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Document 32008R0733

    Council Regulation (EC) No 733/2008 of 15 July 2008 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station (Codified version)

    IO L 201, 30.7.2008, p. 1–7 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    ⏵Foilsíodh an doiciméad seo in eagrán speisialta (HR)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/03/2020

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/733/oj

    Date of document:
    15/07/2008; Dáta ar glacadh
    Date of effect:
    19/08/2008; Teacht i bhfeidhm Dáta foilsithe + 20 Féach Airt. 7
    Date of end of validity:
    31/03/2020; Féach 32009R1048
    Author:
    Comhairle an Aontais Eorpaigh
    Responsible body:
    Directorate-General for Energy
    Form:
    Rialachán
    Additional information:
    ACC 2007/0101
    Treaty:
    An Conradh ag bunú an Chomhphobail Eorpaigh
    Legal basis:
    Proposal:
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    Modifies:
    Relation Act Comment Subdivision concerned From To
    Repeal 31990R0737
    Repeal 31995R0686
    Repeal 31999R1661
    Repeal 32000R0616
    Modifies 32003R0806 Aisghairm pháirteach
    Modifies 32003R0806 Leasú iarscríbhinn 3 19/08/2008
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    Corrected by 32008R0733R(01) (NL)
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    30.7.2008   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 201/1

    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 733/2008

    of 15 July 2008

    on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station

    (Codified version)

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Council Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 of 22 March 1990 on the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station (1) has been substantially amended several times (2). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

    (2)

    Following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station on 26 April 1986, considerable quantities of radioactive elements were released into the atmosphere.

    (3)

    Without prejudice to the possibility of resorting, where necessary, in the future to the provisions 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 (3), the Community should ensure, with regard to the specific effects of the accident at Chernobyl, that agricultural products and processed agricultural products intended for human consumption and likely to be contaminated are introduced into the Community only according to common arrangements.

    (4)

    Those common arrangements should safeguard the health of consumers, maintain, without having unduly adverse effects on trade between the Community and third countries, the unified nature of the market and prevent deflections of trade.

    (5)

    Compliance with the maximum permitted levels should be the subject of appropriate checks, which may lead to prohibiting imports in cases of non-compliance.

    (6)

    Radioactive contamination in many agricultural products has decreased and will continue to decrease to the levels existing before the Chernobyl accident. A procedure should therefore be established enabling such products to be excluded from the scope of this Regulation.

    (7)

    Since this Regulation covers all agricultural products and processed agricultural products intended for human consumption, there is no need, in the present case, to apply the procedure referred to in Article 14 of Council Directive 2004/68/EC of 26 April 2004 laying down animal health rules for the importation into and transit through the Community of certain live ungulate animals (4).

    (8)

    The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5),

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    With the exception of the products unfit for human consumption listed in Annex I and those products which may come to be excluded from the scope of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2), this Regulation shall apply to the products originating in third countries covered by:

    (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

    1.   Without prejudice to other provisions in force, the release for free circulation of the products referred to in Article 1 shall be subject to compliance with the maximum permitted levels laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article:

    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

    1.   Member States shall check compliance with the maximum permitted levels laid down in Article 2(2) in respect of the products referred to in Article 1, taking into account contamination levels in the country of origin.

    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

    The arrangements for applying this Regulation, any amendments to be made to the products in Annex I, and the list of products excluded from this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2).

    Article 5

    1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

    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

    Council Regulation (EEC) No 737/90, as amended by the Regulations listed in Annex III, is repealed.

    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

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    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.

    Done at Brussels, 15 July 2008.

    For the Council

    The President

    M. BARNIER

    (1)   OJ L 82, 29.3.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

    (2)  See Annex III.

    (3)   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).

    (4)   OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 321, as corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 128.

    (5)   OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

    (6)   OJ L 312, 11.11.2006, p. 1.

    (7)   OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (OJ L 305, 19.12.1995, p. 49).

    (8)   OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000 (OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5).

    (9)  The level applicable to concentrated or dried products shall be calculated on the basis of the reconstituted product as ready for consumption.

    ANNEX I

    Products unfit for human consumption

    CN code

    Description

    ex 0101 10 10

    ex 0101 90 19

    Racehorses

    ex 0106

    Other (live animals, excluding domestic rabbits and pigeons: not for human consumption)

    0301 10

    Live ornamental fish

    0408 11 20

    0408 19 20

    0408 91 20

    0408 99 20

    Eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, unfit for human consumption (1)

    ex 0504 00 00

    Non-edible guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof

    0511 10 00

    ex 0511 91 90

    0511 99

    Animal products not elsewhere specified or included, excluding edible animal blood; dead animals of Chapter 1 or Chapter 3, unfit for human consumption

    ex 0713

    Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, for sowing

    1001 90 10

    Spelt for sowing (1)

    1005 10 11

    1005 10 13

    1005 10 15

    1005 10 19

    Hybrid maize for sowing (1)

    1006 10 10

    Rice for sowing (1)

    1007 00 10

    Hybrid sorghum for sowing (1)

    1201 00 10

    1202 10 10

    1204 00 10

    1205 10 10

    1206 00 10

    1207 20 10

    1207 40 10

    1207 50 10

    1207 91 10

    1207 99 15

    Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken, for sowing (1)

    1209

    Seeds, fruits and spores, of a kind used for sowing

    1501 00 11

    Lard and other pig fat for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (1)

    1502 00 10

    Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 , for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (1)

    1503 00 11

    Lard stearin and oleostearin for industrial uses (1)

    1503 00 30

    Tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (1)

    1505 00

    Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)

    1507 10 10

    1507 90 10

    Soya bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined; but not chemically modified, for technical uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (1)

    1508 10 10

    1508 90 10

    Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (1)

    1511 10 10

    Crude palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (1)

    1511 90 91

    1512 11 10

    1512 19 10

    1512 21 10

    1512 29 10

    1513 11 10

    1513 19 30

    1513 21 10

    1513 29 30

    1514 11 10

    1514 19 10

    1514 91 10

    1514 99 10

    1515 19 10

    1515 21 10

    1515 29 10

    1515 50 11

    1515 50 91

    1515 90 21

    1515 90 31

    1515 90 40

    1515 90 60

    1516 20 95

    Other oils for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (1)

    1515 30 10

    Castor oil and its fractions for the production for the production of aminoundecanoic acid for use in the manufacture of synthetic textile fibres or of artificial plastic materials (1)

    1515 90 11

    Tung oil; jojoba and oiticica oils; myrtle wax and Japan wax; their fractions

    1518 00 31

    1518 00 39

    Fixed vegetables oils, fluid, mixed, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption (1)

    2207 20 00

    Ethyl alcohol and other spirits; denatured, of any strength

    3824 10 00

    Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores

    4501

    Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed granulated or ground cork

    5301 10 00

    5301 21 00

    5301 29 00

    Flax, raw or processed but not spun

    5302

    True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)

    ex Chapter 6

    Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage, excluding plants and roots of chicory of subheading 0601 20 10

    (1)  Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

    ANNEX II

    Milk and milk products to which a maximum permitted level of 370 Bq/kg applies

    CN codes

    0401

    0402

    0403 10 11 to 39

    0403 90 11 to 69

    0404

    ANNEX III

    Repealed Regulation with list of its successive amendments

    Council Regulation (EEC) No 737/90

    (OJ L 82, 29.3.1990, p. 1).

     

    Council Regulation (EC) No 686/95

    (OJ L 71, 31.3.1995, p. 15).

     

    Council Regulation (EC) No 616/2000

    (OJ L 75, 24.3.2000, p. 1).

     

    Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003

    (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

    point 7 of Annex III only

    ANNEX IV

    Correlation table

    Regulation (EEC) No 737/90

    This Regulation

    Article 1, introductory words

    Article 1, introductory words

    Article 1, first indent

    Article 1(a)

    Article 1, second indent

    Article 1(b)

    Article 1, third indent

    Article 1(c)

    Article 1, fourth indent

    Article 1(d)

    Article 1, fifth indent

    —

    Article 2

    Article 2(1)

    Article 3, first introductory sentence

    —

    Article 3, second introductory sentence

    Article 2(2) introductory sentence

    Article 3, first and second indent

    Article 2(2)(a) and (b)

    Article 4(1) first, second and third sentence

    Article 3(1) first, second and third subparagraph

    Article 4(2) first and second sentence

    Article 3(2) first and second subparagraph

    Article 5 first and second sentence

    Article 3(3) first and second subparagraph

    Article 6

    Article 4

    Article 7(1) and (2)

    Article 5(1) and (2)

    Article 7(3)

    —

    —

    Article 6

    Article 8, first paragraph

    Article 7, first paragraph

    Article 8, second paragraph, introductory words

    Article 7, second paragraph, introductory words

    Article 8, second paragraph, point 1

    Article 7, second paragraph, point (a)

    Article 8, second paragraph, point 2

    Article 7, second paragraph, point (b)

    Annex I

    Annex I

    Annex II

    Annex II

    —

    Annex III

    —

    Annex IV
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