Commission Implementing Decision of 21 December 2011 amending Decision 2009/852/EC on transitional measures under Regulations (EC) No 852/2004 and (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regard the processing of non-compliant raw milk in certain milk-processing establishments in Romania and the structural requirements of such establishments (notified under document C(2011) 9562) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/898/EU)

Article 1 U.K.

Decision 2009/852/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 2 is deleted;

2.

in Article 3, the date ‘31 December 2011’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2013’;

3.

in Article 4, the date ‘31 December 2011’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2013’;

4.

Article 6 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 6

1. Romania shall submit annual reports to the Commission on progress made in bringing the following in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:

(a) production holdings producing non-compliant milk;

(b) the system for collecting and transporting non-compliant milk.

The first annual report shall be submitted to the Commission by 31 December 2012, at the latest, and the second annual report by 31 October 2013, at the latest.

The reports shall be submitted in the form set out in Annex IV.

2. The Commission shall closely monitor the progress in bringing the raw milk processed by the establishments listed in Annexes II and III in compliance with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

If, on the basis of the reports submitted by Romania, the Commission considers that compliance is not likely to be achieved by 31 December 2013, it shall propose appropriate measures in order to remedy the situation.’;

5.

in Article 7, the date ‘31 December 2011’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2013’;

6.

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

Article 2 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2011.

For the Commission

John Dalli

Member of the Commission