Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005Show full title

Article 1 U.K. Requirements concerning food chain information for the purpose of Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004

Requirements concerning food chain information as referred to in Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and in Chapter II (A) of Section I of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2 U.K. Requirements concerning fishery products for the purpose of Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004

Requirements concerning fishery products as referred to in Article 11(9) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and Article 18(14) and (15) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3 U.K. Recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins for the purpose of Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004

The recognised testing methods for detecting marine biotoxins as referred to in Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and Article 18(13)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 are as set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 4 U.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.

Article 5 U.K. Lists of establishments for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

Requirements concerning the lists of establishments as referred to in Article 31(2)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 are set out in Annex V to this Regulation.

[F1 Article 6 U.K. Model health certificates and documents for imports of certain products of animal origin for the purpose of Regulations (EC) Nos 853/2004 and 854/2004

1. The models of the health certificates and documents, as referred to in Article 6(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, to be used when importing products of animal origin listed in Annex VI to this Regulation are set out in that Annex.

2. The model of the document to be signed by the captain, that may replace the document required under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 when fishery products are imported directly from a freezer vessel, as provided for in Article 15(3) of that Regulation, is set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2011 of 11 August 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards documentation accompanying imports of frozen fishery products directly from a freezer vessel (Text with EEA relevance).

[F2 Article 6a U.K. Testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated milk

The analytical methods set out in Annex VIa to this Regulation shall be used by the competent authorities, and, where appropriate, by food business operators, to check compliance with the limits laid down in Annex III, Section IX, Chapter I, Part III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and to ensure appropriate application of a pasteurisation process to dairy products as referred to in Annex III, Section IX, Chapter II, Part II to that Regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006 of 6 November 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 as regards implementing measures for certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and repealing certain implementing measures (Text with EEA relevance).

[F3 Article 6b U.K. Requirements concerning official controls for the inspection of meat for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004

Requirements concerning official controls for the inspection of meat are laid down in Annex VIb.]

Textual Amendments

F3 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).

Article 7 U.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 foods that, in the Member State in which they are traditionally manufactured, 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 a Community, national, regional or local law.

2. Member States 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.

3. Member States granting the derogations provided for in paragraph 2 shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of this no later than 12 months after granting individual or general derogations. Each notification shall:

(a) provide a short description of the requirements that have been adapted;

(b) describe the foodstuffs and establishments concerned; and

(c) give any other relevant information.

Article 8 U.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 9 U.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 10 U.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.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.