
Article 1 
Annexes I, IV and VI to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 6 November 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
1. 

((a)) in Section IV, Chapter I:

((i)) Part A, Point 1, the words ‘removal of the tonsils’ are deleted;
((ii)) Part B, Point 1, the sentence ‘The tonsils must be removed’ is deleted;
((b)) in Section IV, Chapter III, Point 1, the sentence ‘The tonsils must be removed’ is deleted.

2. 
 ‘ANNEX IV 
CHAPTER I: CONTROL OF MILK AND COLOSTRUM PRODUCTION HOLDINGS 1. 
These controls may take place at the occasion of veterinary checks carried out pursuant to Community provisions on animal or public health or animal welfare and may be carried out by an approved veterinarian.
 2. If there are grounds for suspecting that the animal health requirements are not being complied with, the general health status of the animals is to be checked.
 3. Milk and colostrum production holdings are to undergo official controls to verify that hygiene requirements are being complied with. These official controls may involve inspections and/or the monitoring of controls that professional organisations carry out. If it is shown that the hygiene is inadequate, the competent authority is to verify that appropriate steps are taken to correct the situation.

CHAPTER II: CONTROL OF RAW MILK AND COLOSTRUM UPON COLLECTION 1. In the case of raw milk and colostrum, the competent authority is to monitor the checks carried out in accordance with Annex III, Section IX, Chapter I, Part III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:
 2. If the food business operator has not corrected the situation within three months of first notifying the competent authority of non-compliance with the criteria with regard to plate count and/or somatic cell count, delivery of raw milk and colostrum from the production holding is to be suspended or — in accordance with a specific authorisation of, or general instructions from, the competent authority — subjected to requirements concerning its treatment and use necessary to protect public health. This suspension or these requirements are to remain in place until the food business operator has proved that the raw milk and colostrum again complies with the criteria.’;


3. 
' 2. Certificates must be drawn up at least in the official language or languages of the Member State of destination and those of the Member State in which the border inspection takes place, or be accompanied by a certified translation into that language or languages. However, a Member State may consent to the use of an official Community language other than its own.
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