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18.10.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
287/5
REGULATIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 957/2012
of 17 October 2012
amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 as regards the deletion of the entry for the
Netherlands Antilles in the list of third countries from which the introduction into the Union of
consignments of raw milk and dairy products is authorised
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
dairy products intended for human consumption ( 4 ) sets
out the list of third countries from which the intro
duction into the Union of consignments of raw milk
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
and dairy products is authorised.
Union,
(4)
The autonomous country of the Netherlands Antilles is
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December
currently included in the list in Annex I to Regulation
2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the
(EU) No 605/2010.
production, processing, distribution and introduction of
products of animal origin for human consumption ( 1 ), and in
particular the introductory phrase of Article 8, the first
(5) Following
an
internal
reform
in
the
Kingdom
of
the
Netherlands, effective as of 10 October 2010, the
subparagraph of point (1) and point (4) of Article 8 thereof,
Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist as an autonomous
country within that Kingdom. On that same date,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European
Curaao and Sint Maarten gained the status of
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the
specific rules for the organisation of official controls on
Netherlands, while Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
products of animal origin intended for human consumption (
became special municipalities of the European part of

2 ),
and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,
the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is therefore appro
priate to delete the entry for the Netherlands Antilles
from the list set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No
Whereas:
605/2010.
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
854/2004
lays
down
specific
rules (6) Curaao
and
Sint
Maarten
have
not
expressed
an
interest
for the organisation of official controls on products of
to continue exports of raw milk and dairy products
animal origin. In particular, it provides that products of
intended for human consumption to the Union. It is
animal origin are to be imported only from a third
therefore not appropriate to include them in the list set
country or a part of a third country that appears on a
out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010.
list drawn up and updated in accordance with that Regu
lation.
(7) Regulation
(EU)
No
605/2010
should
therefore
be
amended accordingly.
(2) Regulation
(EC)
No
854/2004
also
provides
that
when
drawing up and updating such lists, account is to be
(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
taken of Union controls in third countries and guarantees
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
by the competent authorities of third countries as regards
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
compliance or equivalence with Union feed and food law
and animal health rules specified in Regulation (EC) No
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to
ensure the verification of compliance with feed and
Article 1
food law, animal health and animal welfare rules ( 3 ).
In Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 605/2010, the entry for the
Netherlands Antilles is deleted.
(3) Annex
I
to
Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
605/2010
of 2 July 2010 laying down animal and public health
Article 2
and veterinary certification conditions for the intro
duction into the European Union of raw milk and
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
( 1 ) OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11.
( 2 ) OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 206.
( 3 ) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 175, 10.7.2010, p. 1.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 October 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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