2003/550/EC: Commission Decision of 22 July 2003 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(2003) 2602)
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: China, food inspection, groundnut, health certificate, import, originating product, public health

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 July 2003

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(2003) 2602)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/550/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

At the request of certain Member States, it is appropriate
to update the list of points of entry through which the
products covered by Decision 2002/79/EC may be
imported into the Community. For the sake of clarity,
that list should be replaced.

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,

(6)

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

After consulting the Member States,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 2002/79/EC of 4 February 2002
imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts
and certain products derived from peanuts originating in
or consigned from China (2), as last amended by Decision
2002/678/EC (3), provides for a review of that Decision
by 31 December 2002.

The results of random sampling and analysis of consign-
ments of peanuts originating in or consigned from China
indicate that there is a continuing need for the special
conditions set out in Decision 2002/79/EC in order to
provide a sufficient level of protection of public health
within the Community.

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)
provides for the establishment of 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 peanuts and products derived
from peanuts originating in or consigned from China.
Such reports should be in addition to the notification
obligation under the rapid alert system for food and
feed.

(1) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 34, 5.2.2002, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 229, 27.8.2002, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.

Article 1

Decision 2002/79/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a) Article 1(5) is replaced by the following:

‘5.
The competent authorities in each Member State
shall undertake at random sampling of the consignments
of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts
originating in or consigned from China for analysis of
aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin.

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

(*) April, July, October, January’;

(b) Article 1(6) is amended as follows:

at the end of the second sentence, the words ‘for a
maximum of 10 working days’ are replaced by ‘for a
maximum of 15 working days’;

(c) the following paragraph 7 is added:

‘7.
In case a consignment is split, copies of the health
certificate and accompanying documents referred to in
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.’;

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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 in order to assess
whether the special conditions set out in Article 1 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 consignments of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts
originating in or consigned from China 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’