
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 is amended as follows:

1.. Article 1 is amended as follows:

((a)) Paragraph 1a is replaced by the following:
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1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Finland and Sweden are authorised, for a transitional period extending to 31 December 2011, to place on their market salmon (Salmo salar), herring (Clupea harengus), river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis), trout (Salmo trutta), char (Salvelinus spp.) and roe of vendace (Coregonus albula) originating in the Baltic region and intended for consumption in their territory with levels of dioxins and/or levels of the sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs higher than those set in point 5.2 of section 5 of Annex I, provided that a system is in place to ensure that consumers are fully informed of the dietary recommendations with regard to the restrictions on the consumption of these fish species from the Baltic region by identified vulnerable sections of the population in order to avoid potential health risks.By 31 March each year, Finland and Sweden shall communicate to the Commission the results of their monitoring of the levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in fish from the Baltic region obtained in the preceding year and shall report on the measures taken to reduce human exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs from fish from the Baltic region. Finland and Sweden shall continue to implement the necessary measures to ensure that fish and fish products not complying with point 5.2 of Section 5 of Annex I are not marketed in other Member States.'
((b)) Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
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2. The maximum levels specified in the Annex I shall apply to the edible part of the foodstuffs concerned, unless otherwise specified in that Annex.'
2.. Article 4a is replaced by the following:
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Article 4a 
With regard to dioxins and the sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in products as referred to in section 5 of Annex I, it shall be prohibited:

((a)) to mix products complying with the maximum levels with products exceeding those maximum levels;
((b)) to use products not complying with the maximum levels as ingredients in the manufacture of other foodstuffs.'
3.. Article 5, paragraph 3 is deleted.
4.. Annex I 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.
It shall apply from 4 November 2006.
As regards the maximum levels for the sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, this Regulation shall not apply to products that were placed on the market before 4 November 2006 in accordance with the provisions applicable. The burden of proving when the products were placed on the market shall be borne by the food business operator.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 3 February 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Section 5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 is replaced by the following:
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Section 5. 

Food Maximum levelsSum of dioxins and furans (WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ) Maximum levelsSum of dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs (WHO-PCDD/F-PCB-TEQ) Methods of sampling and performance criteria for methods of analysis
 5.1.1. Meat and meat products
   Directive 2002/69/EC
 – of ruminants (bovine animals, sheep)
 3,0 pg/g fat 4,5 pg /g fat
 – of poultry and farmed game
 2,0 pg/g fat 4,0 pg/g fat
 – of pigs
 1,0 pg/g fat 1,5 pg/g fat
 5.1.2. Liver of terrestrial animals and derived products thereof
 6,0 pg/g fat 12,0 pg/g fat
 5.2. Muscle meat of fish and fishery products and products thereof with the exception of eel
 4,0 pg/g fresh weight 8,0 pg/g fresh weight Directive 2002/69/EC
 – Muscle meat of eel (Anguilla anguilla) and products thereof
 4,0 pg/g fresh weight 12,0 pg/g fresh weight
 5.3. Milk and milk products, including butter fat
 3,0 pg/g fat 6,0 pg/g fat Directive 2002/69/EC
 5.4. Hen eggs and egg products
 3,0 pg/g fat 6,0 pg/g fat Directive 2002/69/EC
 5.5. Oils and fats
   Directive 2002/69/EC
 – Animal fat
  
 – – of ruminants
 3,0 pg/g fat 4,5 pg/g fat
 – – of poultry and farmed game
 2,0 pg/g fat 4,0 pg/g fat
 – – of pigs
 1,0 pg/g fat 1,5 pg/g fat
 – – mixed animal fats
 2,0 pg/g fat 3,0 pg/g fat
 – Vegetable oil and fats
 0,75 pg/g fat 1,5 pg/g fat
 – marine oil (fish body oil, fish liver oil and oils of other marine organisms intended for human consumption)
 2,0 pg/g fat 10,0 pg/g fat








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