
Article 1 

1. Pre-export checks carried out prior to export to  Great Britain  by the Canadian Grain Commission, as competent authority, regarding ochratoxin A in wheat and wheat flour listed in Annex I and produced on the territory of Canada are approved.
2. The following pre-export checks carried out prior to export to  Great Britain  by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), as competent authority, are approved:
(a) pre-export checks regarding aflatoxins in peanuts listed in Annex I and produced on the territory of the United States;
(b) pre-export checks regarding aflatoxins in almonds listed in Annex I and produced on the territory of the United States.
Article 2 

1. Each consignment of products referred to in Article 1 shall be accompanied by:
(a) a report containing the results of sampling and analysis performed in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 401/2006, or with equivalent requirements, by a laboratory approved for that purpose by the competent authority;
(b) a certificate in accordance with the model set out in Annex II, completed, verified and signed by a representative of the competent authority; the certificate shall be valid for four months from the date of issuance.
2. Each consignment of products referred to in Article 1 shall bear an identification code which shall be reproduced on the report and on the certificate referred to in paragraph 1. Each individual bag, or other packaging form, or packaging combining several individual entities into one package, of the consignment shall be identified with the same code.
Article 3 
If a consignment is split, copies of the certificate provided for in Article 2(1)(b) and certified by the competent authority  must  accompany each part of the split consignment until it is released for free circulation.
Article 4 
In accordance with the provisions of Article 16(2) and Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, the frequency of the physical checks carried out by the  competent authority  on consignments of products referred to in Article 1 and presented in accordance with Article 2 shall be reduced to the maximum percentage of the number of presented consignments as set out in Annex I.
Article 5 
Decision 2008/47/EC and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 844/2011 are hereby repealed.
References to the repealed Decision and Implementing Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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ANNEX I

Products referred to in Article 1 and frequency of the physical checks referred to in Article 4:

Food CN code TARICsub-division Country of origin Mycotoxin Frequency of physical checks (%) at import

— Wheat
 
— 1001
  Canada Ochratoxin A < 1

— Wheat flour
 
— 1101 00





— Almonds, in shell
 
— 0802 11
  United States of America Aflatoxins < 1

— Almonds, shelled
 
— 0802 12

ANNEX II
