
Article 1 
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
The maximum levels of lead set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006, as amended by this Regulation, shall apply from 1 January 2016. Foodstuffs not complying with these maximum levels which are lawfully placed on the market prior to 1 January 2016 may continue to be marketed after that date until their date of minimum durability or use-by-date.
Article 3 
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, 25 June 2015.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER
ANNEX

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

((1)) Subsection 3.1 (Lead) is replaced by the following:
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3.1 Lead 
3.1.1 Raw milk (6), heat-treated milk and milk for the manufacture of milk-based products 0,020
3.1.2 Infant formulae and follow-on formulae 
 marketed as powder (8) (29) 0,050
 marketed as liquid (8) (29) 0,010
3.1.3 Processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children (3) (29) other than 3.1.5 0,050
3.1.4 Foods for special medical purposes (9) intended specifically for infants and young children 
 marketed as powder (29) 0,050
 marketed as liquid (29) 0,010
3.1.5 Drinks for infants and young children labelled and sold as such, other than those mentioned in 3.1.2 and 3.1.4 
 marketed as liquids or to be reconstituted following instructions of the manufacturer including fruit juices (4) 0,030
 to be prepared by infusion or decoction (29) 1,50
3.1.6 Meat (excluding offal) of bovine animals, sheep, pig and poultry (6) 0,10
3.1.7 Offal of bovine animals, sheep, pig and poultry (6) 0,50
3.1.8 Muscle meat of fish (24) (25) 0,30
3.1.9 Cephalopods (52) 0,30
3.1.10 Crustaceans (26) (44) 0,50
3.1.11 Bivalve molluscs (26) 1,50
3.1.12 Cereals and pulses 0,20
3.1.13 Vegetables excluding leafy brassica, salsify, leaf vegetables & fresh herbs, fungi, seaweed and fruiting vegetables (27) (53) 0,10
3.1.14 Leafy brassica, salsify, leaf vegetables excluding fresh herbs and the following fungi Agaricus bisporus (common mushroom), Pleurotus ostreatus (Oyster mushroom), Lentinula edodes (Shiitake mushroom) (27) 0,30
3.1.15 Fruiting vegetables 
 sweetcorn (27) 0,10
 other than sweetcorn (27) 0,05
3.1.16 Fruit, excluding cranberries, currants, elderberries and strawberry tree fruit (27) 0,10
3.1.17 Cranberries, currants, elderberries and strawberry tree fruit (27) 0,20
3.1.18 Fats and oils, including milk fat 0,10
3.1.19 Fruit juices, concentrated fruit juices as reconstituted and fruit nectars 
 exclusively from berries and other small fruits (14) 0,05
 from fruits other than berries and other small fruits (14) 0,03
3.1.20 Wine (including sparkling wine, excluding liqueur wine), cider, perry and fruit wine (11) 
 products produced from the 2001 fruit harvest to 2015 fruit harvest 0,20
 products produced from the 2016 fruit harvest onwards 0,15
3.1.21 Aromatised wine, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (13) 
 products produced from the 2001 fruit harvest to 2015 fruit harvest 0,20
 products produced from the 2016 fruit harvest onwards 0,15
3.1.22 Food supplements (39) 3,0
3.1.23 Honey 0,10'
((2)) Endnote (3) is replaced by the following endnote:
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(3) Foodstuffs listed in this category as defined in Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 (OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 35).
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((3)) Endnotes (8) and (9) are deleted. References to endnotes (8) and (9) are replaced by references to endnote (3).
((4)) Endnote (11) is replaced by the following endnote:
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(11) Wine and sparkling wines as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).
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((5)) Endnote (13) is replaced by the following endnote:
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(13) 
The maximum level for OTA applicable to these beverages is function of the proportion of wine and/or grape must present in the finished product.
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((6)) Endnote (16) is replaced by the following endnote:
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(16) Infants and young children as defined in Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 (OJ L 181, 29.6.2013, p. 35).
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((7)) Endnote (28) is deleted.
((8)) Endnote (44) is replaced by the following endnote:
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(44) Muscle meat from appendages and abdomen. This definition excludes the cephalothorax of crustaceans. In case of crabs and crab-like crustaceans (Brachyura and Anomura): muscle meat from appendages.
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((9)) The following endnotes (52) and (53) are added:
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(52) The maximum level applies to the animal as sold without viscera.

(53) For potatoes, the maximum level applies to peeled potatoes.
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