CELEX: 32007D0459
Language: en
Date: 2007-06-25 00:00:00
Title: 2007/459/EC: Commission Decision of 25 June 2007 amending Decision 2006/504/EC on special conditions governing certain foodstuffs imported from certain third countries due to contamination risks of these products by aflatoxins (notified under document number C(2007) 3020) (Text with EEA relevance)

4.7.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 174/8
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 25 June 2007
   amending Decision 2006/504/EC on special conditions governing certain foodstuffs imported from certain third countries due to contamination risks of these products by aflatoxins
   (notified under document number C(2007) 3020)
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   (2007/459/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 safety (1), and in particular Article 53(1)(b)(ii) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2006/504/EC (2) establishes special conditions governing certain foodstuffs imported from certain third countries due to contamination risks of these products by aflatoxins.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The application of Decision 2006/504/EC has revealed that certain amendments are necessary. The list of designated points of import through which the products covered by that Decision may be imported into the Community should be updated, particularly in the framework of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               For the protection of public health it is important that compound foodstuffs containing to a significant amount the foodstuffs covered by this Decision are also within the scope of this Decision. A threshold of 10 % is established. Competent authorities may control at random for the presence of aflatoxins compound foodstuffs containing less than 10 % of foodstuffs covered by this Decision. In case monitoring data indicate that compound foodstuffs containing less than 10 % of foodstuffs covered by this Decision have been found in several cases to be non-compliant with the EU legislation on maximum levels for aflatoxins, this threshold should be reviewed.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               Decision 2006/504/EC provides that Member State may only permit imports of certain foodstuffs where the consignment is accompanied by, inter alia, a health certificate. That requirement applies from 1 October 2006. In order to avoid differences in the implementation of that Decision, it appears necessary to clarify that the requirement regarding the health certificate relates to the consignments which left the country of origin from 1 October 2006 onwards.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Moreover, the model health certificate set out in that Decision should be amended by a separation of the health certificate to be completed by the competent authorities of the country of origin of the foodstuffs covered by Commission Decision 2006/504/EC from the information to be provided by the competent authorities of the Member States. Furthermore the common document containing the information on the checks performed has to be amended to provide also for the situation where the competent authority at the point of introduction into the Community is different from the competent authority at the designated point of import, or where a physical check is not mandatory.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Commission Decision 2006/504/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               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:
   Article 1
   Decision 2006/504/EC is amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               Article 1 is replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 1
               Scope
               This Decision shall apply to the foodstuffs referred to in points (a) to (e) and to processed and compound foodstuffs derived from or containing a significant amount of the foodstuffs referred to in points (b) to (e). However, it shall not apply to consignments of foodstuffs with a gross weight not exceeding 5 kg.
               Foodstuffs shall be considered as containing a significant amount of the foodstuffs referred to in points (b) to (e), where they are present therein in a quantity of at least 10 %.
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           The following foodstuffs originating in or consigned from Brazil:
                           
                                       (i)
                                    
                                    
                                       Brazil nuts in shell falling within category CN code 0801 21 00;
                                    
                                 
                                       (ii)
                                    
                                    
                                       mixtures of nuts or dried fruits falling within CN code 0813 50 and containing Brazil nuts in shell;
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           The following foodstuffs originating in or consigned from China:
                           
                                       (i)
                                    
                                    
                                       peanuts falling within CN code 1202 10 90 or 1202 20 00;
                                    
                                 
                                       (ii)
                                    
                                    
                                       peanuts falling within CN code 2008 11 94 (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg) or 2008 11 98 (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg);
                                    
                                 
                                       (iii)
                                    
                                    
                                       roasted peanuts falling within CN codes 2008 11 92 (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg) or 2008 11 96 (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg);
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (c)
                        
                        
                           The following foodstuffs originating in or consigned from Egypt:
                           
                                       (i)
                                    
                                    
                                       peanuts falling within CN code 1202 10 90 or 1202 20 00;
                                    
                                 
                                       (ii)
                                    
                                    
                                       peanuts falling within CN code 2008 11 94 (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg) or 2008 11 98 (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg);
                                    
                                 
                                       (iii)
                                    
                                    
                                       roasted peanuts falling within CN codes 2008 11 92 (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg) or 2008 11 96 (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg);
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (d)
                        
                        
                           The following foodstuffs originating in or consigned from Iran:
                           
                                       (i)
                                    
                                    
                                       pistachios falling within CN code 0802 50 00;
                                    
                                 
                                       (ii)
                                    
                                    
                                       roasted pistachios falling within CN codes 2008 19 13 (in immediate packings of a net content exceeding 1 kg) and 2008 19 93 (in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg);
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (e)
                        
                        
                           The following foodstuffs originating in or consigned from Turkey:
                           
                                       (i)
                                    
                                    
                                       dried figs falling within CN code 0804 20 90;
                                    
                                 
                                       (ii)
                                    
                                    
                                       hazelnuts (Corylus spp.) in shell or shelled falling within CN code 0802 21 00 or 0802 22 00;
                                    
                                 
                                       (iii)
                                    
                                    
                                       pistachios falling within CN code 0802 50 00;
                                    
                                 
                                       (iv)
                                    
                                    
                                       mixtures of nuts or dried fruits falling within CN code 0813 50 and containing figs, hazelnuts or pistachios;
                                    
                                 
                                       (v)
                                    
                                    
                                       fig paste and hazelnut paste falling within CN code 2007 99 98;
                                    
                                 
                                       (vi)
                                    
                                    
                                       hazelnuts, figs and pistachios, prepared or preserved, including mixtures falling within CN code 2008 19;
                                    
                                 
                                       (vii)
                                    
                                    
                                       flour, meal and powder of hazelnuts, figs and pistachios falling within CN code 1106 30 90;
                                    
                                 
                                       (viii)
                                    
                                    
                                       cut, sliced and broken hazelnuts.’.
                                    
                                 
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               In Article 3:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
                           ‘3.   The competent authorities in the Member State of introduction shall ensure that the foodstuffs intended for import into the Community are subject to documentary checks to ensure that the requirement for the results of sampling and analysis and the health certificate provided for in paragraph 1 are complied with.’;
                        
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           the following paragraph 7 is added:
                           ‘7.   The competent authorities at the points of introduction into the Community and at the designated point of import shall complete the common document for checks performed on foodstuffs covered by this Decision, as set out in Annex III, certifying the checks carried out on foodstuffs covered by this Decision.’.
                        
                     
         
               3.
            
            
               in Article 5:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           in paragraph 2, point (e) is replaced by the following:
                           
                                       ‘(e)
                                    
                                    
                                       approximately 5 % of the consignments for each category of hazelnuts and derived products referred to in point (e)(ii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) of the second paragraph of Article 1 and derived products from such hazelnuts from Turkey and approximately 10 % of the consignments of other categories of foodstuffs from Turkey;’;
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           in paragraph 3, the second sentence is replaced by the following:
                           ‘The competent authorities at the designated point of import shall ensure that the completed common document for checks performed on foodstuffs covered by this Decision, as set out in Annex III, is accompanied by the results of their sampling and analysis.’.
                        
                     
         
               4.
            
            
               Article 8, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
               ‘2.   All costs related to official measures taken by the competent authorities as regards non-compliance of consignments of foodstuffs referred to in Article 1(a) to (e) and to processed and compound foodstuffs derived from or containing the foodstuffs referred to in these points shall be borne by the food business operator responsible for the consignment or its representative.’.
            
         
               5.
            
            
               The following Article 10a is inserted:
               ‘Article 10a
               Transitional provisions
               By way of derogation from Article 3(1), Member States shall authorise the imports of consignments which left the country of origin prior to 1 October 2006, accompanied by a health certificate as provided for by Commission Decision 2000/49/EC (3) as regards foodstuffs from Egypt, Commission Decision 2002/79/EC (4) as regards foodstuffs from China, Commission Decision 2002/80/EC (5) as regards foodstuffs from Turkey, Commission Decision 2003/493/EC (6) as regards foodstuffs from Brazil and Commission Decision 2005/85/EC (7) as regards foodstuffs from Iran.
            
         
               6.
            
            
               Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision.
            
         
               7.
            
            
               Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.
            
         
               8.
            
            
               The text in Annex III to this Decision is added as Annex III.
            
         Article 2
   This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2007.
   However, Article 1(5) shall apply from 1 October 2006 and Article 1(7) shall apply from 1 January 2007.
   Article 3
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 25 June 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Markos KYPRIANOU
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100, 8.4.2006, p. 3).
   
      (2)  OJ L 199, 21.7.2006, p. 21.
   
      (3)  OJ L 19, 25.1.2000, p. 46.
   
      (4)  OJ L 34, 5.2.2002, p. 21.
   
      (5)  OJ L 34, 5.2.2002, p. 26.
   
      (6)  OJ L 168, 5.7.2003, p. 33.
   
      (7)  OJ L 30, 3.2.2005, p. 12.’.
   
      ANNEX I
      
         
            ‘ANNEX I
            
               
         
      
   
   
      ANNEX II
      
         
            ‘ANNEX II
            List of designated points of import through which foodstuffs covered by Article 1 may be imported into the Community
            
                        Member State
                     
                     
                        Designated points of import
                     
                  
                        Belgium
                     
                     
                        Antwerpen/Anvers, Zeebrugge, Brussel/Bruxelles, Aalst/Alost
                     
                  
                        Bulgaria
                     
                     
                        Burgas, Airport,
                        Burgas “West-Fish port”,
                        Varna Airport,
                        Varna Port — West
                        Varna Port,
                        Varna — ferry-boat port,
                        Svilengrad — railway station,
                        Kapitan Andreevo,
                        Ruse — terminal east port,
                        Sofia — Airport
                        Customs House — Sofia
                        Customs House — Plovdiv
                     
                  
                        Czech Republic
                     
                     
                        Celní úřad Praha D5
                     
                  
                        Denmark
                     
                     
                        All Danish ports and airports
                     
                  
                        Germany
                     
                     
                        HZA Lörrach — ZA Weil am Rhein-Autobahn, HZA Stuttgart — ZA Flughafen, HZA München — ZA München — Flughafen, HZA Berlin — ZA Dreilinden, HZA Frankfurt (Oder) — ZA Frankfurt (Oder) Autobahn, HZA Frankfurt (Oder) — 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 — ZA Braunschweig-Broitzem, HZA Hannover — ZA Hannover-Nord, 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 Potsdam — ZA Berlin — Flughafen Tegel, HZA Augsburg — ZA Memmingen, HZA Ulm — ZA Ulm (Donautal), HZA Karlsruhe — ZA Karlsruhe, 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 Düsseldorf — ZA Düsseldorf Nord, HZA Köln — ZA Köln Niehl, HZA Erfurt — ZA Jena
                     
                  
                        Estonia
                     
                     
                        All Estonian Customs Offices
                     
                  
                        Greece
                     
                     
                        Athina, Pireas, Athina International Airport, Thessaloniki, Volos, Nafplio, Patra, Egion, Iraklion Kritis, Larisa, Ioannina, Katerini, Komotini, Veria, Drama, Serres, Kavala, Xanthi, Alexadroupolis
                     
                  
                        Spain
                     
                     
                        Algeciras (Puerto), Alicante (Puerto), Almería (Puerto), Barcelona (Puerto), Bilbao (Puerto), Cádiz (Puerto), Ceuta (Puerto), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Puerto), Málaga (Puerto), Melilla (Puerto), Sevilla (Puerto), Tarragona (Puerto), Valencia (Puerto), Juan Escoda S.A. — Tarragona (Puerto), Importaco — Valencia (Puerto)
                     
                  
                        France
                     
                     
                        Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), 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
                     
                     
                        Dublin — Port, Shannon — Airport
                     
                  
                        Italy
                     
                     
                        Ufficio di Sanità, Marittima, Aerea e di Frontiera (USMAF) Bari, Unità Territoriale (UT) Bari
                        USMAF Bologna, UT Ravenna,
                        USMAF Brindisi, UT Brindisi
                        USMAF Catania, UT Reggio Calabria
                        USMAF Genova, UT Genova
                        USMAF Genova, UT La Spezia
                        USMAF Genova, UT Savona,
                        USMAF Livorno, UT Livorno
                        USMAF Napoli, UT Cagliari
                        USMAF Napoli, UT Napoli,
                        USMAF Napoli, UT Salerno,
                        USMAF Pescara, UT Ancona,
                        USMAF Venezia, UT Trieste, compresa dogana di Fernetti-interporto Monrupino
                        USMAF Venezia, UT Venezia
                     
                  
                        Cyprus
                     
                     
                        Limassol Port, Larnaca Airport
                     
                  
                        Latvia
                     
                     
                        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 – seaport
                        Ventspils – seaport
                        Rīga – seaport
                        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
                     
                  
                        Hungary
                     
                     
                        Ferihegy – Budapest – airport
                        Záhony – Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg – road
                        Eperjeske – Szabolcs–Szatmár–Bereg – railway
                        Röszke – Csongrád – road
                        Kelebia – Bács-Kiskun – railway
                        Letenye – Zala – road
                        Gyékényes – Somogy – railway
                        Mohács – Baranya – port
                        All Hungarian Chief Customs Offices
                     
                  
                        Malta
                     
                     
                        Malta Freeport, the Malta International Airport and the Grand Harbour.
                     
                  
                        Netherlands
                     
                     
                        All harbours and airports and all border stations
                     
                  
                        Austria
                     
                     
                        All Customs Offices
                     
                  
                        Poland
                     
                     
                        Bezledy – Warmińsko – Mazurskie – road border point
                        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
                        Mazowieckie – Warsaw Airport and custom warehouses – supervised by BSES in Warszawa
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Bytom
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Gliwice
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Dąbrowa Górnicza
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Katowice
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Cieszyn
                        4 Custom warehouses – supervised by PSES in Poznań
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Łódź
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Łowicz
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Skierniewice
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Bytów
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Kraków
                        2 Custom warehouses – supervised by PSES in Biała Podlaska
                        Custom warehouse – supervised by PSES in Bolesławiec
                        2 Custom warehouses – supervised by PSES in Bydgoszcz
                     
                  
                        Portugal
                     
                     
                        Lisboa, Leixões
                        Sines, Alverca, Riachos, Setúbal, Bodadela, Lisbon airport, Porto airport
                     
                  
                        Romania
                     
                     
                        Constanta Nord harbour,
                        Constanta Sud harbour,
                        Otopeni International Airport,
                        Sculeni – on the road,
                        Halmeu – on the road
                        Siret – on the road,
                        Stamora Moravita – on the road
                        Albita – on the road
                     
                  
                        Slovenia
                     
                     
                        Obrežje – road border crossing
                        Koper – port border crossing
                        Dobova – railway border crossing
                        Brnik – airport border crossing
                        Jelšane – road border crossing
                        Ljubljana – railway and road border crossing
                        Gruškovje – road border crossing
                        Sežana – railway and road border crossing
                     
                  
                        Slovakia
                     
                     
                        Customs Offices: Banská Bystrica, Bratislava, Košice, Žilina, Nitra, Prešov, Trnava, Trenčín, Čierna nad Tisou
                     
                  
                        Finland
                     
                     
                        All Finnish Customs Offices
                     
                  
                        Sweden
                     
                     
                        Göteborg, Stockholm, Helsingborg, Landvetter, Arlanda
                     
                  
                        United Kingdom
                     
                     
                        Belfast, Dover, Felixstowe, Gatwick Airport, Goole, Harwich, Heathrow Airport, Hull, Ipswich, Liverpool, London (including Tilbury, Thamesport and Sheerness), Manchester Airport, Manchester Container Base, Manchester International Freight Terminal, Manchester (Ellesmere Port only), Southampton, Teesport’
                     
                  
      
   
   
      ANNEX III
      
         
            ‘ANNEX III