2011/402/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 6 July 2011 on emergency measures applicable to fenugreek seeds and certain seeds and beans imported from Egypt (notified under document C(2011) 5000) Text with EEA relevance

Member States shall adopt all the necessary measures so that all lots of fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt during the period 2009 – 2011, mentioned in the notifications of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed linked to the tracing back exercise are withdrawn from the market and destroyed. In accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2003/99/EC the concerned lots shall be sampled.

The release for free circulation in the EU of seeds and beans from Egypt as set out in the Annex is prohibited until 31 October 2011.

The measures laid down in this Decision shall be regularly reassessed on the basis of the guarantees offered by Egypt, results of the analytical tests and investigations carried out by the Member States.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.