Decision 2004/428/EC of 29 April 2004 amending Decision 2003/493/EC as regards the points of entry through which Brazil nuts in shell originating in or consigned from Brazil may only be imported into the Community
Date: 2004-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Brazil, accession to the European Union, food standard, health certificate, import, nut, originating product

L 154/14 

EN 

Official Journal of the European Union 

30.4.2004 

COMMISSION DECISION 

of 29 April 2004 

amending Decision 2003/493/EC as regards the points of entry through which Brazil 
nuts in shell originating in or consigned from Brazil may only be imported into the 
Community 

(notified under document number C(2004) 1591) 

(Text with EEA relevance)  
(2004/428/EC) 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 

Having  regard  to  Regulation  (EC)  No  178/2002  of  the  European  Parliament  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 safety1, and in particular Article 53 (1)(b) thereof,  

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  of  Accession  of  the  Czech  Republic,  Estonia,  Cyprus,  Latvia, 
Lithuania,  Hungary,  Malta,  Poland,  Slovenia  and  Slovakia,  and  in  particular  Article  2(3) 
thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  Act  of  Accession  of  the  Czech  Republic,  Estonia,  Cyprus,  Latvia, 
Lithuania,  Hungary,  Malta,  Poland,  Slovenia  and  Slovakia,  and  in  particular  Article  57(2) 
thereof, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

Commission Decision 2003/493/EC of 4 July 2003 imposing special conditions on the 
import  of  Brazil  nuts  in  shell  originating  in  or  consigned  from  Brazil2  listed  in  its 
Annex  II  the  points  of  entry  through  which  Brazil  nuts  in  shell  originating  in  or 
consigned from Brazil may only be imported into the Community. 

The  list  of  points  of  entry  must  be  adapted  by  reason  of  accession  of  the  Czech 
Republic,  Estonia,  Cyprus,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Hungary,  Malta,  Poland,  Slovenia  and 
Slovakia to the Union. 

It  is  necessary  to  update  the  list  of  points  of  entry  for  Germany,  United  Kingdom, 
Luxembourg  and  Sweden  through  which  the  products  concerned  by  Decision 
2003/493/EC may be imported. 

1 OJ L31, 1.02.2002, p.1 Amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/2003 (OJ L245, 29.9.2003, p.4) 
2 OJ L168, 5.7.2003, p.33 

 
                                                 
(4) 

Decision 2003/493/EC should therefore be amended accordingly, 

(5) 

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

Annex II to Decision 2003/493/EC is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision. 

Article 1 

Article 2 

The Decision shall apply from 1 May 2004. 

Member  States  shall  take  the  measures  necessary  to  comply  with  this  Decision.  They  shall 
inform the Commission thereof.  

Article 3 

This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004. 

For the Commission 
David BYRNE 
Member of the Commission 

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ANNEX 

“ANNEX II 

List of points of entry through which Brazil nuts in shell originating in or consigned from Brazil may be 
imported into the Community 

Member State 
Belgium 

Czech Republic 

Denmark 

Germany 

Point of Entry 
Antwerpen, Zeebrugge, Brussel/Bruxelles, Aalst 

Celní úřad Praha D5 

All Danish harbours and airports  

HZA Lörrach-ZA Weil am Rhein-Autobahn, HZA Stuttgart- ZA Flughafen, HZA München - 

ZA München - Flughafen, 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 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 Hamburger Allee, 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-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, 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 – Flüghafen Schönefeld, 

HZA Düsseldorf – ZA Düsseldorf Nord 

Estonia 

Muuga port BIP, Paljassaare port BIP, Paldiski-Lõuna port BIP, Dirhami port BIP, Luhamaa road 

BIP, Narva road BIP  

Greece 

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 

Spain 

Algeciras (Puerto), Alicante (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Almeria (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Asturias 

(Aeropuerto), Barcelona (Aeropuerto, Puerto, Ferrocarril), Bilbao (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Cadiz 

(Puerto), Cartagena (Puerto), Castellon (Puerto), Ceuta (Puerto), Gijón (Puerto), Huelva (Puerto), 

Irun (Carretera), La Coruña (Puerto), La Junquera (Carretera) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 

(Aeropuerto, Puerto), Madrid (Aeropuerto, Ferrocarril), Malaga (Aeropuerto, Puerto), Marin 

(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), Villagarcia (Puerto), Vitoria (Aeropuerto), Zaragoza (Aeropuerto) 

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France 

Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhone), 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 

Ireland 

Italy 

Cyprus 

Latvia 

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 

Limassol Port , Larnaca Airport 

Grebneva, - road with Russia 

Terehova – road with Russia 

Pātarnieki – road with Byelorussia 

Silene – road with Byelorussia  

Daugavpils – railway commodity station 

Rēzekne – railway commodity station  

Liepāja – sea port  

Ventspils – sea port 

Rīga - sea port 

Rīga - airport Rīga  

Rīga - Latvian Post 

Lithuania 

Road: Kybartai, Lavoriškės, Medininkai, Panemunė, Šalčininkai 

Airport: Vilnius 

Seaport: Malkų įlankos, Molo, Pilies 

Railway: Kena, Kybartai, Pagėgiai 

Luxembourg 

Centre Douanier, Croix de Gasperich, Luxembourg  

Administration des Douanes et Accises, Bureau Luxembourg-Aéroport, Niederanven  

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Hungary 

Ferihegy – Budapest - airport 

Záhony - Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg - road 

Eperjeske - Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg - railway 

Nagylak – Csongrád - road 

Lökösháza – Békés - railway 

Röszke – Csongrád - road 

Kelebia - Bács-Kiskun - railway 

Letenye – Zala - road 

Gyékényes – Somogy - railway 
Mohács – Baranya - port 

Malta 

Netherlands 

Malta Freeport, the Malta International Airport and the Grand Harbour. 

All harbours and airports and all border stations  

Austria 

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

Flughafen Wien, HZA Salzburg, ZA Klingenbach/Zweigstelle Sopron, ZA Karawankentunnel, ZA 

Poland 

Bezledy - Warmińsko – Mazurskie - road border point 

Villach 

Kuźnica Białostocka - Podlaskie - road border point 

Bobrowniki - Podlaskie - road border point 

Koroszczyn - Lubelskie - road border point 

Dorohusk - Lubelskie - road and railway border point 

Gdynia - Pomorskie - seaport border point 

Gdańsk - Pomorskie -seaport border point 

Medyka-Przemyśl - Podkarpackie - railway border point 

Medyka - Podkarpackie - road border point 

Korczowa - Podkarpackie -road border point 

Jasionka - Podkarpackie - airport border point 

Szczecin - Zachodnio – Pomorskie - seaport border point 

Świnoujście - Zachodnio – Pomorskie - seaport border point 

Kołobrzeg - Zachodnio – Pomorskie - seaport border point 

Lisboa, Leixões 

Obrežje - road border crossing 

Koper - port border crossing 

Dobova - railway border crossing 

Vyšné Nemecké – road, Čierna nad Tisou – railway 

All Finnish Customs Offices. 

Göteborg, Stockholm, Helsingborg, Landvetter, Arlanda, Norrköping 

Portugal 

Slovenia 

Slovakia 

Finland 

Sweden 

United Kingdom 

Belfast, Dover, Felixstowe, Gatwick Airport, Goole, Grimsby, Harwich, Heathrow Airport, Hull, 

Immingham, Ipswich, Leith, Liverpool, London (including Tilbury, Thamesport and Sheerness), 

Manchester Airport, Manchester Containerbase, Manchester International Freight Terminal, 

Manchester (including Ellesmere Port), Middlesborough, Southampton.” 

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