Legal provisions of COM(2007)291 - Conditions governing imports of agricultural products from third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station (Codified version) - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2007)291 - Conditions governing imports of agricultural products from third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear ... |
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document | COM(2007)291 |
date | July 15, 2008 |
Article 1
(a) | Annex I to the Treaty; |
(b) | Council Regulation (EC) No 1667/2006 of 7 November 2006 on glucose and lactose (6); |
(c) | Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (7); |
(d) | Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (8). |
Article 2
2. The accumulated maximum radioactive level in terms of caesium-134 and -137 shall be (9):
(a) | 370 Bq/kg for milk and milk products listed in Annex II and for foodstuffs intended for the special feeding of infants during the first four to six months of life, which meet, in themselves, the nutritional requirements of this category of persons and are put up for retail sale in packages which are clearly identified and labelled ‘food preparation for infants’; |
(b) | 600 Bq/kg for all other products concerned. |
Article 3
Checking may also include the presentation of export certificates.
Depending on the results of the checks carried out, Member States shall take the measures required for Article 2(1) to apply, including the prohibition of release for free circulation, taking each case individually or generally for a given product.
2. Each Member State shall provide the Commission with all information concerning the application of this Regulation, notably cases of non-compliance with the maximum permitted levels.
The Commission shall circulate such information to the other Member States.
3. Where cases of repeated non-compliance with the maximum permitted levels have been recorded, the necessary measures may be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2).
Such measures may even include the prohibition of the import of products originating in the third country concerned.
Article 4
Article 5
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
Article 6
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.
Article 7
It shall expire:
(a) | on 31 March 2010, unless the Council decides otherwise at an earlier date, in particular if the list of excluded products referred to in Article 4 covers all the products fit for human consumption to which this Regulation applies; |
(b) | on the entry into force of the Commission Regulation referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87, if such entry into force takes place before 31 March 2010. |
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.