2002/233/EC: Commission Decision of 20 March 2002 amending and correcting Decision 2002/79/EC imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from China and Decision 2002/80/EC imposing special conditions on the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios and certain products derived thereof originating in or consigned from Turkey (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1187)
Date: 2002-03-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, Türkiye, groundnut, health certificate, import, nut, originating product, pip fruit

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 March 2002

amending and correcting Decision 2002/79/EC imposing special conditions on the import of
peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from China and
Decision 2002/80/EC imposing special conditions on the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios
and certain products derived thereof originating in or consigned from Turkey

(notified under document number C(2002) 1187)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/233/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

At the same time it is appropriate to correct certain
linguistic errors in the German and Dutch versions of
Decision 2002/79/EC and in the German, French and
Dutch versions of 2002/80/EC,

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

After consulting the Member States,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Decision 2002/79/EC (2)
imposes special
conditions on the import of peanuts and certain prod-
ucts derived from peanuts originating in or consigned
from China. Commission Decision 2002/80/EC (3)
imposes special conditions on the import of figs, hazel-
nuts and pistachios and certain products derived thereof
originating in or consigned from Turkey.

(2) With a view to minimising negative effects on trade,
provisions have to be laid down with regard to consign-
ments which left China and Turkey before 11 March
2002, on condition that the operator can demonstrate,
by sampling and analysis in accordance with Commis-
sion Directive 98/53/EC of 16 July 1998 laying down
the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for
the official control of the levels for certain contaminants
in foodstuffs (4), that these consignments comply with
the provisions of Community legislation as regards afla-
toxin B1 and aflatoxin total.

(3)

It is necessary to add points of entry for Belgium, Spain,
France, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, Austria
and Sweden through which the products concerned by
the Decisions 2002/79/EC and 2002/80/EC may be
imported. For the sake of clarity, Annex II to Decisions
2002/79/EC and 2002/80/EC should be replaced.

Article 1

Decision 2002/79/EC is amended as follows:

1. The following Article 1a is inserted:

‘Article 1a

By derogation from Article 1(1), the Member States shall
authorise the imports of consignments not accompanied by
the results of official sampling and analysis or by a health
certificate, which left China before 11 March 2002, when it
can be demonstrated by the operator by sampling and
analysis, according to the provisions of Commission
these consignments comply
Directive 98/53/EC (*),
with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No
194/97 as regards maximum permitted levels for aflatoxin
B1 and total aflatoxin.

that

(*) OJ L 201, 17.7.1998, p. 93.’

2. Annex II is replaced by the text set out in the Annex I

to this Decision.

Article 2

Decision 2002/79/EC is corrected as follows:

1. In Article 1(5), first sentence:

(4)

Decisions 2002/79/EC and 2002/80/EC should therefore
be amended accordingly.

Concerns only the German version.

(1) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 34, 5.2.2002, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 34, 5.2.2002, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 201, 17.7.1998, p. 93.

2. In Article 2, second sentence:

Concerns only the Dutch version.

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Article 3

Article 4

Decision 2002/80/EC is amended as follows:

1. The following Article 1a is inserted.

‘Article 1a

By derogation from Article 1(1), Member States
shall
authorise the imports of consignments not accompanied
by the results of official sampling and analysis or by a
health certificate, which left Turkey before 11 March
2002, when it can be demonstrated by the operator by
sampling and analysis, according to the provisions of
Commission Directive 98/53/EC (*)
these consign-
ments comply with the provisions of Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 194/97 as
regards maximum permitted
levels for aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin.

that

(*) OJ L 201, 17.7.1998, p. 93.’

2. Annex II is replaced by the text set out in the Annex II

to this Decision.

Decision 2002/80/EC is corrected as follows:

1. Recital 8 is replaced by the following:

Concerns only the German version.

2. In Article 1(1) fourth indent:

Concerns only the Dutch version.

3. Article 1(5) should read:

Concerns only the French and Dutch versions.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 20 March 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX II

List of points of entry through which peanuts and products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned
from China may be imported into the Community

Member State

Point of Entry

Belgique-België

Antwerpen, Zeebrugge, Brussel/Bruxelles

Danmark

All Danish harbours and airports and all border stations

Deutschland

Ελλάδα

España

France

Ireland

Italia

HZA Lörrach — ZA Weil am Rhein-Autobahn, HZA Stuttgart — ZA Flughafen, HZA
München-Flughafen, HZA Hof — ZA Schirnding, HZA Weiden — ZA Furth im Wald-
Schafberg, HZA Weiden — ZA Waidhaus-Autobahn, Bezirksamt Reinickendorf von Berlin,
Abteilung Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Kultur, Veterinär- und Lebensmittelaufsichtsamt,
Grenzkontrollstelle, HZA Frankfurt (Oder) — ZA Autobahn, HZA Cottbus — ZA Forst-
Autobahn, HZA Bremen — ZA Neustädter Hafen, HZA Bremerhafen — ZA Container
Terminal, HZA Bremerhaven — ZA Rotersand, HZA Hamburg-Freihafen — Abfertigungs-
stelle, HZA Hamburg-Freihafen — ZA Ericus-Abfertigungsstelle Südbahnhof, HZA
Hamburg-Freihafen — ZA Köhlfleetdamm, HZA Hamburg-ST Annen — ZA Altona, HZA
Hamburg-Waltershof — Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Hamburg-Waltershof — ZA Flughafen,
HZA Frankfurt-am-Main-Flughafen, HZA Braunschweig — Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Hann-
over — Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Lüneburg — ZA Stade, Stadtverwaltung Dresden, Leben-
smittelüberwachungs- und Veterinäramt, Grenzkontrollstelle Dresden-Friedrichstadt (für
Bahntransport), Landratsamt Weisseritzkreis, Lebensmittelsüberwachungs- und Veteri-
näramt, Grenzkontrollstelle (für Straßentransport), Landratsamt Niederschlesischer Ober-
lausitzkreis, Lebensmittelüberwachungs- und Veterinäramt, Grenzkontrollstelle Ludwigs-
dorf (für Straßentransport), HZA Itzehoe — ZA Pinneberg, HZA Trier — ZA Idar-Ober-
stein, HZA Oldenburg — ZA Wilhelmshaven

Athina, Pireas, Elefsis, Aerodromio ton Athinon, Thessaloniki, Volos, Patra, Iraklion tis
Kritis, Aerodromio tis Kritis, Euzoni, Idomeni, Ormenio, Kipi, Kakavia, Niki, Promahonas,
Pithio, Igoumenitsa, Kristalopigi

Algeciras (Puerto), Alicante (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Almería (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Asturias
(Aeropuerto), Barcelona (Aeropuerto, Puerto, Ferrocarril), Bilbao (Aeropuerto, Puerto),
Cádiz (Puerto), Cartagena (Puerto), Castellón (Puerto), Ceuta (Puerto) Gijon (Aeropuerto,
Puerto), Huelva (Puerto), Irún (Carretera), La Coruña (Puerto), La Junquera (Carretera), Las
Palmas de Gran Canaria (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Madrid (Aeropuerto, Ferrocarril), Málaga
(Aeropuerto, Puerto), Marin (Puerto), Melilla (Puerto), Murcia (Ferrocarril), Palma de
Mallorca (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Pasajes (Puerto, Aeropuerto), San Sebastián (Aeropuerto),
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Puerto), Santander (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Santiago de Compostela
(Aeropuerto), Sevilla (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Tarragona (Puerto), Tenerife Norte (Aeropuerto),
Tenerife Sur (Aeropuerto), Valencia (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Vigo (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Villa-
garcía (Puerto), Vitoria (Aeropuerto), Zaragoza (Aeropuerto)

Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), Rungis MIN (Val-de-Marne),
Lyon Chassieu CRD (Rhône), Strasbourg CRD (Bas-Rhin), Lille CRD (Nord), Saint-Nazaire
Montoir CRD (Loire), Agen (Lot-et-Garonne)

Alle harbours, airports and border stations

Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Ancona
Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Bari
Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Genova
Ufficio di Sanità marittima di Livorno
Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Napoli
Ufficio di Sanità marittima di Ravenna
Ufficio di Sanità marittima di Salerno
Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Trieste
Dogana di Fernetti-Interporto Monrupino (Trieste)
Ufficio di Sanità marittima di La Spezia
Ufficio di Sanità marittima e aerea di Venezia
Ufficio di Sanità marittima e aerea di Reggio Calabria

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Member State

Point of Entry

Luxembourg

Centre douanier, Croix de Gasperich, Luxembourg

Nederland

Österreich

Portugal

All harbours and airports and all border stations

HZA Graz, Nickelsdorf, Spielfeld, HZA Wien, ZA Wels

Lisboa, Leixões

Suomi-Finland

All Finnish customs offices

Sverige

Göteborg, Ystad, Stockholm

United Kingdom

Belfast, Channel Tunnel Terminal, Dover, Felixstowe, Gatwick Airport, Goole, Grange-
mouth, Harwich, Heathrow Airport, Heysham, Hull, Immingham, Ipswich, King's Lynn,
Leith, Liverpool, London (including Tilbury, Thamesport and Sheerness), Manchester
Airport, Manchester Container Port, Manchester (including Ellesmere Port), Medway,
Middlesborough, Newhaven, Poole, Shoreham, Southampton, Stansted Airport’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

List of points of entry through which figs, hazelnuts and pistachios and products derived therof originating in or
consigned from Turkey may be imported into the Community

Member State

Point of Entry

Belgique-België

Antwerpen, Zeebrugge, Brussel/Bruxelles

Danmark

All Danisch harbours and airports and all border stations

Deutschland

Ελλάδα

España

France

Ireland

Italia

HZA Lörrach — ZA Weil am Rhein-Autobahn, HZA Stuttgart — ZA Flughafen, HZA
München-Flughafen, HZA Hof — ZA Schirnding, HZA Weiden — ZA Furth im Wald-
Schafberg, HZA Weiden — ZA Waidhaus-Autobahn, Bezirksamt Reinickendorf von Berlin,
Abteilung Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Kultur, Veterinär- und Lebensmittelaufsichtsamt,
Grenzkontrollstelle, HZA Frankfurt (Oder) — ZA Autobahn, HZA Cottbus — ZA Forst-
Autobahn, HZA Bremen — ZA Neustädter Hafen, HZA Bremerhafen — ZA Container
Terminal, HZA Bremerhaven — ZA Rotersand, HZA Hamburg-Freihafen — Abfertigungs-
stelle, HZA Hamburg-Freihafen — ZA Ericus-Abfertigungsstelle Südbahnhof, HZA
Hamburg-Freihafen — ZA Köhlfleetdamm, HZA Hamburg-ST Annen — ZA Altona, HZA
Hamburg-Waltershof — Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Hamburg-Waltershof — ZA Flughafen,
HZA Frankfurt-am-Main-Flughafen, HZA Braunschweig — Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Hann-
over — Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Lüneburg — ZA Stade, Stadtverwaltung Dresden, Leben-
smittelüberwachungs- und Veterinäramt, Grenzkontrollstelle Dresden-Friedrichstadt (für
Bahntransport), Landratsamt Weisseritzkreis, Lebensmittelsüberwachungs- und Veteri-
näramt, Grenzkontrollstelle (für Straßentransport), Landratsamt Niederschlesischer Ober-
lausitzkreis, Lebensmittelüberwachungs- und Veterinäramt, Grenzkontrollstelle Ludwigs-
dorf (für Straßentransport), HZA Itzehoe — ZA Pinneberg, HZA Trier — ZA Idar-Ober-
stein, HZA Oldenburg — ZA Wilhelmshaven

Athina, Pireas, Elefsis, Aerodromio ton Athinon, Thessaloniki, Volos, Patra, Iraklion tis
Kritis, Aerodromio tis Kritis, Euzoni, Idomeni, Ormenio, Kipi, Kakavia, Niki, Promahonas,
Pithio, Igoumenitsa, Kristalopigi

Algeciras (Puerto), Alicante (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Almería (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Asturias
(Puerto), Barcelona (Aeropuerto, Puerto, Ferrocarril), Bilbao (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Cádiz
(Puerto), Cartagena (Puerto), Castellón (Puerto), Ceuta (Puerto), Gijón (Aeropuerto, Puerto),
Huelva (Puerto), Irún (Carretera), La Coruña (Puerto), La Junquera (Carretera), Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Madrid (Aeropuerto, Ferrocarril), Málaga (Aeropuerto,
Puerto), Marín (Puerto), Melilla (Puerto), Murcia (Ferrocarril), Palma de Mallorca (Aero-
puerto, Puerto), Pasajes (Puerto, Aeropuerto), San Sebastián (Aeropuerto), Santa Cruz de
Tenerife (Puerto), Santander (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Santiago de Compostela (Aeropuerto),
Sevilla (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Tarragona (Puerto), Tenerife Norte (Aeropuerto), Tenerife Sur
(Aeropuerto), Valencia (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Vigo (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Villagarcía
(Puerto), Vitoria (Aeropuerto), Zaragoza (Aeropuerto)

Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), Rungis MIN (Val-de-Marne),
Lyon Chassieu CRD (Rhône), Strasbourg CRD (Bas-Rhin), Lille CRD (Nord), Saint-Nazaire
Montoir CRD (Loire), Agen (Lot-et-Garonne)

Alle harbours, airports and border stations

Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Ancona
Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Bari
Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Genova
Ufficio di Sanità marittima di Livorno
Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Napoli
Ufficio di Sanità marittima di Ravenna
Ufficio di Sanità marittima di Salerno
Ufficio di Sanità marittima ed aerea di Trieste
Dogana di Fernetti-Interporto Monrupino (Trieste)
Ufficio di Sanità marittima di La Spezia
Ufficio di Sanità marittima e aerea di Venezia
Ufficio di Sanità marittima e aerea di Reggio Calabria

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Member State

Point of Entry

Luxembourg

Centre douanier, Croix de Gasperich, Luxembourg

Nederland

Österreich

Portugal

All harbours and airports and all border stations

HZA Graz, Nickelsdorf, Spielfeld, HZA Wien, ZA Wels

Lisboa, Leixões

Suomi-Finland

All Finnish customs offices

Sverige

Göteborg, Ystad, Stockholm

United Kingdom

Belfast, Channel Tunnel Terminal, Dover, Felixstowe, Gatwick Airport, Goole, Grange-
mouth, Harwich, Heathrow Airport, Heysham, Hull, Immingham, Ipswich, King's Lynn,
Leith, Liverpool, London (including Tilbury, Thamesport and Sheerness), Manchester
Airport, Manchester Container Port, Manchester (including Ellesmere Port), Medway,
Middlesborough, Newhaven, Poole, Shoreham, Southampton, Stansted Airport’