2002/678/EC: Commission Decision of 22 August 2002 amending Decision 2002/79/EC imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from China (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3108)
Date: 2002-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, groundnut, health certificate, import, originating product, public health

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 August 2002

amending Decision 2002/79/EC imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain
products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from China

(notified under document number C(2002) 3108)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/678/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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,

After consulting the Member States,

Whereas:

Decision 2002/79/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a) The following sentence is added to paragraph 3:

‘Each individual bag (or other packaging form) of the
consignment shall be identified with that code. This
requirement shall be applicable to the consignments,
which have left China after 1 September 2002.’

(b) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Article 2 of Commission Decision 2002/79/EC (2), as
amended by Decision 2002/233/EC (3), provides for a
review of that Decision before 1 May 2002 in order to
assess whether the special conditions set out in that
Decision provide a sufficient level of protection of public
health within the Community and whether there is a
continuing need for the sampling and analysis of each
consignment by
the
importing Member State.

authority of

competent

the

The results of the sampling and analysis of each consign-
ment of peanuts originating in or consigned from China
demonstrate that
there is a no longer need for the
sampling and analysis of each consignment by the
competent authority of the importing Member State and
that an at random sampling and analysis will provide a
sufficient level of protection of public health within the
Community.

to ensure that

In order
the random sampling and
analysis of consignments of peanuts and certain products
derived of peanuts originating in or consigned from
China
harmonised manner
in a
throughout the Community, it is therefore appropriate
to fix an approximate frequency for the at random
sampling and analysis.

performed

are

It is necessary to update the list of points of entry for
Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Ireland and Sweden
through which the products concerned by Decision
2002/79/EC may be imported.

Decision 2002/79/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly,

(1) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 34, 5.2.2002, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 78, 21.3.2002, p. 14.

at

States

undertake

random
shall
‘5. Member
sampling and analysis of consignments of peanuts and
certain products derived from peanuts originating in or
consigned from China for aflatoxin B1 and total afla-
toxin before release onto the market from the point of
entry into the Community and shall inform the Commis-
sion of the results.’

(c) The following paragraph 6 is added:

The random sampling and analysis referred to in
‘6.
paragraph 5 shall be carried out on approximately 10 %
of consignments of products for each category of the
products referred to in paragraph 1.

to be subjected to sampling and
Any consignment,
analysis, shall be detained before release onto the market
from the point of entry into the Community for a
maximum of 10 working days. In this event, the compe-
tent authorities in the Member States shall
issue an
accompanying official document establishing that the
consignment has been subjected to official sampling and
analysis and indicating the result of analysis.’

2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 2

This Decision shall be kept under review in the light of
information and guarantees provided by the competent
authorities of China and on the basis of the results of the
tests carried out by Member States.

This Decision shall be reviewed by 31 December 2002 at
the latest, in order to assess whether the special conditions,
referred to in Article 1, provide a sufficient level of protec-
tion of public health within the Community. The review
shall also assess whether there is a continuing need for the
special conditions.’

3. Annex II is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Deci-

sion.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 August 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX ΙΙ

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, Aalst

Danmark

All Danish harbours and airports and all border stations

Deutschland

Ελλάς

España

France

Ireland

Italia

HZA Lörrach — ZA Weil-am-Rhein-Autobahn, HZA Stuttgart — ZA Flughafen, HZA
München — ZA München-Flughafen, HZA Hof — Schirnding-Landstraße, HZA Weiden —
ZA Furth-im-Wald-Schafberg, HZA Weiden — ZA Waidhaus-Autobahn, Bezirksamt Rei-
nickendorf von Berlin, Abteilung Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Kultur, Veterinär- und Lebens-
mittelaufsichtsamt, Grenzkontrollstelle, HZA Frankfurt (Oder) — ZA Autobahn, HZA
Cottbus — ZA Forst-Autobahn, HZA Bremen — ZA Neustädter Hafen, HZA Bremen —
ZA Bremerhaven, HZA Hamburg-Hafen — ZA Waltershof, HZA Hamburg-Stadt, HZA
Itzehoe — ZA Hamburg-Flughafen, HZA Frankfurt-am-Main-Flughafen, HZA Braunsch-
weig-Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Hannover — Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Lüneburg — ZA
Stade, HZA Dresden — ZA Dresden-Friedrichstadt, HZA Pirna — ZA Altenberg, HZA
Löbau — Zollamt Ludwigsdorf-Autobahn, HZA Itzehoe — ZA Pinneberg, HZA Koblenz
— ZA Hahn-Flughafen, HZA Oldenburg — ZA Wilhelmshaven, HZA Bielefeld — ZA
Eckendorfer Straße Bielefeld, HZA Erfurt — ZA Eisenach, HZA Potsdam — ZA Ludwigs-
felde, HZA Potsdam — ZA Berlin-Flughafen-Schönefeld, HZA Augsburg — ZA
Memmingen, HZA Ulm — ZA Ulm (Donautal), HZA Karlsruhe — ZA Karlsruhe, HZA
Berlin — ZA Dreilinden, HZA Gießen — ZA Gießen, HZA Gießen — ZA Marburg

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), Gijón (Puerto),
Huelva (Puerto), Irún (Carretera), A 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), 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 (Aero-
puerto), Valencía (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-Atlantique), Agen (Lot-et-Garonne), Port de la Pointe des Galets à la
Réunion

Dublin — Port and Airport,
Cork — Port and Airport,
Shannon — Airport

Ufficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di Ancona
Ufficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di Bari
Ufficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di Genova
Ufficio Sanità Marittima di Livorno
Ufficio Sanità Marittima ed Aerea di Napoli
Ufficio Sanità Marittima di Ravenna
Ufficio Sanità Marittima di Salerno
Ufficio 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

All harbours and airports and all border stations

HZA Feldkirch, HZA Graz, Nickelsdorf, Spielfeld, HZA Wien, ZA Wels, ZA Kledering, ZA
Flughafen Wien, HZA Salzburg, ZA Klingenbach/Zweigstelle Sopron, ZA Karawanken-
tunnel, ZA Villach

Portugal

Lisboa, Leixões

Suomi-Finland

All Finnish Customs Offices

Sverige

Göteborg, Ystad, Stockholm, Helsingborg, Karlskrona, Karlsham, Landvetter, Arlanda

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’