
Article 1 
This Regulation shall apply to those fishery products originating from Gabon and intended for human consumption which are covered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards heavy metals and by European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC as regards sulphites.
Article 2 

1. Member States shall, by using appropriate sampling plans and analytical methods, ensure that each consignment of products covered by Article 1 undergoes necessary tests to make sure that the products concerned comply with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards heavy metals and in Directive 95/2/EC as regards sulphites. For heavy metals sampling and analysis shall be carried out according to Regulation (EC) No 333/2007.
2. Member States shall submit to the Commission every three months a report of all analytical results of official controls on consignments of products covered by Article 1. This report shall be submitted during the month following each quarter (April, July, October and January).
3. The common reporting format, set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be used.
Article 3 
Member Sates shall not authorise imports of products as referred to in Article 1 that are found to be non-compliant with the provisions referred to in Article 2(1).
Article 4 
All expenditure incurred in the application of this Regulation shall be charged to the consignor, consignee or the agent of either.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall be reviewed in the light of the guarantees offered by the Gabonese competent authorities and on the basis of the results of the tests referred to in Article 2. A new Commission inspection may be necessary to verify the guarantees given.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of 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, 25 June 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


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Type of fishery product Sample code Date of analysis(dd/mm/yyyy) Substance analysed (e.g. Pb, Cd, Hg, sulphite) Result(mg/kg) Measurement uncertainty(for heavy metals only)[x ± U] Compliant(Yes/No) Limit of detection(for heavy metals only)(mg/kg) Limit of quantification(for heavy metals only)(mg/kg)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        


