
Article 1 

1. This Regulation shall apply to consignments of the following food and feed falling within the CN codes and TARIC classifications set out in Annex I:
(a) Groundnuts (peanuts) in shell and shelled and peanut butter (feed and food) originating in or consigned from Ghana;
(b) Okra (food, fresh) originating in or consigned from India;
(c) Curry leaves (food, herbs) originating in or consigned from India;
(d) Groundnuts (peanuts) in shell and shelled, peanut butter, groundnuts (peanuts) otherwise prepared or preserved (feed and food) originating in or consigned from India;
(e) Watermelon seeds and derived products (food) originating in or consigned from Nigeria.
2. This Regulation shall also apply to compound food and feed, containing any of the food or feed referred to in paragraph 1 in a quantity above 20 %.
3. This Regulation shall not apply to consignments of food and feed referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 which are destined to a private person for personal consumption and use only. In case of doubt, the burden of proof lies with the recipient of the consignment.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1152/2009 and Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 shall apply.
For the purpose of this Regulation, a consignment corresponds to a lot as referred to in Regulations (EC) No 401/2006 and (EC) No 152/2009 and Directive 2002/63/EC.
Article 3 
Consignments of food and feed referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) may only be imported into the Union in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Regulation.
Article 4 

1. Consignments of the food and feed referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) shall be accompanied by the results of sampling and analysis performed by the competent authorities of the country of origin, or of the country where the consignment is consigned from if that country is different from the country of origin, to ascertain compliance with:
(a) Union legislation on maximum levels of aflatoxins, for the food and feed referred to in Article 1(1)(a),(d) and (e), including compounds containing such food or feed in a quantity above 20 %;
(b) Union legislation on maximum residue levels of pesticides, for the food referred to in Article 1(1)(b) and (c) including compound food containing such food in a quantity above 20 %.
2. The sampling and the analysis referred to in paragraph 1 must be performed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 401/2006, for aflatoxins in food, with Regulation (EC) No 152/2009, for aflatoxins in feed, and with Directive 2002/63/EC for pesticide residues.
Article 5 

1. The consignments shall also be accompanied by a health certificate in accordance with the model set out in Annex II.
2. The health certificate shall be completed, signed and verified by an authorised representative of the competent authority of the country of origin or the competent authority of the country where the consignment is consigned from if that country is different from the country of origin.
3. The health certificate shall be drawn up in an official language of the Member State of arrival, or in another language that the competent authorities of that Member State have decided to accept.
4. The health certificate shall only be valid during four months from the date of issue.
Article 6 
Each consignment of the food and feed referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) shall be identified with an identification code which corresponds to the identification code mentioned on the results of the sampling and analysis referred to in Article 4 and the health certificate referred to in Article 5. Each individual bag, or other packaging form, of the consignment shall be identified with that identification code.
Article 7 

1. Feed and food business operators or their representatives shall give prior notification of the estimated date and time of physical arrival of consignments of the food and feed referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) to the competent authorities at the Designated Point of Entry and of the nature of the consignment.
2. For the purpose of prior notification, they shall complete Part I of the common entry document (CED) and transmit that document to the competent authority at the Designated Point of Entry, at least one working day prior to the physical arrival of the consignment.
3. For the completion of the CED in application of this Regulation, feed and food business operators shall take into account:
(a) for the food a referred to in Article 1(1)(b) and (c) of this Regulation including compound food containing such food in a quantity above 20 %, the notes for guidance for the CED laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009;
(b) for the food and feed referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (d) and (e) of this Regulation, including compounds containing such food or feed in a quantity above 20 % the notes for guidance for the CED laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1152/2009.
Article 8 

1. The competent authority at the DPE shall carry out documentary checks on each consignment of the food and feed referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) to ascertain compliance with the requirements laid down in Articles 4 and 5.
2. The identity and physical checks on the food referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (d) and (e) and the related compound food referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation shall be carried out in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1152/2009 at the frequency set out in Annex I of this Regulation. The provisions of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1152/2009 are applied for the identity and physical checks on the feed referred to in Article 1(1)(a), (d) and (e) and the related compound feed referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation, whereby the sample for analysis of aflatoxin B1 is taken in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 at the frequency set out in Annex I of this Regulation.
3. The identity and physical checks on the food referred to in Article 1(1)(b) and (c) and the related compound food referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation shall be carried out in accordance with Articles 8, 9 and 19 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 at the frequency set out in Annex I of this Regulation.
4. After completion of the checks, the competent authorities shall,
(a) complete the relevant entries of Part II of the CED;
(b) join the results of sampling and analysis carried out in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article;
(c) provide and fill the CED reference number on the CED;
(d) stamp and sign the original of the CED;
(e) make and retain a copy of the signed and stamped CED.
5. The original of the CED and of the health certificate with the accompanying results of sampling and analysis shall accompany the consignment during its transport until it is released for free circulation. For food referred to in Article 1(1)(b) and (c), in case of authorisation of onward transportation of the consignments pending the results of the physical checks, a certified copy of the original CED shall be issued for that purpose.
Article 9 

1. Consignments shall not be split until all official controls have been completed, and the CED has been fully completed by the competent authorities as provided for in Article 8.
2. In the case of subsequent splitting of the consignment, an authenticated copy of the CED shall accompany each part of the consignment during its transport until it is released for free circulation.
Article 10 
The release for free circulation of consignments shall be subject to the presentation by the feed and food business operator or their representative to the custom authorities of a CED duly completed by the competent authority once all official controls have been carried out and favourable results from physical checks, where such checks are required, are known.
Article 11 
If the official controls establish non-compliance with the relevant Union legislation, the competent authority shall complete Part III of the CED and action shall be taken pursuant to Articles 19, 20 and 21 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.
Article 12 
Member States shall submit to the Commission every three months a report of all analytical results of official controls on consignments of feed and food pursuant to this Regulation. That report shall be submitted during the month following each quarter.
The report shall include the following information:

— the number of consignments imported;
— the number of consignments subjected to sampling for analysis;
— the results of the checks as provided for in Article 8(2) and (3).
Article 13 
All costs resulting from the official controls including sampling, analysis, storage and any measures taken following non-compliance, shall be borne by the feed and food business operators.
Article 14 
Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 is amended in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation
Article 15 
Regulation (EC) No 1152/2009 is amended as follows:

1.. In Article 2, the following point (b) is deleted:
'
((b)) ‘first point of introduction’ means the point of first physical introduction of a consignment into the Community'
and replaced by:
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((b)) Designated point of entry (DPE): means the point of entry as defined in Article 3 (b) of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009'.
2.. In Article 5, first and second paragraph, Article 7(2) and (3) and in Annex II, under General, Box I.4, Box I.9, Box II.5, Box II.6, Box II.8, Box II.9 and Box III.1 the term ‘first point of introduction’ is replaced by ‘DPE’.
Article 16 
By way of derogation from Articles 4(1) and 5 (1), Member States shall authorise the imports of consignments of feed and food referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) which left the country of origin prior to 18 February 2013 without being accompanied by a health certificate and the results of sampling and analysis.
Article 17 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 18 February 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 January 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX I

Feed and food of non-animal origin subject to the measures provided for in this Regulation:

Feed and food(intended use) CN code TARIC sub-division Country of origin Hazard Frequency of physical and identity checks (%) at import

— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
 
— 1202 41 00
  Ghana (GH) Aflatoxins 50

— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled
 
— 1202 42 00


— Peanut butter
 
— 2008 11 10

(Feed and Food) 
Okra ex 0709 99 90 20 India (IN) Pesticide residues analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS or with single-residue methods 20
(Food — fresh) 
Curry leaves (Bergera/Murraya koenigii) ex 1211 90 86 10 India (IN) Pesticide residues analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS or with single residue methods 20
(Food — herbs) 

— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
 
— 1202 41 00
  India (IN) Aflatoxins 20

— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled
 
— 1202 42 00


— Peanut butter
 
— 2008 11 10


— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved
 
— 2008 11 91; 2008 11 96; 2008 11 98

(Feed and food) 
Watermelon (egusi, Citrullus lanatus) seeds and derived products ex 1207 70 00; 10 Nigeria (NG) Aflatoxins 50
ex 1106 30 90; 30
ex 2008 99 99; 50
(Food)  



ANNEX II

ANNEX III

Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 is amended as follows:

1.. In Annex I, the following entries are deleted:
'

— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
 
— 1202 41 00
  Ghana (GH) Aflatoxins 50

— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled
 
— 1202 42 00


— Peanut butter
 
— 2008 11 10

(Feed and food) '
'
Curry leaves (Bergera/Murraya koenigii) ex 1211 90 86 10 India (IN) Pesticide residues analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS or with single residue methods(5) 50
(Food — fresh herbs)  '
'

— Groundnuts (peanuts), in shell
 
— 1202 41 00
  India (IN) Aflatoxins 20

— Groundnuts (peanuts), shelled
 
— 1202 42 00


— Peanut butter
 
— 2008 11 10


— Groundnuts (peanuts), otherwise prepared or preserved
 
— 2008 11 91; 2008 11 96; 2008 11 98

(Feed and food) '
'
Okra ex 0709 99 90 20 India (IN) Pesticide residues analysed with multi-residue methods based on GC-MS and LC-MS or with single-residue methods(2) 50
(Food — fresh)  '
'
Watermelon (egusi, Citrullus lanatus) seeds and derived products ex 1207 70 00; 10 Nigeria (NG) Aflatoxins 50
ex 1106 30 90; 30
ex 2008 99 99 50
(Food)  '
2.. In Annex I, the following endnote (2) is deleted:
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(2) In particular residues of: Acephate, Methamidophos, Triazophos, Endosulfan, Monocrotophos, Methomyl, Thiodicarb, Diafenthiuron, Thiamethoxam, Fipronil, Oxamyl, Acetamiprid, Indoxacarb, Mandipropamid.
'
3.. In Annex I, the following endnote (5) is deleted:
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(5) In particular residues of: Triazophos, Oxydemeton-methyl, Chlorpyriphos, Acetamiprid, Thiamethoxam, Clothianidin, Methamidophos, Acephate, Propargite, Monocrotophos.
'
