Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/256 of 17 January 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1158 on the conditions governing imports of food and feed originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station

‘2 The products shall comply with the following accumulated maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination in terms of caesium-137 : (a) 370 Bq/kg for milk and milk products and for food for infants and young children as defined in Article 2(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013; (b) 600 Bq/kg for all other products concerned.

‘3 The official certificate which is not submitted in the Information Management System for Official Controls (IMSOC) by the competent authority of the third country issuing it shall also meet the requirements for model official certificates not submitted in IMSOC laid down in Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235.

4 Competent authorities may issue a replacement official certificate only in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 6 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2235.’

‘1 Consignments of products of non-animal origin referred to in Article 3(3) shall be subject to official controls at their entry into the Union at a border control post and/or at a designated control point. Consignments of products referred to in Article 3(3) containing ingredient or ingredients of animal origin shall be subject to official controls at their entry into the Union at a border control post.’

Consignments of products falling under CN codes ex081350, ex2007, ex200897, ex200990, ex220210, ex220299, ex170490, ex1806 and ex1905, which have been dispatched to the Union from a third country listed in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1158, before the date of entry into force of this Regulation, may enter the Union until 7 March 2024 without being accompanied by the official certificate as required by Article 3(3) of that Implementing Regulation, under the condition that they comply with all other requirements of Union law applicable to them.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.