2003/551/EC: Commission Decision of 22 July 2003 amending Decision 97/830/EC repealing Decision 97/613/EC and imposing special conditions on the import of pistachios and certain products derived from pistachios originating in or consigned from Iran (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 2603)
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iran, food inspection, health certificate, import, nut, originating product, public health

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 July 2003

amending Decision 97/830/EC repealing Decision 97/613/EC and imposing special conditions on
the import of pistachios and certain products derived from pistachios originating in or consigned
from Iran

(notified under document number C(2003) 2603)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/551/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,

After consulting the Member States,

Whereas:

(5)

(6)

It is important to ensure that the sampling and analysis
of consignments of pistachios and products derived from
pistachios originating in or consigned from Iran are
performed in a harmonised manner throughout
the
Community.

At the request of some Member States it is appropriate
to update the list of points of entry through which the
products covered by Decision 97/830/EC may be
imported into the Community. For the sake of clarity
that list should be replaced.

(7)

Decision 97/830/EC should therefore be
accordingly,

amended

Commission Decision 97/830/EC (2), as last amended by
Decision 2000/238/EC (3), imposes special conditions on
the import of pistachios and certain products derived
from pistachios originating in or consigned from Iran.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

the

that

Decision 97/830/EC provides
competent
authority shall ensure that before release onto the
market from the point of entry into the Community,
each consignment of products covered by that Decision
is subject to systematic sampling and analysis for afla-
toxin B1 and total aflatoxin. The term ‘systematic
sampling and analysis’ set out in Decision 97/830/EC
is
to different
may be subject
appropriate to clarify the meaning of such terms.

interpretations and it

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying
down the general principles and requirements of food
law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority
and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (4),
established the rapid alert system for food and feed
(RASFF).

results of official controls carried out

In the interests of public health, Member States should
provide the Commission with periodical reports of all
analytical
in
respect of consignments of pistachios and certain
products derived from pistachios originating in or
consigned from Iran. Such reports should be in addition
to the notification obligations under the rapid alert
system for food and feed.

(1) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 343, 13.12.1997, p. 30.
(3) OJ L 75, 24.3.2000, p. 59.
(4) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.

Article 1

Decision 97/830/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5.
The competent authorities in each Member State
shall take a sample for analysis from each consignment
of pistachios and certain products derived from pista-
chios originating in or consigned from Iran for analysis
of aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin before release onto
the market from the point of entry into the Community.

Member States shall submit to the Commission every
three months a report of all analytical results of official
controls on consignments of pistachios and certain
products derived from pistachios originating in or
consigned from Iran. This report shall be submitted
during the month following each quarter (*).

(*) April, July, October, January.’

(b) The following paragraphs 6 and 7 are added:

‘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 an
accompanying official document establishing that the
consignment has been subjected to official sampling and
analysis and indicating the result of the analysis.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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In case a consignment is split, copies of the health
7.
certificate and accompanying documents referred to in
the paragraphs 1 and 6 and certified by the competent
authority of the Member State on whose territory the
splitting has taken place, shall accompany each part of
the split consignment.’

2. Article 3 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

This Decision shall be kept under review in the light of
information and guarantees provided by the competent
authorities of Iran and on 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 2 provide 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.’

3. Annex II
Decision.

is replaced by the text

in the Annex to this

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

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

Member State

Point of entry

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Antwerpen, Zeebrugge, Brussel/Bruxelles, Aalst

All Danish harbours and airports

HZA Lörrach — ZA Weil-am-Rhein-Autobahn, HZA Stuttgart — ZA Flughafen, HZA München
— ZA München-Flughafen, HZA Hof-Schirnding-Landstraβe, HZA Weiden — ZA Furth-im-
Wald-Schafberg, HZA Weiden — ZA Waidhaus-Autobahn, Bezirksamt Reinickendorf von Berlin,
Abteilung Finanzen, Wirtschaft und Kultur, Veterinär- und Lebensmittelaufsichtsamt, Grenzkon-
trollstelle, 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 Braunschweig-Abfertigungsstelle, HZA Hannover-Abfertigungsstelle,
HZA Oldenburg — ZA Stade, HZA Dresden — ZA Dresden-Friedrichstadt, 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-Flugh-
afen-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, HZA Singen — ZA Bahnhof, HZA Lörrach — ZA Weil-am-Rhein-
Schusterinsel, HZA Hamburg-Stadt — ZA Oberelbe, HZA Hamburg-Stadt — ZA Oberelbe-
Abfertigungsstelle-Billbrook, HZA Hamburg-Stadt — ZA Oberelbe-Abfertigungsstelle-
Großmarkt, HZA Potsdam — ZA Berlin-Flughafen-Schönefeld, HZA Düsseldorf — ZA Düssel-
dorf-Nord

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

Algeciras (Puerto), Alicante (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Almería (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Asturias (Aero-
puerto), Barcelona (Aeropuerto, Puerto, Ferrocarril), Bilbao (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Cádiz (Puerto),
Cartagena (Puerto), Castellón (Puerto), Ceuta (Puerto), Gijón (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 (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 (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), 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

The Netherlands

All harbours and airports and all border stations

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

HZA Feldkirch, HZA Graz, Nickelsdorf, Spielfeld, HZA Wien, ZA Wels, ZA Kledering, ZA Flugh-
afen Wien, HZA Salzburg, ZA Klingenbach/Zweigstelle Sopron, ZA Karawankentunnel, ZA
Villach

Lisboa, Leixo˜ es

All Finnish customs offices

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

Belfast, Channel Tunnel Terminal, Dover, Felixstowe, Gatwick Airport, Goole Grangemouth,
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’