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22.8.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
226/5
DECISIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 20 August 2012
amending Decision 2002/994/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the
products of animal origin imported from China
(notified under document C(2012) 5753)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/482/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(4) Honey
and
royal
jelly
are
currently
included
in
the
list
set
out in Part II of the Annex to Decision 2002/994/EC.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Propolis and bee pollen are products that also originate
Union,
from apiculture and, given the specificities of the
production process for those animal products, the risks
to animal or public health posed by them is minimal. In
Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December
addition, appropriate safety guarantees for those products
1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of
are provided by the residue monitoring plan for honey
veterinary checks on products entering the Community from
intended for export submitted by China and approved by
third countries ( 1 ), and in particular Article 22(6) thereof,
Decision 2011/163/EU. Propolis and bee pollen should
therefore be included in the list of products set out in
Whereas:
Part II of the Annex to Decision 2002/994/EC and that
Decision should be amended accordingly.
(1) Commission
Decision
2002/994/EC
of
20
December
2002 concerning certain protective measures with
(5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
regard to the products of animal origin imported from
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
China ( 2 ) applies to all products of animal origin
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
imported from China and intended for human
consumption or for animal feed.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(2) Under
Article
3
of
that
Decision,
Member
States
are
to
Article 1
authorise imports of products listed in Part II of the
Annex to that Decision which are accompanied by a
In Part II of the Annex to Decision 2002/994/EC, the following
declaration of the Chinese competent authority stating
indent is added:
that each consignment has been subjected before
dispatch to a chemical test in order to ensure that the
‘— propolis and bee pollen’.
products concerned do not present a danger to human
health. That test is to be carried out, in particular, with a
Article 2
view to detecting the presence of chloramphenicol and
nitrofuran and its metabolites.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(3) The
Chinese
competent
authority
has
provided
an
appro
priate residue monitoring plan for honey intended for
Done at Brussels, 20 August 2012.
export to the Union. That plan has been approved by
Commission Decision 2011/163/EU of 16 March 2011
For the Commission
on the approval of plans submitted by third countries in
accordance with Article 29 of Council Directive
John DALLI
96/23/EC ( 3 ).
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
( 2 ) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 154.
( 3 ) OJ L 70, 17.3.2011, p. 40.

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