
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:

1.. In Article 9, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Member States should report to the Commission findings on aflatoxins, dioxins, dioxin-like PCBs, non-dioxin-like PCBs as specified in Commission Decision 2006/504/EC and Commission Recommendation 2006/794/EC. Member States should report to EFSA findings on acrylamide and furan as specified in Commission Recommendation 2007/196/EC and Commission Recommendation 2007/331/EC.'
2.. The Annex is amended in accordance to the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The maximum levels laid down in points 3.1.18, 3.2.19, 3.2.20 and 3.3.3 of the Annex shall apply from 1 July 2009. They shall not apply to products lawfully placed on the market before 1 July 2009. The burden of proving when the products were placed on the market shall be borne by the food business operator.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 2 July 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended as follows:

((1)) In Subsection 3.1 (Lead), point 3.1.11 is replaced by the following and a new point 3.1.18 is added:

‘3.1.11 Brassica vegetables, leaf vegetables and the following fungi (27): Agaricus bisporus (common mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster mushroom), Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) 0,3
3.1.18 Food supplements 3,0

((2)) Subsection 3.2. (Cadmium) is replaced by the following:

‘3.2 Cadmium 
3.2.1 Meat (excluding offal) of bovine animals, sheep, pig and poultry (6) 0,05
3.2.2 Horsemeat, excluding offal (6) 0,2
3.2.3 Liver of bovine animals, sheep, pig, poultry and horse (6) 0,5
3.2.4 Kidney of bovine animals, sheep, pig, poultry and horse (6) 1,0
3.2.5 Muscle meat of fish (24) (25), excluding species listed in points 3.2.6, 3.2.7 and 3.2.8 0,05
3.2.6 Muscle meat of the following fish (24) (25):
 bonito (Sarda sarda)
 common two-banded seabream (Diplodus vulgaris)
 eel (Anguilla anguilla)
 grey mullet (Mugil labrosus labrosus)
 horse mackerel or scad (Trachurus species)
 louvar or luvar (Luvarus imperialis)
 mackerel (Scomber species)
 sardine (Sardina pilchardus)
 sardinops (Sardinops species)
 tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis)
 wedge sole (Dicologoglossa cuneata) 0,1
3.2.7 Muscle meat of the following fish (24) (25):bullet tuna (Auxis species) 0,2
3.2.8 Muscle meat of the following fish (24) (25):
 anchovy (Engraulis species)
 swordfish (Xiphias gladius) 0,3
3.2.9 Crustaceans, excluding brown meat of crab and excluding head and thorax meat of lobster and similar large crustaceans (Nephropidae and Palinuridae) (26) 0,5
3.2.10 Bivalve molluscs (26) 1,0
3.2.11 Cephalopods (without viscera) (26) 1,0
3.2.12 Cereals excluding bran, germ, wheat and rice 0,1
3.2.13 Bran, germ, wheat and rice 0,2
3.2.14 Soybeans 0,2
3.2.15 Vegetables and fruit, excluding leaf vegetables, fresh herbs, fungi, stem vegetables, root vegetables and potatoes (27) 0,05
3.2.16 Stem vegetables, root vegetables and potatoes, excluding celeriac (27). For potatoes the maximum level applies to peeled potatoes. 0,1
3.2.17 Leaf vegetables, fresh herbs, celeriac and the following fungi (27): Agaricus bisporus (common mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster mushroom), Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) 0,2
3.2.18 Fungi, excluding those listed in point 3.2.17 (27) 1,0
3.2.19 Food supplements excl. food supplements listed in point 3.2.20 1,0
3.2.20 Food supplements consisting exclusively or mainly of dried seaweed or of products derived from seaweed 3,0

((3)) In Subsection 3.3 (Mercury), point 3.3.2 is replaced by the following and a new point 3.3.3 is added:

‘3.3.2 Muscle meat of the following fish (24) (25):
 anglerfish (Lophius species)
 Atlantic catfish (Anarhichas lupus)
 bonito (Sarda sarda)
 eel (Anguilla species)
 emperor, orange roughy, rosy soldierfish (Hoplostethus species)
 grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)
 halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
 kingklip (Genypterus capensis)
 marlin (Makaira species)
 megrim (Lepidorhombus species)
 mullet (Mullus species)
 pink cusk eel (Genypterus blacodes)
 pike (Esox lucius)
 plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor)
 poor cod (Tricopterus minutes)
 Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis)
 rays (Raja species)
 redfish (Sebastes marinus, S. mentella, S. viviparus)
 sail fish (Istiophorus platypterus)
 scabbard fish (Lepidopus caudatus, Aphanopus carbo)
 seabream, pandora (Pagellus species)
 shark (all species)
 snake mackerel or butterfish (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, Ruvettus pretiosus, Gempylus serpens)
 sturgeon (Acipenser species)
 swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
 tuna (Thunnus species, Euthynnus species, Katsuwonus pelamis) 1,0
3.3.3 Food supplements 0,1

((4)) In footnote (1) the following sentence is added:
‘Tree nuts are not covered by the maximum level for fruit.’
((5)) Footnote (8) is replaced by the following:
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(8) Foodstuffs listed in this category as defined in Commission Directive 2006/141/EC (OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
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