2002/233/EC: Commission Decision of 20 March 2002 amending and correcting Decision 2002/79/EC imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from China and Decision 2002/80/EC imposing special conditions on the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios and certain products derived thereof originating in or consigned from Turkey (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 1187)

Commission Decision
of 20 March 2002
amending and correcting Decision 2002/79/EC imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from China and Decision 2002/80/EC imposing special conditions on the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios and certain products derived thereof originating in or consigned from Turkey
(notified under document number C(2002) 1187)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2002/233/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 93/43/EEC of 14 June 1993 on the hygiene of foodstuffs(1), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,
After consulting the Member States,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2002/79/EC(2) imposes special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from China. Commission Decision 2002/80/EC(3) imposes special conditions on the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios and certain products derived thereof originating in or consigned from Turkey.
(2) With a view to minimising negative effects on trade, provisions have to be laid down with regard to consignments which left China and Turkey before 11 March 2002, on condition that the operator can demonstrate, by sampling and analysis in accordance with Commission Directive 98/53/EC of 16 July 1998 laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs(4), that these consignments comply with the provisions of Community legislation as regards aflatoxin B1 and aflatoxin total.
(3) It is necessary to add points of entry for Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, Austria and Sweden through which the products concerned by the Decisions 2002/79/EC and 2002/80/EC may be imported. For the sake of clarity, Annex II to Decisions 2002/79/EC and 2002/80/EC should be replaced.
(4) Decisions 2002/79/EC and 2002/80/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5) At the same time it is appropriate to correct certain linguistic errors in the German and Dutch versions of Decision 2002/79/EC and in the German, French and Dutch versions of 2002/80/EC,