Commission Decision
of 21 April 2006
amending Commission Decision 2004/407/EC as regards imports of photographic gelatine
(notified under document number C(2006) 1627)
(Only the Dutch, English, French and German texts are authentic)
(2006/311/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas:
Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 prohibits the importation and transit of animal by-products and processed products into the Community, except in accordance with that Regulation.
Decision 2004/407/EC provides that photographic gelatine is only allowed from the third countries listed in that Decision, namely Japan and the United States of America.
Luxembourg has confirmed the need to source photographic gelatine from the United States of America for the purposes of the photographic industry in Luxembourg. Accordingly Luxembourg should be allowed to authorise the import of photographic gelatine subject to compliance with the conditions set out in Decision 2004/407/EC. However, those imports may take place in Belgium.
In order to facilitate the transfer from Belgium to Luxembourg of the imported photographic gelatine, the conditions in Annexes I and III to Decision 2004/407/EC should be amended slightly.
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: