2013/287/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 13 June 2013 amending Implementing Decision 2011/884/EU on emergency measures regarding unauthorised genetically modified rice in rice products originating from China Text with EEA relevance

1 The Decision shall apply to products originating in or consigned from China listed in Annex I.

2 Member States may carry out random physical checks in accordance with Annex II to this Decision on food and feed originating in or consigned from China other than those mentioned in paragraph 1 but which may consist, contain or be produced from rice, in order to ensure compliance with Articles 4(3) and 16(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

3 This Decision shall not apply to consignments of food and feed referred to in paragraph 1 which are destined to a private person for personal consumption and use only. In case of doubt, the burden of proof lies with the recipient of the consignment.’;

1 Feed and food business operators or their representatives shall give adequate prior notification of the estimated date and time of the physical arrival of the consignment and of the nature of the consignment to the competent authorities at the Border Inspection Post or at the Designated Point of Entry as appropriate. Operators shall also indicate the designation of the product as to whether it is food or feed.

2 For that purpose, they shall complete the relevant parts of the common entry document (CED) referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009, or the common veterinary entry document (CVED), as provided for in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 , and transmit that document to the competent authority at the Border Inspection Post or at the Designated Point of Entry as appropriate, at least one working day prior to the physical arrival of the consignment.

3 Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to products referred to in Annex I which are not containing, consisting or produced from rice.

1 Each consignment of products referred to in Article 1 is subject to documentary checks to ensure that the import conditions provided for in Article 4 are complied with.

2 Where a consignment of products other than those described in Article 4(2) is not accompanied by a health certificate and the analytical report provided for in Article 4, the consignment shall be re-dispatched to the country of origin or destroyed.

3 Where a consignment is accompanied by the health certificate and the analytical report provided for in Article 4 the competent authority shall take a sample for analysis in accordance with Annex II for the presence of unauthorised GMOs with a frequency of 100 %. If the consignment consists of several lots, each lot shall be submitted to sampling and analysis.

4 The competent authority may authorise onward transportation of the consignment pending the results of the physical checks. In such a case the consignment shall remain under the continuous control of the competent authorities pending the results of the physical checks.

5 After completion of the checks provided for in paragraphs 1 to 4, the competent authority shall: (a) complete the relevant part of Part II of the CED or, where appropriate, the CVED; and the responsible official of the competent authority shall stamp and sign the original of that document. The CED or, where appropriate the CVED, can be completed only when the result of the analysis referred to in paragraph 3 is available; (b) make and retain a copy of the signed and stamped CED or, where appropriate, CVED. The original of the CED or, where appropriate, the CVED shall accompany the consignment on its onward transport until it reaches its destination as indicated in the CED or the CVED.

6 The release for free circulation of consignments shall only be allowed when, following sampling and analyses performed in accordance with Annex II, all lots of that consignment are considered compliant with Union Law. This requirement also applies to consignments tested in accordance with Article 1(2).’;

Until 5 August 2013, Member States shall authorise the imports of consignments of products referred to in Article 1(1) with the exception of the products of Annex I corresponding to Combined Nomenclature Codes 19059060, 19059090 and 21039090, which have physically arrived in the Union before 4 July 2013, even if the CED has not been transmitted to the competent authority at least one working day prior to the physical arrival of the consignment as required by Article 3(2), provided that the other requirements set out in Article 3 are met. Until 5 October 2013, Member States shall authorise the imports of consignments of products corresponding in Annex I to Combined Nomenclature Codes 19059060, 19059090 and 21039090, which do not meet the conditions referred to in Articles 3 and 4, provided that the competent authority has conducted sampling and analysis in accordance with Article 5(3).’;

The measures provided for in this Decision shall be reviewed regularly to take into account, where appropriate, new developments as regards the presence of unauthorised GMOs in products originating in or consigned from China, or as regards scientific and technical progress in the methods for sampling and analysis provided in this Decision.’

This Decision shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.