
Article 1 
Regulation (EU) No 961/2011 is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 2, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Each consignment of products referred to in Article 1 shall be accompanied by a declaration, attesting that:
(a) the product has been harvested and/or processed before 11 March 2011; or
(b) the product originates in and is consigned from a prefecture other than Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Shizuoka; or
(c) the product is consigned from Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures, but does not originate in one of those prefectures and has not been exposed to radioactivity during transiting; or
(d) where a product originates in Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures, the product does not contain levels of radionuclides caesium-134 and caesium-137 above the maximum levels provided for in Annex II to this Regulation.';
((2)) in Article 2, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
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5. The declaration referred to in paragraph 3 shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex I. For the products referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 3, the declaration shall be signed by an authorised representative of the competent authority of Japan or by an authorised representative of an instance authorised by the competent authority of Japan under the authority and supervision of the competent authority. For the products referred to in point (d) of paragraph 3, the declaration shall be signed by an authorised representative of the competent authority of Japan and shall be accompanied by an analytical report containing the results of sampling and analysis.';
((3)) in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. The competent authorities of the border inspection post or designated point of entry shall carry out:
(a) documentary checks on all consignments of products referred to in Article 1; and
(b) identity and physical checks, including laboratory analysis on the presence of caesium-134 and caesium-137, on at least:
— 10 % of the consignments of products referred to in Article 2(3)(d), and
— 20 % of the consignments of products referred to in Article 2(3)(b) and (c).';
((4)) in Article 10, the second paragraph, the date of ‘31 December 2011’ is replaced by ‘31 March 2012’.
((5)) Annex I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 21 December 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX


ANNEX I 
