CELEX: 51987PC0568
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Date: 1987-11-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station (submitted by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(87 ) 568 final
                                                  Brussels , 6 November 1987
                                 Proposai for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
        on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products
        originating in third countries following the accident at the
                       Chernobyl nuclear power-station
                        ( submitted by the Commission )
C0MC87 )  568 final
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                                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
                                                             of
                         on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in
                           third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station
       THI : COUNCI !     Ol THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                Whereas adoption of this Regulation in its present form |
                                                                      appears necessary in order to satisfy overriding and im- i
       Having regard lo the Treaty establishing the European          mediate requirements as mentioned in the third recital.
       Economic Community, and in particular
      Article 113 thereof .
       Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
       Whereas, following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear
       power-station on 26 April l 986, considerable quantities of
       radioactive elements were released into the atmosphere ;           H AS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    ;
                                                                                                                                            j
       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 707/86 (') fixed
       interim maximum permitted levels of radioactivity for all                                        Article 1
       agricultural products originating in third countries and
       intended for human consumption, with which imports of             This Regulation shall apply to the products covered by
       the products must comply and in connection with which              Annex II to the Treatv and to the products covered by :
       checks are carried out by the Member States ; whereas that         Regulations (EEC) No 2730/75 0, (EEC) No 2783/75 (<), !
       Regulation was extended iby-.Re gull at ion ( EEC ) No             (EEC) No 3033/80 O and (EEC) No 3035/80 0 origina¬
      J020 / 86 ( 2 ) and again by Regulation ( EEC )                     ting in third countries, with the exception of the products";
      NO 624 / 87 ( 3 ) until 31 October 1987 .                           referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
                                                                                                        Artide 2
      w/i             ^                 continue to
       wln rcas tile Community must Aeck to ensure that agri ¬
      cultural products and processed agricultural products               Without prejudice to ocher provisions in force, the release
      intended for human consumption and likely to be                     for free circulation of the products referred to in Article 1
      contaminated are introduced into the Community only                 shall be subject to compliance with the maximum
      according to common arrangements which safeguard the                permitted levels laid down in Article 3 .
      health of consumers, maintain, without having unduly
      adverse effects on trade between the Community and
      third countries, the unified nature of the market and                                             Article 3
      prevent deflections of trade ;
                                                                          The maximum permitted levels referred to in Article 2
                                                                          shall be as follows :
       Whereas the subject of minimum reference levels is still           the accumulated maximum radioactive level in terms of
       in need of more thorough scientific study but it is never¬         caesium - 134 and - 137 shall be :
       theless desirable that, for reasons of urgency and by
       means of an emergency procedure, interim maximum                  –: 370 Bq/kg for milk falling within headings No 04.01
       permitted    limits should   be established, with which                  and No 04.02 of Common Customs Tariff and for
       imports of the products concerned must comply and in                     foodstuffs intended for the special feeding of infants
       connection with which checks will be carried out by the                  during the first four to six months of life, which meet,
       Member States,                                                           in themselves, the nutritional requirements of this
                                                                                category of person and are put up for retail sale in
       Whereas, since this Regulation covers all agricultural                   packages which are clearly identified and labelled
       products and processed agricultural products intended for                ‘food preparation for infants’ f),
       human consumption , there is no need, in the present               – 600Bq /kg for ail other products concerned.
       case , to apply the procedure provided for in Article 29 of
       Directive 72/462/ EEC ft ) .
                                                                                                        Article 4
       Whereas compliance with the maximum permitted levels
       will have to be the subject of appropriate checks backed            1.     Member States      shall check compliance with the
       up by the possibility of prohibiting imports in cases of           maximum permitted         levels set in Article 3 in respect of
       non-compliance ;                                                   the products referred     to in Article 1 , taking into account
                                                                          contamination levels      in the country of origin. Checking
      Whereas, in order to supplement, clarify or adjust, as
       necessary, the measures provided for by this Regulation , a        ( ') Ol No L 281 , 1 . 1 I. 1975, p. 20 .
       simplified procedure should be established ;                       O    OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 104.
                                                                          0    СЦ N0 I 323 , 29 . 1 1 . 1980, р. 1 .
                                                                          (“)  OJ No L 323 . 29 . 11 . 1980 , p. 27.
                                                                          (7)  The level applicable to concentrated or dried products shall
                                                                               be calculated on the basis of the reconstituted product as
( 1 ) OJ No L.146 , 31.5.1986 , p. 88                                          ready for consumption .
( 2 ) OJ No L.280 , 1.10.1986 , p. 79
( 3 ) OJ No L.58, 25.2.1987 , p. 101
(4 ) OJ No L.302 , 31.12.1972 , p. 28
 ---pagebreak---      may also include the presentation of export certificates.       adopted in accordance with the procedure provided for in
     Depending on the results of the checks carried out,             Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ('), which shall
     Member States shall take the measures required for              apply by analogy.
    Article 2 to apply, including the prohibition of release for
    free circulation, taking each case individually or generally     2.    To this end an ad hoc committee shall be set up,
   'lor a given product.                                            .composed of representatives from the Member States and
                                                                     chaired by a representative from the Commission .
    2.    F.acli Member Slate shall provide the Commission
    with all information concerning the application of this          Within the Committee the votes of the Member States
    Regulation , notably cases of non-compliance with the            shall be weighted in accordance with Article 148 (2) of
    maximum permitted levels. The Commission shall                   the Treaty. The Chairman shall not vote.
   circulate such information to the other Member States .
                                                                                             Article 7
                              Article 5
   Where cases of repeated non-compliance with the                   This Régulation shall expire on 31 October 1989 .
   maximum permitted levels have been recorded, the neces¬
   sary measures may be taken in accordance with the
  'procedure referred to in Article 6. Such measures may
  'even include the prohibition of the import of products
 j originating in the third country concerned.
j                             Article 6                                                      Article 8
i
   1.    The arrangements for applying this Regulation and           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
   any amendments to be made to the list of products unfit           publication in the Official Journal of the European
   for human consumption, as listed in the Annex, shall be           Communities.
                     This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in ail Mcmber
                     States .
                     Done at Brussels,
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                   (') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.
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      Common Customs
              Tariff                                                Description
           heading No
   ex 01.01 A III           Racchorscs
      Vx 01.06 C :          Dogs, cats, ménagerie and zoo i
                            animais and household pets,              j
      ex 03.01 A IV :       Live ornamental fish ;                  |
                          I
        04.0.5 B II          Eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, unfit for human consumption (a)
    ex 05.04                 Non-edible guts, bladders and stomachs of animais (other than fish), whole and
                             pièces thercof
    ex 05.1 5                Animal products not elsewhere specified or included , excluding edible animal
                             blood ; dead animals ol Chapter 1 or Chapter 3 , unfit for human consumption •
        (F.05 A              Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, for sowing
                             (a)
         10.01   A           Spelt for sowing (a)
         10.05 A             Hybrid maize for sowing (a)
         10.06 A             Rico for sowing (a)
         10.07 C I           Hybrid sorghum for sowing (a)
         12.01   A           Oil sceds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken, for sowing (a)
         1 2.05              Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing (a)
        15.01 A I            Lard and other pig fat for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
                             for human consomption (a )
         15.02 A             Fats of bovine cattle or goats, unrcndcrcd ; gendered or solvent-extracted fats
                             obtained from those urircndered fats, for industrial uses other than the manufacture
                             of foodstuffs for human consumption (a)
         15.05 A 1           Lard stearin and oleostcarin for industrial uses (a)
         15.05 B             Tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human
                             consumption (a)
         I 5.05              Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)
         1 5.07 B            China-wood and oiticica cils ; myrtle wax and Japan wax
         15.07 C I           Castor oil for the production of aminoundccanoic acid for use in the manufacture
                             of synthetic textile fibres or of artificial plastic matcrials (a)
         15.07 D I           Other oils for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
                             for human consumption (a;
        22.08 A               Ethyl alcohol , denatured , of any strength
        38.19 Q               Foundry core binders based on synthetic resins
        45.0 !                Natural cork, unworked , crushed , granulated or ground ; waste cork
         54.0 !               Flax , raw or processed hut not spun ; flax tow and waste ( including pulled or
                             garnetted rags)
         5 - (U              True hemp (‘C.un nu bis > . mi.;'), raw or processed but not spun ; tow and waste of
                             truc hemp ( including pulled or garnetted rags or ropes)
       Chapter 6 :            Live trees and other plants ;
                              bulbs, roots and the like ; cut
                              flowers and ornamental foliage’.
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( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.