Proposal for a Council Regulation (EURATOM) laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency (Codified version)
Date: 2007-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, codification of EU law, foodstuff, health control, marketing, nuclear accident, radioactive pollution

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 5.6.2007 
COM(2007) 302 final 

2007/0103 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM) 

laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and 
of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency 

(Codified version) 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

In  the  context  of  a  people’s  Europe,  the  Commission  attaches  great  importance  to 
simplifying  and  clarifying  Community  law  so  as  to  make  it  clearer  and  more 
accessible to the ordinary citizen, thus giving him new opportunities and the chance 
to make use of the specific rights it gives him. 

This aim cannot be achieved so long as numerous provisions that have been amended 
several times, often quite substantially, remain scattered, so that they must be sought 
partly  in  the  original  instrument  and  partly  in  later  amending  ones.  Considerable 
research work, comparing many different instruments, is thus needed to identify the 
current rules. 

For  this  reason  a  codification  of  rules  that  have  frequently  been  amended  is  also 
essential if Community law is to be clear and transparent. 

On  1  April  1987  the  Commission  therefore  decided1  to  instruct  its  staff  that  all 
legislative acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that 
this  is  a  minimum  requirement  and  that  departments  should  endeavour  to  codify  at 
even  shorter  intervals  the  texts  for  which  they  are  responsible,  to  ensure  that  the 
Community rules are clear and readily understandable. 

The  Conclusions  of 
the  Edinburgh  European  Council 
(December 1992) confirmed this2 stressing the importance of codification as it offers 
certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time. 

the  Presidency  of 

Codification  must  be  undertaken  in  full  compliance  with  the  normal  Community 
legislative procedure. 

Given  that  no  changes  of  substance  may  be  made  to  the  instruments  affected  by 
codification, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, 
by  an  interinstitutional  agreement  dated  20  December  1994,  that  an  accelerated 
procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments. 

The  purpose  of  this  proposal  is  to  undertake  a  codification3  of  Council 
Regulation (Euratom)  No  3954/87  of  22  December  1987  laying  down  maximum 
permitted  levels  of  radioactive  contamination  of  foodstuffs  and  of  feedingstuffs 
following  a  nuclear  accident  or  any  other  case  of  radiological  emergency, 
Commission  Regulation  (Euratom)  No  944/89  of  12  April  1989  laying  down 
maximum  permitted  levels  of  radioactive  contamination  in  minor  foodstuffs 
following  a  nuclear  accident  or  any  other  case  of  radiological  emergency  and 
Commission  Regulation  (Euratom)  No 770/90  of  29  March  1990  laying  down 
maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of feedingstuffs following a 
nuclear  accident  or  any  other  case  of  radiological  emergency.  The  new  Regulation 
will  supersede  the  various  acts  incorporated  in  it4;  this  proposal  fully  preserves  the 

COM(87) 868 PV. 
See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions. 
Carried out pursuant to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the 
Council – Codification of the Acquis Communautaire, COM(2001) 645 final. 
See Annex IV to this proposal. 

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content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together 
with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself. 

5. 

The codification proposal was drawn up on the basis of a preliminary consolidation, 
in  all  official  languages,  of  Regulation  (Euratom)  No  3954/87  and  the  instruments 
amending  it,  carried  out  by  the  Office  for  Official  Publications  of  the  European 
Communities, by means of a data-processing system. Where the Articles have been 
given new numbers, the correlation between the old and the new numbers is shown 
in a table set out in Annex V to the codified Regulation. 

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(cid:208) 3954/87 
2007/0103 (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM) 

laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and 
of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Atomic  Energy  Community,  and  in 
particular Article 31 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament1, 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee2, 

Whereas: 

(cid:208)  

(1) 

said  Regulation 

Council  Regulation  (Euratom)  No  3954/87  of  22  December  1987  laying  down 
maximum  permitted  levels  of  radioactive  contamination  of  foodstuffs  and  of 
feedingstuffs  following  a  nuclear  accident  or  any  other  case  of  radiological 
emergency3 has been substantially amended4. In the interests of clarity and rationality 
together  with  Commission 
the 
Regulation (Euratom)  No  944/89  of  12  April  1989  laying  down  maximum  permitted 
levels of radioactive contamination in minor foodstuffs following a nuclear accident or 
any  other  case  of  radiological  emergency5  and  Commission  Regulation  (Euratom) 
No 770/90  of  29  March  1990  laying  down  maximum  permitted  levels  of  radioactive 
contamination  of  feedingstuffs  following  a  nuclear  accident  or  any  other  case  of 
radiological emergency6. 

codified, 

should 

be 

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OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
OJ C […], […], p. […]. 
OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. 11. Regulation as amended by Regulation (Euratom) No 2218/89 (OJ L 211, 
22.7.1989, p. 1). 
See Annex IV. 
OJ L 101, 13.4.1989, p. 17. 
OJ L 83, 30.3.1990, p. 78. 

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(2) 

Article 2(b) of the Treaty requires that the Council establish uniform safety standards 
to  protect  the  health  of  workers  and  of  the  general  public  and  ensure  that  they  are 
applied, as further set out in Title Two, Chapter III, of the Treaty. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 1 (adapted) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 2 (adapted) 

On  2  February  1959,  the  Council  adopted  Directives7  laying  down  basic  safety 
standards,  the  text  of  which  was  replaced  by  that  of  ⌦ Council ⌫  Directive 
⌦ 96/29/Euratom  of  13 May  1996  laying  down  basic  safety  standards  for  the 
protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising 
from  ionizing  radiation8 ⌫.  Article ⌦ 50(2) ⌫  of  that  Directive  requires  Member 
States to stipulate intervention levels in the event of accidents. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 3 

Following  the  accident  at  the  Chernobyl  nuclear  power-station  on  26  April  1986, 
considerable  quantities  of  radioactive  materials  were  released  into  the  atmosphere, 
contaminating  foodstuffs  and  feedingstuffs  in  several  European  countries  to  levels 
significant from the health point of view. 

The  Community  adopted  measures9  to  ensure  that  certain  agricultural  products  are 
only  introduced  into  the  Community  according  to  the  common  arrangements  which 
safeguard  the  health  of  the  population  while  maintaining  the  unified  nature  of  the 
market and avoiding deflections of trade. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 4 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 5 

The  need  arises  to  set  up  a  system  allowing  the  Community,  following  a  nuclear 
accident or any other case of radiological emergency which is likely to lead or has led 
to  a  significant  radioactive  contamination  of  foodstuffs  and  feedingstuffs,  to  fix 
maximum  permitted  levels  of  radioactive  contamination  in  order  to  protect  the 
population. 

(7) 

The Commission ⌦ is to ⌫ be informed of a nuclear accident or of unusually high 
levels  of  radioactivity  according  to  Council  Decision  ⌦ 87/600/Euratom ⌫  of  14 
December 1987 on Community arrangements for the early exchange of information in 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 6 (adapted) 

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OJ 11, 20.2.1959, p. 221/59. 
OJ L 159, 29.6.1996, p. 1. 
Council  Regulations  (EEC)  No 1707/86  (OJ  L  146,  31.5.1986,  p.  88),  (EEC)  No 3020/86  (OJ  L  280, 
1.10.1986, p. 79), (EEC) No 624/87 (OJ L 58, 28.2.1987, p. 101) and (EEC) No 3955/87 (⌦ OJ L 371, 
30.12.1987, p. ⌫ 14). 

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the event of radiological emergency10, or under the ⌦ IAEA ⌫ Convention on early 
notification of a nuclear accident of 26 September 1986. 

(8) 

The Commission ⌦ should ⌫, if the circumstances so require, immediately adopt a 
Regulation rendering applicable pre-established maximum permitted levels. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 7 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 8 (adapted) 

(9) 

On  the  basis  of  current  data  available  in  the  field  of  radiation  protection,  derived 
reference levels have been established and these ⌦ levels ⌫ may be used as a basis 
for the fixing of maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination to be applied 
immediately following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency 
which is likely to lead or has led to significant radioactive contamination of foodstuffs 
and feedingstuffs. 

(10)  Such  maximum  permitted  levels  take  due  account  of  the  latest  scientific  advice  as 
presently  available  on  an  international  scale  whilst  reflecting  the  need  for  reassuring 
the public and avoiding divergences in international regulatory practice. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 9 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 10 

(11)  However, it is necessary to take due account of the particular conditions applying and, 
therefore,  to  establish  a  procedure  allowing  the  rapid  adaptation  of  these  pre-
established  levels  to  maximum  permitted  levels  appropriate  to  the  circumstances  of 
any particular nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency which is 
likely  to  lead  or  has  led  to  significant  radioactive  contamination  of  foodstuffs  and 
feedingstuffs. 

(12)  A  Regulation  rendering  applicable  maximum  permitted  levels  ⌦ should ⌫  also 
maintain the unity of the ⌦ Internal ⌫ Market and avoid deflections of trade within 
the Community. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 11 (adapted) 

(13) 

In order  to  facilitate  the adaptation  of  maximum  permitted levels, procedures  should 
be  provided  for  allowing  the  consultation  of  experts  including  the  Group  of  Experts 
referred to in Article 31 of the Treaty. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 12 

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⌦ OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. ⌫ 76. 

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(14)  Compliance  with  the  maximum  permitted  levels  ⌦ should ⌫  be  the  subject  of 

appropriate checks, 

(cid:208) 3954/87 Recital 13 (adapted) 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

(cid:208) 3954/87 

Article 1 

1. This Regulation lays down the procedure for determining the maximum permitted levels of 
radioactive  contamination  of  foodstuffs  and  of  feedingstuffs  which  may  be  placed  on  the 
market  following  a  nuclear  accident  or  any  other  case  of  radiological  emergency  which  is 
likely  to  lead  to  or  has  led  to  significant  radioactive  contamination  of  foodstuffs  and 
feedingstuffs. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 (adapted) 
(cid:206)1 Corrigendum, OJ L 18, 
22.1.1988, p. 74 

2. For the purposes of this Regulation, ⌦ the following definitions shall apply: ⌫ 

(a) 

“foodstuffs”  means  products  which  are  intended  for  human  consumption  either 
immediately or after processing;  

(b) 

“feedingstuffs” means products which are intended only for animal nutrition. 

Article 2 

1.  In  the  event  of  the  Commission  receiving  —  in  particular  according  to  either  the 
Community  arrangements  for  the  early  exchange  of  information  in  case  of  a  radiological 
emergency or under the (cid:206)1 IAEA Convention  of 26 September 1986 on early notification 
of a nuclear accident — official information on accidents or on any other case of radiological 
emergency, substantiating that the maximum permissible levels ⌦ laid down ⌫ in Annex I 
are  likely  to  be  reached  or  have  been  reached,  it  ⌦ shall ⌫  immediately  adopt,  if  the 
circumstances  so  require,  a  Regulation  rendering  applicable  those  maximum  permissible 
levels. 

2.  The  period  of  validity  of  any  Regulation  within  the  meaning  of  paragraph  1  shall  be  as 
short as possible and shall not exceed three months, subject to the provisions of Article 3(4). 

(cid:208) 3954/87 

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Article 3 

(cid:208) 3954/87 (adapted) 

1. After consultation with experts, which shall include the group of experts ⌦ referred to in 
Article 31 of the Treaty, hereinafter “group of experts” ⌫, the Commission shall submit to 
the Council a proposal for a Regulation to adapt or confirm the provisions of the Regulation 
referred to in Article 2(1) ⌦ of this Regulation ⌫ within one month of its adoption. 

2.  When  submitting  the  proposal  for  a  Regulation  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  ⌦ ,  the 
Commission  shall ⌫  take  into  account  the  basic  standards  laid  down  in  accordance  with 
Articles  30  ⌦ and ⌫  31  of  the  Treaty,  including  the  principle  that  all  exposures  shall  be 
kept as low as reasonably achievable, taking the aspect of the protection of the health of the 
general public and economic and social factors into account. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 

3.  The  Council  shall,  acting  by  a  qualified  majority,  take  a  decision  on  the  proposal  for  a 
Regulation referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 within the time limit set out in Article 2(2). 

4.  In  the  event  that  the  Council  does  not  decide  within  this  time  limit,  the  levels  set  out  in 
Annex  I  shall  continue  to  apply  until  the  Council  does  decide  or  until  the  Commission 
withdraws its proposal because the conditions set out in Article 2(1) no longer apply. 

Article 4 

The period of validity of any Regulation within the meaning of Article 3 shall be limited. This 
period may be revised at the request of a Member State or on the initiative of the Commission 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3. 

Article 5 

(cid:208) 3954/87 (adapted) 

1.  In  order  to  ensure  that  the  maximum  permitted  levels  laid  down  in  Annexes  I  ⌦ and 
III ⌫  take  account  of  any  new  scientific  data  becoming  available,  the  Commission  shall, 
from time to time, seek the opinion of experts, which shall include the group of experts. 

2. At the request of a Member State or the Commission, the maximum permitted levels laid 
down in Annex I may  be  revised or supplemented, upon the submission of a proposal from 
the Commission to the Council in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 31 of 
the Treaty. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 

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Article 6 

1.  Foodstuffs  or  feedingstuffs  not  in  compliance  with  the  maximum  permitted  levels  laid 
down in a Regulation adopted in accordance with Articles 2 or 3 shall not be placed on the 
market.  

For the purposes of applying this Regulation, foodstuffs or feedingstuffs imported from third 
countries  shall  be  considered  to  be  placed  on  the  market  if,  on  the  customs  territory  of  the 
Community, they undergo a customs procedure other than a transit procedure. 

2.  Each  Member  State  shall  provide  the  Commission  with  all  information  concerning  the 
application  of  this  Regulation,  in  particular  concerning  cases  of  non-compliance  with  the 
maximum permitted levels. The Commission shall communicate such information to the other 
Member States. 

(cid:208) 944/89 Art. 1 (adapted) 

⌦ Article 7 ⌫ 

⌦ 1.  A ⌫  list  of  minor  foodstuffs  ⌦ together  with  the  maximum  levels  of  radioactive 
contamination to be applied thereto ⌫ is set out in Annex II. 

⌦ 2. ⌫  For  the  minor  foodstuffs  given  in  Annex  II,  the  maximum  permitted  levels  to  be 
applied  are 10  times  those applicable to “other foodstuffs except minor foodstuffs” fixed in 
Annex I or pursuant to Regulations adopted on the basis of Article 3 . 

(cid:208) 944/89 Art. 2 (adapted) 

(cid:208) 770/90 Art. 1 and Annex 
(adapted) 

⌦ Article 8 ⌫ 

Maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of feedingstuffs are set out in Annex 
III. 

(cid:208) 2218/89 Art. 2 (adapted) 

Article 9 

Rules  for  applying  this  Regulation,  ⌦ the ⌫  list  of  minor  foodstuffs  ⌦ referred  to  in 
Article 7 ⌫ and the maximum levels for feedingstuffs ⌦ referred to in Article 8 shall be ⌫ 
adopted  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  ⌦ referred  to ⌫  in  Article  ⌦ 42 ⌫  of 

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⌦ Council ⌫  Regulation  (EC)  No  ⌦ 1255/199911 ⌫,  which  shall  apply  by  analogy.  To 
this end ⌦ the Commission shall be assisted by ⌫ an ad hoc Committee. 

(cid:208)  

Article 10 

Council  Regulation  (Euratom)  No  3954/87  and  Commission  Regulations  (Euratom) 
No 944/89 and No 770/90 are repealed. 

References to the repealed Regulations shall be construed as references to this Regulation and 
shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex V. 

(cid:208) 3954/87 (adapted) 

Article 11 

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

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

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. 

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(cid:208) 2218/89 Art. 1 and Annex 
(adapted) 

ANNEX I 

MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS FOR FOODSTUFFS (Bq/kg) 

Foodstuffs1 

⌦ Infant ⌫ 
food2 

Dairy 
produce3 

Other 
foodstuffs 
except minor 
foodstuffs4 

Liquid 
foodstuffs5 

75 

125 

750 

150 

500 

2 000 

1 

20 

80 

125 

500 

20 

400 

1 000 

1 250 

1 000 

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Isotopes of strontium, 
notably Sr-90 

Isotopes of iodine, 
notably I-131 

Alpha-emitting isotopes 
of plutonium and 
transplutonium elements, 
notably Pu-239, Am-241 

All other nuclides of half-
life greater than 10 days, 
notably Cs-134, Cs-1376 

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3 

4 

5 

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The  level  applicable  to  concentrated  or  dried  products  is  calculated  on  the  basis  of  the  reconstituted 
product as ready for consumption. Member States may make recommendations concerning the diluting 
conditions  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  maximum  permitted  levels  laid  down  in  this  Regulation  are 
observed. 
⌦ Infant ⌫ food ⌦ is ⌫ defined as those foodstuffs intended for the feeding of infants during the 
first four to six months of life, which meet, in themselves, the nutritional requirements of this category 
of  person  and  are  put  up  for  retail  sale  in  packages  which  are  clearly  identified  and  labelled  “food 
preparation for infants”. 
Dairy  produce  is  defined  as  those  products  falling  within  the  following  CN  codes  including,  where 
appropriate, any adjustments which might be made to them later: 0401, 0402 (except 0402 29 11). 
Minor foodstuffs and the corresponding levels to be applied to them ⌦ are ⌫ defined in accordance 
with Article 9. 
Liquid  foodstuffs  as  defined  in  the  heading  2009  and  in  chapter  22  of  the  combined  nomenclature. 
Values  are  calculated  taking  into  account  consumption  of  tap-water  and  the  same  values  should  be 
applied to drinking water supplies at the discretion of competent authorities in Member States. 
Carbon 14, tritium and potassium 40 are not included in this group. 

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(adapted) 

ANNEX II 

LIST OF MINOR FOODSTUFFS 

CN code 

Description 

0703 20 00 

Garlic (fresh or chilled)) 

0709 ⌦ 59 50 ⌫ 

Truffles (fresh or chilled) 

0709 90 40 

Capers (fresh or chilled) 

0711 ⌦ 90 70 ⌫ 

Capers (provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for 
immediate consumption) 

0712 30 00 

0714 

0814 00 00 

Truffles (dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not 
further prepared) 

Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and 
similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh or 
dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith 

Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, 
dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other 
preservative solutions 

0903 00 00 

Maté 

0904 

Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed of ground fruits of the 
genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta 

0905 00 00 

Vanilla 

0906 

Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers 

0907 00 00 

Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) 

0908 

0909 

0910 

Nutmeg, mace and cardamons 

Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper 
berries 

Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and 
other spices 

1106 20  

Flour and meal of sago, roots or tubers of heading No 0714 

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1108 14 00 

Manioc (cassava) starch 

1210 

1211 

1301 

1302 

1504 

1604 30  

1801 00 00 

1802 00 00 

1803 

2003 20 00 

2006 00  

2102 

2936 

3301 

Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the 
form of pellets; lupulin 

Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used 
primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or 
similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or 
powdered 

Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and ⌦ oleoresins (for 
example, ⌫ balsams) 

Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and 
pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or 
not modified, derived from vegetable products 

Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether 
or not refined, but not chemically modified 

Caviar and caviar substitutes 

Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted 

Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste 

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted 

Truffles (prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic 
acid) 

⌦ Vegetables, ⌫ fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, 
preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallized) 

Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead 
(but not including vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking 
powders 

Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis 
(including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any 
solvent 

Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; 
resinoids; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes 
or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-
products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and 
aqueous solutions of essential oils 

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ANNEX III 

MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS OF RADIACTIVE CONTAMINATION 
(CAESIUM-134 AND CAESIUM-137) OF FEEDINGSTUFFS 

Animal 

Bq/kg1 2 

Pigs 

Poultry, lambs, calves 

Other 

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1 250

2 500

5 000

1 

2 

These  levels  are  intended  to  contribute  to  the  observance  of  the  maximum  permitted  levels  for 
foodstuffs;  they  do  not  alone  guarantee  such  observance  in  all  circumstances  and  do  not  lessen  the 
requirement for monitoring contamination levels in animal products destined for human consumption. 
These levels apply to feedingstuffs as ready for consumption. 

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ANNEX IV 

Repealed Regulations 

Council Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 

(OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. 11) 

Council Regulation (Euratom) No 2218/89 

(OJ L 211, 22.7.1989, p. 1) 

Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 944/89 

(OJ L 101, 13.4.1989, p. 17) 

Commission Regulation (Euratom) No 770/90 

(OJ L 83, 30.3.1990, p. 78) 

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ANNEX V 

CORRELATION TABLE 

Regulation (Euratom) 
No 3954/87 

Regulation (Euratom) 
No 944/89 

Regulation (Euratom) 
No 770/90 

This Regulation 

Articles 1 to 5 

Article  6(1)  first  and 
second sentence 

Article 6(2) 

Article 7 

- 

Article 8 

Annex 

- 

- 

Article 1 

Article 2 

Article 1 

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- 

Annex 

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- 

Annex 

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- 

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Articles 1 to 5 

Article 6(1) first 
and second 
subparagraphs 

Article 6(2) 

Article 7(1) 

Article 7(2) 

Article 8 

Article 9 

Article 10 

Article 11 

Annex I 

Annex II 

Annex III 

Annex IV 

Annex V 

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