
Article 1 
Regulation (EU) No 297/2011 is amended as follows

((1)) Article 2, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Each consignment of the products referred to in Article 1, which leaves Japan from the date of entry into force of this Regulation, shall be accompanied by a declaration, attesting that
— the product has been harvested and/or processed before 11 March 2011, or
— the product is originating in and consigned from a prefecture other than Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa, or
— the product is consigned from the prefectures Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa, but not originating in one of these prefectures and has not been exposed to radioactivity during transiting, or
— in case the product is originating in the prefectures Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba and Kanagawa, the product does not contain levels of the radionuclides iodine-131, caesium-134 and caesium-137 above the maximum levels provided for in Annex II to this Regulation. This provision applies also to products originating in the coastal waters of these prefectures, irrespective of where such products are landed.'
((2)) Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. The competent authorities of the BIP or DPE shall carry out documentary and identity checks on all consignments of products referred to in Article 1 within the scope of the present Regulation, and physical checks, including laboratory analysis on the presence of iodine-131, caesium-134 and caesium-137, on at least 10 % of such consignments of the products referred to in Article 2 (3), 4th indent and on at least 20 % of such consignments of the products referred to in Article 2 (3) 2nd and 3rd indent.'
((3)) In Article 9, the second sub paragraph, the date of 30 June 2011 is replaced by 30 September 2011.
((4)) Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 23 May 2011.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX


ANNEX I 

