Article 1

Decision 2004/407/EC is amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    Article 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 1Derogation regarding the import of photographic gelatine

    By way of derogation from Article 29(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom shall authorise the import of gelatine produced from materials containing bovine vertebral column classified as Category 1 material under that Regulation, exclusively intended for the photographic industry (photographic gelatine), in compliance with this Decision.’

  2. 2.

    Article 9 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Article 9Addresses

    This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.’

  3. 3.

    Annexes I and III are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2010.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla Vassiliou

Member of the Commission