Commission Regulation (EC) No 1664/2006Show full title

Article 1 U.K.

Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 is amended as follows:

(1)

Article 6 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 6 Model health certificates for imports of certain products of animal origin for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004

The model health certificates, 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 as set out in that Annex VI.’

(2)

The following Article 6a is inserted:

‘Article 6a 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.’

(3)

Annex III is amended in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

(4)

Annex VI is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

(5)

Annex VIa is inserted in accordance with Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 2 U.K.

The Decisions listed in Annex IV to this Regulation are repealed with effect from 1 May 2007.

Article 3 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Annex III to this Regulation shall apply at the latest six months after the entry into force of this Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2006.

For the Commission

Markos Kyprianou

Member of the Commission