
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005 is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 7, the following paragraphs 3 and 4 are added:
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3. By way of derogation from Annex III, Section VIII, Chapter III, Part E to Regulation 853/2004, food business operators may continue until 31 October 2007 to import fish oil from establishments in third countries that were approved for that purpose before the entry into force of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006.
4. By way of derogation from Annex VI to Regulation (EC) 2074/2005 the products referred in that Annex for which the relevant import certificates have been issued in accordance with the harmonised Community rules in force before 1 January 2006 where applicable, and with the national rules implemented by the Member States before that date in other cases, may be imported into the Community until 1 May 2007.'
2.. in Article 17 the following paragraph 2 is added:
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2. By way of derogation from Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, the Member States may authorise the import of bivalve molluscs and fishery products from the countries listed respectively in Annex I and Annex II to this Regulation, provided that:
(a) the competent authority of the third country or territory has provided to the Member State concerned the guarantees that the products in question have been obtained in conditions at least equivalent to those governing the production and placing on the market of Community products and
(b) the competent authority of the third country or territory takes appropriate measures in order to ensure that these imported products are accompanied by the model health certificates laid down in Commission Decisions 95/328/EC and 96/333/EC and marketed only on the domestic market of the importing Member State or Member States allowing the same import.'
3.. The following Article 17a is inserted:
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Article 17a 
By way of derogation from Chapter II (A) (4) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004, the competent authority may continue to classify as being of Class B areas for which the relevant limits of 4 600E. coli par 100 g are not exceeded in 90 % of samples.';
4.. Annex I and Annex II are added in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh 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, 6 November 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX


ANNEX I 
CA —CANADAGL —GREENLANDUS —UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ANNEX II 
AO —ANGOLAAZ —AZERBAIJANBJ —BENINCG —REPUBLIC OF CONGOCM —CAMEROONER —ERITREAFJ —FIJIIL —ISRAELMM —MYANMARSB —SOLOMON ISLANDSSH —ST HELENATG —TOGO

