
Article 1 
Member States shall adopt all the necessary measures so that all lots of fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt during the period 2009 – 2011, mentioned in the notifications of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed linked to the tracing back exercise are withdrawn from the market and destroyed. In accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2003/99/EC the concerned lots shall be sampled.
Article 2 
The release for free circulation in the EU of seeds and beans from Egypt as set out in the Annex is prohibited until 31 October 2011.
Article 3 
The measures laid down in this Decision shall be regularly reassessed on the basis of the guarantees offered by Egypt, results of the analytical tests and investigations carried out by the Member States.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 July 2011.
For the Commission
John DALLI
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Seeds and beans for which import from Egypt is prohibited until 31 October 2011:

CN Code Description
ex 0704 90 90 Rocket sprouts
ex 0706 90 90 Beetroot sprouts, radish sprouts
0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split
ex 0709 90 90 Soya bean sprouts
1201 00 Soya beans, whether or not broken
1209 10 00 Sugar beet seed
1209 21 00 Lucerne (alfalfa) seed
1209 91 Vegetable seeds
1207 50 10 Mustard seeds, for sowing
1207 50 90 Other mustard seeds
1207 99 97 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken
0910 99 10 Fenugreek seed
ex 1214 90 90 Lucerne (alfalfa) sprouts