain gelatine exclusively intended for the photo ­
graphic industry (photographic gelatine), in compliance 
with that Decision.  
(3) Decision 2004/407/EC provides that the importation of 
photographic gelatine is only authorised from the third 
countries listed in the Annex to that Decision, namely 
Japan and the United States.  (4) Decision 2004/407/EC, as amended by Commission 
Decision 2009/960/EC (  3 ), authorises imports of photo ­
graphic gelatine from a specified plant in the United 
States to the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has 
now submitted a new request for the authorisation of 
imports of photographic gelatine from another plant in 
the United States. The Czech Republic has confirmed that 
the strict channelling conditions under Decision 
2004/407/EC are to apply in order to prevent potential 
health risks.  
(5) Accordingly, and pending the review of the technical 
requirements for the import of animal by-products 
under Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 
laying down health rules as regards animal by-products 
and derived products not intended for human 
consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 
1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (  4 ), the 
Czech Republic should be allowed to authorise the 
importation of photographic gelatine from the additional 
plant in the United States subject to compliance with the 
conditions set out in Decision 2004/407/EC.  
(6) Decision 2004/407/EC should therefore be amended 
accordingly.  
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in 
accordance with the opinion of the Standing 
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,  
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1  
Annex I to Decision 2004/407/EC is replaced by the text in the 
Annex to this Decision.EN 27.5.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 128/9  
( 1 ) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1.  
( 2 ) OJ L 151, 30.4.2004, p. 11.  ( 3 ) OJ L 330, 16.12.2009, p. 82.  
( 4 ) OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1.Article 2  
This Decision shall apply from 1 May 2010.  
Article 3  
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Grand Duchy of 
Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland.  
Done at Brussels, 25 May 2010.  
For the Commission  
John DALLI  
Member of the CommissionEN L 128/10 Official Journal of the European Union 27.5.2010ANNEX  
Annex I is replaced by the following:  
‘ANNEX I  
THIRD COUNTRIES AND PLANTS OF ORIGIN, MEMBER STATES OF DESTINATION, BORDER INSPECTION POSTS OF 
FIRST ENTRY INTO THE UNION AND APPROVED PHOTOGRAPHIC FACTORIES  
Third country of 
origin  Plants of origin  Member State of 
destination  Border inspection 
post of first entry 
into the Union  Approved photographic factories  
Japan  Nitta Gelatin Inc. 
2-22 Futamata 
Yao-City, Osaka 
581 – 0024 Japan 
Jellie Co. Ltd 
7-1, Wakabayashi 2-Chome, 
Wakabayashi-ku, 
Sendai-city, Miyagi, 
982 Japan 
NIPPI Inc. Gelatin Division 
1 Yumizawa-Cho 
Fujinomiya City Shizuoka 
418 – 0073 Japan  Netherlands  Rotterdam  Fujifilm Europe BV, 
Oudenstaart 1 
5047 TK Tilburg, 
Netherlands  
Nitta Gelatin Inc. 
2-22 Futamata 
Yao-City, Osaka 
581 – 0024, Japan  United 
Kingdom  Liverpool 
Felixstowe  Kodak Ltd Headstone Drive, 
Harrow, MIDDX 
HA4 4TY, 
United Kingdom  
Czech Republic  Hamburg  FOMA Bohemia spol. s r.o. 
Jana Krušinky 1604 
501 04 Hradec Králove, 
Czech Republic  
United States of 
America  Eastman Gelatine Corporation, 
227 Washington Street, 
Peabody, MA, 01960 USA 
Gelita North America, 
2445 Port Neal Industrial Road 
Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, 51054 
USA  Luxembourg  Antwerp 
Zaventem 
Luxembourg  DuPont Teijin 
Luxembourg SA 
PO Box 1681 
1016 Luxembourg  
United 
Kingdom  Liverpool 
Felixstowe  Kodak Ltd 
Headstone Drive, Harrow, 
MIDDX HA4 4TY, 
United Kingdom  
Czech Republic  Hamburg  FOMA Bohemia spol. s r.o. 
Jana Krušinky 1604 
501 04 Hradec Králove, 
Czech Republic’EN 27.5.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 128/11