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

((1)) Article 9 is replaced by the following:
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Article 9 

1. Member States shall monitor nitrate levels in vegetables which may contain significant levels, in particular green leafy vegetables, and communicate the results to EFSA on a regular basis.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission a summary of the findings on aflatoxins obtained in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 884/2014 and the individual occurrence data shall be reported to EFSA by the Member States.
3. Member States and professional stakeholder organisations shall communicate each year to the Commission the results of investigations undertaken and the progress with regard to the application of prevention measures to avoid contamination by deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, fumonisin B1 and B2, T-2 and HT-2 toxin. The Commission shall make the results available to the Member States. The related occurrence data shall be reported to EFSA.
4. Member States and professional stakeholder organisations are strongly recommended to monitor the presence of ergot alkaloids in cereals and cereal products.Member States and professional stakeholder organisations are strongly recommended to report to EFSA their findings on ergot alkaloids by 30 September 2016. Those findings shall include occurrence data and specific information on the relationship between the presence of ergot sclerotia and the level of individual ergot alkaloids.The Commission shall make those findings available to the Member States.
5. Occurrence data on other contaminants than those referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 collected by Member States and professional stakeholder organisations may be reported to EFSA.
6. Occurrence data shall be provided to EFSA in the EFSA data submission format in accordance with the requirements of EFSA's Guidance on Standard Sample Description (SSD) for Food and Feed and the additional EFSA's specific reporting requirements for specific contaminants. The occurrence data from professional stakeholder organisations may be provided to EFSA, if appropriate, in a simplified data submission format, defined by EFSA.'
((2)) The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 28 October 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

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

((1)) In Section 2, the following entry 2.9 is added:

‘2.9 Ergot sclerotia and ergot alkaloids 
2.9.1. Ergot sclerotia 
2.9.1.1. Unprocessed cereals (18) with the exception of corn and rice 0,5 g/kg
2.9.2. Ergot alkaloids 
2.9.2.1. Unprocessed cereals (18) with the exception of corn and rice —
2.9.2.2. Cereal milling products excluding corn and rice milling products —
2.9.2.3. Bread (including small bakery wares), pastries, biscuits, cereal snacks, breakfast cereals and pasta —
2.9.2.4. Cereal-based food for infants and young children —



((2)) Footnote 18 replaced by the following:
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(18) 
“First-stage processing” means any physical or thermal treatment, other than drying, of or on the grain. Cleaning, including scouring, sorting and drying procedures are not considered to be “first-stage processing” in so far as the whole grain remains intact after cleaning and sorting.

Scouring is cleaning cereals by brushing and/or scrubbing it vigorously.

In case scouring is applied in the presence of ergot sclerotia, the cereals need to undergo a first cleaning step before scouring. The scouring, performed in combination with a dust aspirator, is followed by a colour sorting before milling.

Integrated production and processing systems means systems whereby all incoming lots of cereals are cleaned, sorted and processed in the same establishment. In such integrated production and processing systems, the maximum level applies to the unprocessed cereals after cleaning and sorting but before first-stage processing.

Food business operators shall ensure compliance through their HACCP procedure whereby an effective monitoring procedure is established and implemented at this critical control point.
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