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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of11December 1997
repealingCommissionDecision97/613/ECandimposingspecialconditionsontheimportofpista-
chiosandcertainproductsderivedfrompistachiosoriginatingin,orconsignedfromIran
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(97/830/EC)
(OJ L 343, 13.12.1997, p. 30)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionDecision98/400/EC of 10 Jun e 1998 L 176 37 20.6.1998
►M2CommissionDecision2000/238/EC of 9 March 2000 L 75 59 24.3.2000
►M3CommissionDecision2003/551/EC of 22 July 2003 L 187 43 26.7.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of11December 1997
repealing Commission Decision 97/613/EC and imposing special
conditionsontheimportofpistachiosandcertainproductsderived
frompistachiosoriginatingin,orconsignedfromIran
(TextwithEEArelevance)
(97/830/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 93/43/EEC of 14 June 1993 on the
hygiene of foodstuffs(1) and in particular Article 10 (1) thereof,
Whereas CommissionDecision97/613/EC of 8 September 1997 onthe
temporary suspension of imports of pistachios and certain productsderived from pistachios originating in, or consigned from Iran (
2)i s
applicable until 15 December 1997 and should be repealed;
Whereas pistachios originating in, or consigned from Iran have been
found to be, in many cases, contaminated with excessive levels of Afla-toxinB1;
Whereas the Scientific Committee for Food has noted that Aflatoxin
B1, even at extremely low doses, causes cancer of the liver and in
additionis gen otoxic;
Whereas this constitutes a serious threat to public health within the
Community and it is imperative to adopt protective measures atCommunity level;
Whereas an examination of conditions of hygiene in Iran has been
undertaken and revealed that improvements in hygiene practices andthe traceability of pistachios are required; whereas the missionteamwas unable to check all stages of the handling of pistachios prior to
exportation; whereas commitments have been received from the Iranian
Authorities inparticular inrelationto improvemen ts inproduction ,handling, sorting, processing, packaging and transport practices;whereas it is therefore appropriate to subject pistachios or productsderived from pistachios originating in, or consigned from Iran to
special conditions to provide a high level of protection to public health;
Whereas pistachios and products derived from pistachios originating in,
or consigned from Iran, may be imported, provided that these special
conditions are applied;
Whereas it is necessary that pistachios and products derived from pista-
chios have been produced, sorted, handled, processed, packaged andtransported following good hygienic practices; whereas it is necessaryto establish the levels of AflatoxinB1 an d total Aflatoxininsamplestaken from the consignment immediately prior to leaving Iran;
Whereas it is necessary for documentary evidence to be provided by
the Iranian Authorities to accompany each consignment of pistachios
originating in, or consigned from Iran, relating to the conditions ofproduction, sorting, handling, processing, packaging and transport andthe results of laboratory analysis of the consignment for levels of Afla-toxin B1 and total Aflatoxin;
Whereas, it is necessary to submit for analyses lots of pistachios origi-
nating in, or consigned from all third countries, in order to determine
the levels of contamination of pistachios from all sources with Afla-
toxin B1 and total Aflatoxin, whereas co-ordinated official controlprogrammes for foodstuffs shall be completed to this end;1997D0830 — EN — 26.07.2003 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 175, 19. 7. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 248, 11. 9. 1997, p. 33.
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Whereas Member States have been consulted on 29 October 1997 and
on10 November 1997,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
This Decisionrepeals Decision97/613/EC of 8 September 1997 onthe
temporary suspension of imports of pistachios and products derivedfrom pistachios originating in, or consigned from Iran.
Article 2
1. Member States may import:
— pistachios falling within CN code 0802 50 00,
— roasted pistachios falling within CN codes 2008 1913 and
2008 1993;
originating in, or consigned from Iran, only where the consignment is
accompanied by the results of official sampling and analysis, and thehealth certificate in Annex I, completed, signed and verified by a repre-
sentative of the Iranian Ministry of Health.
2. Pistachios and products derived from pistachios originating in, or
consigned from Iran, may only be imported into the Community
through one of the points of entry listed in Annex II.
3. Each consignment shall be identified with a code which corre-
sponds to the code on the sampling results of the official samplingand analysis and health certificate referred to in paragraph 1.
4. The competent authorities in each Member State shall ensure that
imported pistachios originating in, or consigned from Iran, are subjectto documentary checks to ensure that the requirement for the healthcertificate and sampling results referred to in paragraph 1, are compliedwith.
5. The competent authorities in each Member State shall take a
sample for analysis from each consignment of pistachios and certain
products derived from pistachios originating in or consigned from Iran
for analysis of aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin before release onto themarket from the point of entry into the Community.
Member States shall submit to the Commissionevery three mon ths a
report of all analytical results of official controls on consignments ofpistachios and certain products derived from pistachios originating inor consigned from Iran. This report shall be submitted during themonth following each quarter (
1).
6. Any consignment to be subjected to sampling and analysis should
be detained before release onto the market from the point of entry into
the Community for a maximum period of 15 working days. The
competent authorities of the importing Member State shall issue anaccompanying official document establishing that the consignment hasbeen subjected to official sampling and analysis and indicating theresult of the analysis.
7. In case a consignment is split, copies of the health certificate and
accompanying documents referred to in the paragraphs 1 and 6 andcertified by the competent authority of the Member State on whose
territory the splitting has taken place, shall accompany each part of
the split consignment.
Article 3
This Decision shall be kept under review in the light of information
and guarantees provided by the competent authorities of Iran and on1997D0830 — EN — 26.07.2003 — 003.001 — 3
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the basis of the results of the tests carried out by Member States in
order to assess whether the special conditions set out in Article 2provide a sufficient level of protection of public health within the
Community. The review shall also assess whether there is a continuing
need for those special conditions.
Article 4
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this
Decision. They shall inform the Commission thereof.
Article 5
This Decisionis addressed to the Member States.1997D0830 — EN — 26.07.2003 — 003.001 — 4
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ANNEX I
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ANNEX II
Listofpointsofentrythroughwhichpistachiosandproductsderivedfrom
pistachios originating in or consigned from Iran may be imported into the
Community
Member State Point of entry
Belgium Antwerpen, Zeebrugge, Brussel/Bruxelles, Aalst
Denmark All Danish harbours and airports
Germany HZA Lörrach — ZA Weil-am-Rhein-Autobahn,
HZA Stuttgart — ZA Flughafen, HZA München
— ZA München-Flughafen, HZA Hof-Schirnding-
Landstra βe, HZA Weiden— ZA Furth-im-Wald-
Schafberg, HZA Weiden— ZA Waidhaus-Auto-
bahn, Bezirksamt Reinickendorf von Berlin, Abtei-
lung Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Kultur, Veterinär-
und Lebensmittelaufsichtsamt, Grenzkontrollstelle,
HZA Frankfurt (Oder) — ZA Autobahn, HZA
Cottbus — ZA Forst-Autobahn, HZA Bremen —
ZA Neustädter Hafen, HZA Bremen — ZA
Bremerhaven, HZA Hamburg-Hafen — ZA Walter-
shof, HZA Hamburg-Stadt, HZA Itzehoe — ZA
Hamburg-Flughafen, HZA Frankfurt-am-Main-
Flughafen, HZA Braunschweig-Abfertigungsstelle,
HZA Hannover-Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Oldenburg
— ZA Stade, HZA Dresden— ZA Dresden -Frie-
drichstadt, HZA Pirna — ZA Altenberg, HZA
Löbau — ZA Ludwigsdorf-Autobahn, HZA
Koblenz — ZA Hahn-Flughafen, HZA Oldenburg
— ZA Wilhelmshaven, HZA Bielefeld — ZA
Eckendorfer-Straße-Bielefeld, HZA Erfurt — ZA
Eisenach, HZA Potsdam — ZA Ludwigsfelde,
HZA Potsdam — ZA Berlin-Flughafen-Schönefeld,
HZA Augsburg — ZA Memmingen, HZA Ulm —
ZA Ulm (Donautal), HZA Karlsruhe — ZA Karls-
ruhe, HZA Berlin — ZA Dreilinden, HZA Gießen
— ZA Gießen, HZA Gießen — ZA Marburg,
HZA Singen — ZA Bahnhof, HZA Lörrach — ZA
Weil-am-Rhein-Schusterinsel, HZA Hamburg-Stadt
— ZA Oberelbe, HZA Hamburg-Stadt — ZA Ober-
elbe-Abfertigungsstelle-Billbrook, HZA Hamburg-
Stadt — ZA Oberelbe-Abfertigungsstelle-
Großmarkt, HZA Potsdam — ZA Berlin-Flugh-
afen-Schönefeld, HZA Düsseldorf — ZA Düssel-
dorf-Nord
Greece Athina, Pireas, Elefsis, Aerodromio ton Athinon,
Thessaloniki, Volos, Patra, Iraklion tis Kritis, Aero-
dromio tis Kritis, Euzoni, Idomeni, Ormenio, Kipi,
Kakavia, Niki, Promahonas, Pithio, Igoumenitsa,
Kristalopigi
SpainAlgeciras (Puerto), Alican te (Aeropuerto, Puerto),
Almería (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Asturias (Aero-puerto), Barcelona (Aeropuerto, Puerto, Ferro-
carril), Bilbao (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Cádiz
(Puerto), Cartagena (Puerto), Castellón (Puerto),
Ceuta (Puerto), Gijón(Puerto), Huelva (Puerto),
Irún(Carretera), La Coruña (Puerto), La Jun quera
(Carretera), Las Palmas de GranCan aria (Aero-
puerto, Puerto), Madrid (Aeropuerto, Ferrocarril),
Málaga (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Marín(Puerto),
Melilla (Puerto), Murcia (Ferrocarril), Palma de
Mallorca (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Pasajes (Puerto),
San Sebastián (Aeropuerto), Santa Cruz de Tenerife
(Puerto), Santander (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Santiago
de Compostela (Aeropuerto), Sevilla (Aeropuerto,
Puerto), Tarragona (Puerto), Tenerife Norte (Aero-
puerto), Tenerife Sur (Aeropuerto), Valencia (Aero-
puerto, Puerto), Vigo (Aeropuerto, Puerto),
Villagarcía (Puerto), Vitoria (Aeropuerto), Zara-
goza (Aeropuerto)1997D0830 — EN — 26.07.2003 — 003.001 — 6
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Member State Point of entry
France Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Le Havre (Seine-
Maritime), Rungis MIN (Val-de-Marne), Chassieu
CRD (Rhône), Strasbourg CRD (Bas-Rhin), Lille
CRD (Nord), Saint-Nazaire-Montoir CRD (Loire-
Atlantique), Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), port de la
Pointe des Galets à la Réunion
Ireland Dublin — port and airport,
Cork — port and airport,Shannon — airport
Italy Ufficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di Ancona
Ufficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di Bari
Ufficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di GenovaUfficio Sanità Marittima di Livorno
Ufficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di Napoli
Ufficio Sanità Marittima di RavennaUfficio Sanità Marittima di SalernoUfficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di Trieste
Dogana di Fernetti-Interporto Monrupino (Trieste)
Ufficio di Sanità Marittima di La SpeziaUfficio di Sanità Marittima e Aerea di Venezia
Ufficio di Sanità Marittima e Aerea di Reggio
Calabria
Luxembourg Centre douanier, Croix de Gasperich, Luxembourg
The Netherlands All harbours and airports and all border stations
Austria HZA Feldkirch, HZA Graz, Nickelsdorf, Spielfeld,
HZA Wien, ZA Wels, ZA Kledering, ZA Flughafen
Wien, HZA Salzburg, ZA Klingenbach/Zweigstelle
Sopron, ZA Karawankentunnel, ZA Villach
Portugal Lisboa, Leixões
Finland All Finnish customs officesSwedenGöteborg, Ystad, Stockholm, Helsin gborg, Karl-
skrona, Karlshamn, Landvetter, Arlanda
United Kingdom Belfast, Channel Tunnel Terminal, Dover, Felix-
stowe, Gatwick Airport, Goole Grangemouth,
Harwich, Heathrow Airport, Heysham, Hull,
Immingham, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Leith, Liver-
pool, London (including Tilbury, Thamesport and
Sheerness), Manchester Airport, Manchester
Container Port, Manchester (including Ellesmere
Port), Medway, Middlesborough, Newhaven, Poole,
Shoreham, Southampton, Stansted Airport1997D0830 — EN — 26.07.2003 — 003.001 — 7