Commission Regulation (EC) No 684/2004 of 13 April 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards dioxins (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consumer protection, food contamination, food standard, foodstuff, public health, toxic substance

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 684/2004

of 13 April 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 as regards dioxins

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 315/93 of 8
February 1993 laying down Community procedures
for
contaminants in food (1), and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,

(5)

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 of 8 March
2001 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants
in foodstuffs (2), establishes maximum levels for dioxins
in certain foodstuffs.

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

The maximum levels for dioxins apply from 1 July
2002. The application of the text has revealed a need for
some clarification of the description of the products or
the parts of the product to which the maximum level
apply.

Available data indicate that free range and semi-intensive
eggs may contain higher levels of dioxin than battery
eggs. Measures have to be taken to ensure that dioxin
levels in free range and semi-intensive eggs are reduced
and a transition period for the application of the levels
was foreseen until 1 January 2004. It now appears that
more time is needed for the investigations to define
possible measures to reduce the dioxin levels in free
range and semi-intensive eggs and for implementing
these measures. It is therefore appropriate to extend the
transition period for one year.

(4)

In the meantime, Commission Directive 2002/69/EC of
30 July 2002 laying down the sampling methods and
the methods of analysis for the official control of dioxins
and the determination of dioxin-like PCBs in food-
stuffs (3) has been adopted.

(1) OJ L 37, 13.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation amended by Regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L
284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 77, 16.3.2001, p. 1. Last amended by Regulation (EC) No 455/

2004 (OJ L 74, 12.3.2004, p. 11).

(3) OJ L 209, 6.8.2002, p. 5.

Annex I,
amended as follows:

section 5 of Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 is

1.

2.

in the first column, point 5.1.2., ‘Liver and derived products’
is replaced with ‘Liver and derived products originating
from terrestrial animals’;

in the first column, point 5.2., the following sentence is
added to footnote (5): ‘Where fish are intended to be eaten
whole, the maximum level shall apply to the whole fish’.

3.

in the first column, point 5.4., footnote (8),
2004’ is replaced with ‘1 January 2005’.

‘10 January

4.

in the first column, point 5.5 Oils and fats, second indent
‘Vegetable oil’ is replaced with ‘Vegetable oils and fats’.

5.

in the third and fourth column, point 5.1.1. to point 5.5.,
the words ‘Directive 2001/…/EC (*)’ is replaced with ‘Direc-
tive 2002/69/EC (9).

(9) OJ L 209, 6.8.2002, p. 5.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the 20th day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission