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1.A foodstuff treated with ionising radiation may not be imported from a third country unless it:
complies with the conditions which apply to those foodstuffs,
is accompanied by documents showing the name and address of the facility which carried out the irradiation treatment and providing the information referred to in Article 8,
was treated in an irradiation facility approved by the Community and appearing on the list referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.
2.(a)In accordance with the procedure laid down in [F1Article 12(2)], the Commission shall draw up the list of approved facilities for which official supervision guarantees that the requirements of Article 7 are complied with.
For the purpose of drawing up this list, the Commission may instruct experts to carry out, under its authority, evaluations and inspections of irradiation facilities in third countries in accordance with Article 5 of Directive 93/99/EEC.
The Commission shall publish that list and any amendments thereto in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
(b)The Commission may conclude technical arrangements with the competent organisations in third countries on the procedures whereby the evaluations and inspections referred to in (a) are to be carried out.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One.