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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005Show full title
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)
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[F1Article 1 U.K. Requirements concerning food chain information for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
Requirements concerning food chain information as referred to in Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on food of animal origin in relation to requirements concerning food chain information and fishery products and to the reference to recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins and to testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated cow's milk (Text with EEA relevance).
[F1Article 2 U.K. Requirements concerning fishery products for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
Requirements concerning fishery products as referred to in Article 11(9) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on food of animal origin in relation to requirements concerning food chain information and fishery products and to the reference to recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins and to testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated cow's milk (Text with EEA relevance).
[F1Article 3 U.K. Recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
The recognised testing methods for detecting marine biotoxins as referred to in Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are as set out in Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on food of animal origin in relation to requirements concerning food chain information and fishery products and to the reference to recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins and to testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated cow's milk (Text with EEA relevance).
Article 4U.K.Calcium content of mechanically separated meat for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
The calcium content of mechanically separated meat as referred to in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is as set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
F2Article 5U.K. [F2Lists of establishments for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004]
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Textual Amendments
F2 Deleted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance).
F3Article 6U.K. [F3 [F4Model health certificates and documents for imports of certain products of animal origin for the purpose of Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004] ]
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[F1Article 6a U.K. Testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated cow's milk
The analytical methods set out in Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 shall be used by food business operators to check compliance with the limits set out in Part III of Chapter I of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and to ensure appropriate application of a pasteurisation process to dairy products as referred to in Part II of Chapter II of Section IX of Annex III to that Regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on food of animal origin in relation to requirements concerning food chain information and fishery products and to the reference to recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins and to testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated cow's milk (Text with EEA relevance).
F2Article 6bU.K. [F2 [F5Requirements concerning official controls for the inspection of meat for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004]
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F2 Deleted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance).
F5 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1244/2007 of 24 October 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards implementing measures for certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and laying down specific rules on official controls for the inspection of meat (Text with EEA relevance).
F2Article 6cU.K. [F6Requirements concerning the official controls on fishery products caught by vessels flying the flag of Member States entering the Union after being transferred in third countries with or without storage] ]
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Textual Amendments
F2 Deleted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019 laying down uniform practical arrangements for the performance of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls (Text with EEA relevance).
F6 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards official controls on fishery products caught by vessels flying the flag of a Member State and introduced into Union after being transferred in third countries and establishing a model health certificate for those products (Text with EEA relevance).
Article 7U.K.Derogation from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 for foods with traditional characteristics
1.For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘foods with traditional characteristics’ means [F7foods that are traditionally manufactured in Great Britain and are:]
(a)recognised historically as traditional products, or
(b)manufactured according to codified or registered technical references to the traditional process, or according to traditional production methods, or
(c)protected as traditional food products by F8... national F8... law.
2.[F9The appropriate authority] may grant establishments manufacturing foods with traditional characteristics individual or general derogations from the requirements set out in:
(a)Chapter II(1) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 as regards the premises where such products are exposed to an environment necessary for the part-development of their characteristics. Such premises may in particular comprise walls, ceilings and doors that are not smooth, impervious, non-absorbent or of corrosion-resistant material and natural geological walls, ceilings and floors;
(b)Chapter II(1)(f) and Chapter V(1) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 as regards the type of materials of which the instruments and the equipment used specifically for the preparation, packaging and wrapping of these products are made.
The cleaning and disinfecting measures for the premises referred in (a) and the frequency with which they are carried out shall be adapted to the activity in order to take account of their specific ambient flora.
The instruments and equipment referred to in (b) shall be maintained at all times in a satisfactory state of hygiene and be regularly cleaned and disinfected.
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Textual Amendments
F7Words in Art. 7(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/640, reg. 19B(a)(i) (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 9(12))
F8Words in Art. 7(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/640, reg. 19B(a)(ii) (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 9(12))
F9Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/640, reg. 19B(b) (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 9(12))
F10Art. 7(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/640, reg. 19B(c) (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 9(12))
Article 8U.K.Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004
Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are amended in accordance with Annex VII to this Regulation.
Article 9U.K.Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004
Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 are amended in accordance with Annex VIII to this Regulation.
Article 10U.K.Entry into force and applicability
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2006, except for Chapters II and III of Annex V, which shall apply from 1 January 2007.
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Textual Amendments
F11Words in Signature omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of S.I. 2019/640, reg. 19C (as inserted by The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1504), regs. 1(2), 9(12))
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