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Date: 2007-02-16
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EURATOM) no …/... of […] 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)

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|[pic]                     |COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                           |

                                        Brussels,
                                        COM(2006)

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM) No …/...

                                                                      of […]

  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)

                                                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1     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.

2.    On 1 April 1987 the Commission therefore decided[1] 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.

3.    The Conclusions of the Presidency of the  Edinburgh  European  Council  (December 1992)  confirmed  this[2]  stressing  the  importance  of
       codification as it offers certainty as to the law applicable to a given matter at a given time.

       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.

4.    The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification[3] 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  it[4];
       this proposal fully preserves the 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.

                                            ê 3954/87

                                                                  Proposal for a

                                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM) No …/...

                                                                      of […]

  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 Parliament[5],

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee[6],

Whereas:

                                            ê 

   1) 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[7] has been substantially amended[8]. In  the
      interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified, together with 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[9] 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[10].

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 1 (adapted)

   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.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 2 (adapted)

   3) On 2 February 1959, the Council adopted Directives[11] laying down basic safety standards, the text  of  which  was  replaced  by  that  of
      Ö Council Õ Directive Ö 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 radiation[12] Õ. Article Ö 50(2) Õ of that Directive  requires  Member  States  to
      stipulate intervention levels in the event of accidents.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 3

   4) 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.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 4 (adapted)

   5) The Community adopted measures[13] 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.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 5

   6) 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.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 6 (adapted)

   7) The Commission Ö is to Õ be informed of a nuclear accident or of unusually high levels  of  radioactivity  according  to  Council  Decision
      Ö 87/600/Euratom Õ of 14 December 1987 on Community arrangements for the early  exchange  of  information  in  the  event  of  radiological
      emergency[14], or under the Ö IAEA Õ Convention on early notification of a nuclear accident of 26 September 1986.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 7 (adapted)

   8) The Commission Ö should Õ, if the circumstances so require, immediately adopt a Regulation  rendering  applicable  pre-established  maximum
      permitted levels.

                                            ê 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
      Ö levels Õ 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.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 9

  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.

                                            ê 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) ê 3954/87 Recital 11 (adapted)

  13) A Regulation rendering applicable maximum permitted levels Ö should Õ also  maintain  the  unity  of  the  Ö Internal Õ  Market  and  avoid
      deflections of trade within the Community.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 12

  14) 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.

                                            ê 3954/87 Recital 13 (adapted)

  15) Compliance with the maximum permitted levels Ö should Õ be the subject of appropriate checks,

                                            ê 3954/87

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

                                                                    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.

                                            ê 3954/87 (adapted)
                                            è1 Corrigendum, OJ L 18, 22.1.1988, p. 74

2. For the purposes of this Regulation, Ö the following definitions shall apply: Õ

(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 è1 IAEA Convention ç 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  Ö laid
down Õ in Annex I are likely to be reached or have been reached, it Ö shall Õ immediately adopt, if the circumstances so  require,  a  Regulation
rendering applicable those maximum permissible levels.

                                            ê 3954/87

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).

                                                                    Article 3

                                            ê 3954/87 (adapted)

1. After consultation with experts, which shall include the group of experts Ö referred to in Article 31 of the  Treaty,  hereinafter  “group  of
experts” Õ, 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) Ö of this Regulation Õ within one month of its adoption.

2. When submitting the proposal for a Regulation referred to in paragraph 1 Ö , the Commission shall Õ take  into  account  the  basic  standards
laid down in accordance with Articles 30 Ö and Õ 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.

                                            ê 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

                                            ê 3954/87 (adapted)

1. In order to ensure that the maximum permitted levels laid down in Annexes I Ö and III Õ 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.

                                            ê 3954/87

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.

                                                                    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.

                                            ê 944/89 Art. 1 (adapted)

                                                                  Ö Article 7 Õ

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

                                            ê 944/89 Art. 2 (adapted)

Ö 2. Õ 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 .

                                            ê 770/90 Art. 1 and Annex (adapted)

                                                                  Ö Article 8 Õ

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

                                            ê 2218/89 Art. 2 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 9

Rules for applying this Regulation, Ö the Õ list of minor foodstuffs Ö referred to in Article  7 Õ  and  the  maximum  levels  for  feedingstuffs
Ö referred to in Article 8 shall be Õ adopted in accordance with the procedure Ö referred to Õ in Article Ö 42 Õ of Ö Council Õ  Regulation  (EC)
No Ö 1255/1999[15] Õ, which shall apply by analogy. To this end Ö the Commission shall be assisted by Õ an ad hoc Committee .

                                            ê 

                                                                    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.

                                            ê 3954/87 (adapted)

                                                                    Article 11

This Regulation shall enter into force on the Ö twentieth Õ 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
      […]

                                            ê 2218/89 Art. 1 and Annex (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX I

                                                 MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS FOR FOODSTUFFS (Bq/kg)

|                                        |Foodstuffs[16]                                                                       |                        |
|                                        | Ö Infant Õ food[17]  |Dairy produce[18]|Other foodstuffs      |Liquid              |                        |
|                                        |                      |                 |except minor          |foodstuffs[20]      |                        |
|                                        |                      |                 |foodstuffs[19]        |                    |                        |
|Isotopes of strontium, notably Sr-90    |75                    |125              |750                   |125                 |                        |
|Isotopes of iodine, notably I-131       |150                   |500              |2 000                 |500                 |                        |
|Alpha-emitting isotopes of plutonium and|1                     |20               |80                    |20                  |                        |
|transplutonium elements, notably Pu-239,|                      |                 |                      |                    |                        |
|Am-241                                  |                      |                 |                      |                    |                        |
|All other nuclides of half-life greater |400                   |1 000            |1 250                 |1 000               |                        |
|than 10 days, notably Cs-134, Cs-137[21]|                      |                 |                      |                    |                        |

                                                                  _____________

                                            ê 944/89 Art. 1 and Annex (adapted)

                                                                     ANNEX II

                                                             List of minor foodstuffs

|CN CODE                                 |DESCRIPTION                                                                                            |
|0703 20 00                              |GARLIC (FRESH OR CHILLED))                                                                             |
|0709  Ö 59 50 Õ                         |TRUFFLES (FRESH OR CHILLED)                                                                            |
|0709 90 40                              |CAPERS (FRESH OR CHILLED)                                                                              |
|0711  Ö 90 70 Õ                         |CAPERS (PROVISIONALLY PRESERVED, BUT UNSUITABLE IN THAT STATE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION)               |
|0712 30 00                              |TRUFFLES (DRIED, WHOLE, CUT, SLICED, BROKEN OR IN POWDER, BUT NOT FURTHER PREPARED)                    |
|0714                                    |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   |
|0814 00 00                              |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                                    |NUTMEG, MACE AND CARDAMONS                                                                             |
|0909                                    |SEEDS OF ANISE, BADIAN, FENNEL, CORIANDER, CUMIN OR CARAWAY; JUNIPER BERRIES                           |
|0910                                    |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                                             |
|1108 14 00                              |MANIOC (CASSAVA) STARCH                                                                                |
|1210                                    |HOP CONES, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND, POWDERED OR IN THE FORM OF PELLETS; LUPULIN          |
|1211                                    |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                                                                                    |
|1301                                    |LAC; NATURAL GUMS, RESINS, GUM-RESINS AND Ö OLEORESINS (FOR EXAMPLE, Õ BALSAMS)                        |
|1302                                    |VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS; PECTIC SUBSTANCES, PECTINATES AND PECTATES; AGAR-AGAR AND OTHER MUCILAGES |
|                                        |AND THICKENERS, WHETHER OR NOT MODIFIED, DERIVED FROM VEGETABLE PRODUCTS                               |
|1504                                    |FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, OF FISH OR MARINE MAMMALS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT          |
|                                        |CHEMICALLY MODIFIED                                                                                    |
|1604 30                                 |CAVIAR AND CAVIAR SUBSTITUTES                                                                          |
|1801 00 00                              |COCOA BEANS, WHOLE OR BROKEN, RAW OR ROASTED                                                           |
|1802 00 00                              |COCOA SHELLS, HUSKS, SKINS AND OTHER COCOA WASTE                                                       |
|1803                                    |COCOA PASTE, WHETHER OR NOT DEFATTED                                                                   |
|2003 20 00                              |TRUFFLES (PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID)                              |
|2006 00                                 |Ö VEGETABLES, Õ FRUIT, NUTS, FRUIT-PEEL AND OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS, PRESERVED BY SUGAR (DRAINED, GLACÉ  |
|                                        |OR CRYSTALLIZED)                                                                                       |
|2102                                    |YEASTS (ACTIVE OR INACTIVE); OTHER SINGLE-CELL MICRO-ORGANISMS, DEAD (BUT NOT INCLUDING VACCINES OF    |
|                                        |HEADING NO 3002); PREPARED BAKING POWDERS                                                              |
|2936                                    |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                                                                                            |
|3301                                    |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                                                                                      |

                                                                  _____________

                                            ê 770/90 Art. 1 and Annex

                                                                    ANNEX III

                       Maximum permitted levels of radiactive contamination (caesium-134 and caesium-137) of feedingstuffs

|ANIMAL                             |BQ/KG[22] [23]       |
|PIGS                               |1 250                |
|POULTRY, LAMBS, CALVES             |2 500                |
|OTHER                              |5 000                |

                                                                  _____________

                                            é

                                                                     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)                  |

                                                                  _____________

                                                                     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                   |                                   |                                   |Articles 1 to 5                |
|Article 6(1) first and second     |                                   |                                   |Article 6(1) first and second  |
|sentence                          |                                   |                                   |subparagraphs                  |
|Article 6(2)                      |                                   |                                   |Article 6(2)                   |
|                                  |Article 1                          |                                   |Article 7(1)                   |
|                                  |Article 2                          |                                   |Article 7(2)                   |
|                                  |                                   |Article 1                          |Article 8                      |
|Article 7                         |                                   |                                   |Article 9                      |
|-                                 |-                                  |-                                  |Article 10                     |
|Article 8                         |                                   |                                   |Article 11                     |
|Annex                             |                                   |                                   |Annex I                        |
|                                  |Annex                              |                                   |Annex II                       |
|                                  |                                   |Annex                              |Annex III                      |
|-                                 |-                                  |-                                  |Annex IV                       |
|-                                 |-                                  |-                                  |Annex V                        |

                                                                  _____________

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[1]   COM(87) 868 PV.
[2]   See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions.
[3]   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.
[4]   See Annex IV to this proposal.
[5]   OJ C […], […], p. […].
[6]   OJ C […], […], p. […].
[7]   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).
[8]   See Annex IV.
[9]   OJ L 101, 13.4.1989, p. 17.
[10]  OJ L 83, 30.3.1990, p. 78.
[11]  OJ 11, 20.2.1959, p. 221/59.
[12]  OJ L 159, 29.6.1996, p. 1.
[13]  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 (Ö OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. Õ 14).
[14]  Ö OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. Õ 76.
[15]  OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
[16]  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.
[17]   Ö Infant Õ food Ö is Õ 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”.
[18]  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).
[19]  Minor foodstuffs and the corresponding levels to be applied to them Ö are Õ defined in accordance with Article 9.
[20]  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.
[21]  Carbon 14, tritium and potassium 40 are not included in this group.
[22]  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.
[23]  These levels apply to feedingstuffs as ready for consumption.