2005/573/: Commission Decision of 22 July 2005 amending Decision 2002/994/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China (notified under document number C(2005) 2764) Text with EEA relevance

1 Member states shall prohibit the imports of products referred to in Article 1.

2 By derogation from paragraph 1, Member States shall authorise the imports of products listed in the Annex to this Decision in accordance with the specific animal and public health conditions applicable to the products concerned, and with Article 3 in the case of products listed in Part II of the Annex.

Member States shall authorise imports of consignments of products listed in Part II of the Annex accompanied by a declaration of the Chinese competent authority stating that each consignment has been subjected before dispatch to a chemical test in order to ensure that the products concerned do not present a danger to human health. This test must be carried out, in particular, with a view to detecting the presence of chloramphenicol and nitrofuran and its metabolites. The results of the analytical checks have to be included.’

This Decision shall apply from 26 July 2005.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.