
Article 1 
With the exception of the products unfit for human consumption listed in Annex I and those products which may come to be excluded from the scope of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2), this Regulation shall apply to the products originating in third countries covered by:

((a)) Annex I to the Treaty;
((b)) Council Regulation (EC) No 1667/2006 of 7 November 2006 on glucose and lactose;
((c)) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin;
((d)) Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products.
Article 2 

1. Without prejudice to other provisions in force, the release for free circulation of the products referred to in Article 1 shall be subject to compliance with the maximum permitted levels laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article:
2. The accumulated maximum radioactive level in terms of caesium-134 and -137 shall be:
(a) 370 Bq/kg for milk and milk products listed in Annex II and for foodstuffs intended for the special feeding of infants during the first four to six months of life, which meet, in themselves, the nutritional requirements of this category of persons and are put up for retail sale in packages which are clearly identified and labelled ‘food preparation for infants’;
(b) 600 Bq/kg for all other products concerned.
Article 3 

1. Member States shall check compliance with the maximum permitted levels laid down in Article 2(2) in respect of the products referred to in Article 1, taking into account contamination levels in the country of origin.Checking may also include the presentation of export certificates.Depending on the results of the checks carried out, Member States shall take the measures required for Article 2(1) to apply, including the prohibition of release for free circulation, taking each case individually or generally for a given product.
2. Each Member State shall provide the Commission with all information concerning the application of this Regulation, notably cases of non-compliance with the maximum permitted levels.The Commission shall circulate such information to the other Member States.
3. Where cases of repeated non-compliance with the maximum permitted levels have been recorded, the necessary measures may be taken in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2).Such measures may even include the prohibition of the import of products originating in the third country concerned.
Article 4 
The arrangements for applying this Regulation, any amendments to be made to the products in Annex I, and the list of products excluded from this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(2).
Article 5 

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.
Article 6 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 737/90, as amended by the Regulations listed in Annex III, is repealed.
References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.
Article 7 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall expire:

1.. on 31 March 2020, unless the Council decides otherwise at an earlier date, in particular if the list of excluded products referred to in Article 4 covers all the products fit for human consumption to which this Regulation applies;
2.. upon the entry into force of the Commission Regulation referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87, if such entry into force takes place before 31 March 2020.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
CN code Description
ex 0101 10 10ex 0101 90 19 Racehorses
ex 0106 Other (live animals, excluding domestic rabbits and pigeons: not for human consumption)
0301 10 Live ornamental fish
0408 11 200408 19 200408 91 200408 99 20 Eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, unfit for human consumption
ex 0504 00 00 Non-edible guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof
0511 10 00ex 0511 91 900511 99 Animal products not elsewhere specified or included, excluding edible animal blood; dead animals of Chapter 1 or Chapter 3, unfit for human consumption
ex 0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, for sowing
1001 90 10 Spelt for sowing
1005 10 111005 10 131005 10 151005 10 19 Hybrid maize for sowing
1006 10 10 Rice for sowing
1007 00 10 Hybrid sorghum for sowing
1201 00 101202 10 101204 00 101205 10 101206 00 101207 20 101207 40 101207 50 101207 91 101207 99 15 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken, for sowing
1209 Seeds, fruits and spores, of a kind used for sowing
1501 00 11 Lard and other pig fat for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
1502 00 10 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503, for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
1503 00 11 Lard stearin and oleostearin for industrial uses
1503 00 30 Tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
1505 00 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)
1507 10 101507 90 10 Soya bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined; but not chemically modified, for technical uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
1508 10 101508 90 10 Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
1511 10 10 Crude palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
1511 90 911512 11 101512 19 101512 21 101512 29 101513 11 101513 19 301513 21 101513 29 301514 11 101514 19 101514 91 101514 99 101515 19 101515 21 101515 29 101515 50 111515 50 911515 90 211515 90 311515 90 401515 90 601516 20 95 Other oils for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
1515 30 10 Castor oil and its fractions for the production for the production of aminoundecanoic acid for use in the manufacture of synthetic textile fibres or of artificial plastic materials
1515 90 11 Tung oil; jojoba and oiticica oils; myrtle wax and Japan wax; their fractions
1518 00 311518 00 39 Fixed vegetables oils, fluid, mixed, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
2207 20 00 Ethyl alcohol and other spirits; denatured, of any strength
3824 10 00 Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores
4501 Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed granulated or ground cork
5301 10 005301 21 005301 29 00 Flax, raw or processed but not spun
5302 True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
ex Chapter 6 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage, excluding plants and roots of chicory of subheading 0601 20 10

ANNEX II
CN codes 0401
0402
0403 10 11 to 39
0403 90 11 to 69
0404
ANNEX III
Council Regulation (EEC) No 737/90(OJ L 82, 29.3.1990, p. 1). 
Council Regulation (EC) No 686/95(OJ L 71, 31.3.1995, p. 15). 
Council Regulation (EC) No 616/2000(OJ L 75, 24.3.2000, p. 1). 
Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003(OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1). point 7 of Annex III only
ANNEX IV
Regulation (EEC) No 737/90 This Regulation
Article 1, introductory words Article 1, introductory words
Article 1, first indent Article 1(a)
Article 1, second indent Article 1(b)
Article 1, third indent Article 1(c)
Article 1, fourth indent Article 1(d)
Article 1, fifth indent —
Article 2 Article 2(1)
Article 3, first introductory sentence —
Article 3, second introductory sentence Article 2(2) introductory sentence
Article 3, first and second indent Article 2(2)(a) and (b)
Article 4(1) first, second and third sentence Article 3(1) first, second and third subparagraph
Article 4(2) first and second sentence Article 3(2) first and second subparagraph
Article 5 first and second sentence Article 3(3) first and second subparagraph
Article 6 Article 4
Article 7(1) and (2) Article 5(1) and (2)
Article 7(3) —
— Article 6
Article 8, first paragraph Article 7, first paragraph
Article 8, second paragraph, introductory words Article 7, second paragraph, introductory words
Article 8, second paragraph, point 1 Article 7, second paragraph, point (a)
Article 8, second paragraph, point 2 Article 7, second paragraph, point (b)
Annex I Annex I
Annex II Annex II
— Annex III
— Annex IV