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
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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mentioned in the notifications of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed linked to the tracing back exercise are withdrawn from the market and destroyed.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.
ANNEX Seeds and beans for which import from Egypt is prohibited until 31 October 2011: CN Code Description ex 0704 90 90 Rocket sprouts ex 0706 90 90 Beetroot sprouts, radish sprouts 0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled 0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split ex 0709 90 90 Soya bean sprouts 1201 00 Soya beans, whether or not broken 1209 10 00 Sugar beet seed 1209 21 00 Lucerne (alfalfa) seed 1209 91 Vegetable seeds 1207 50 10 Mustard seeds, for sowing 1207 50 90 Other mustard seeds 1207 99 97 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken 0910 99 10 Fenugreek seed ex 1214 90 90 Lucerne (alfalfa) sprouts
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