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Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 is amended as follows:
Article 1 is amended as follows:
Paragraph 1a is replaced by the following:
‘1a.By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Finland and Sweden are authorised, for a transitional period extending to 31 December 2011, to place on their market salmon (Salmo salar), herring (Clupea harengus), river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis), trout (Salmo trutta), char (Salvelinus spp.) and roe of vendace (Coregonus albula) originating in the Baltic region and intended for consumption in their territory with levels of dioxins and/or levels of the sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs higher than those set in point 5.2 of section 5 of Annex I, provided that a system is in place to ensure that consumers are fully informed of the dietary recommendations with regard to the restrictions on the consumption of these fish species from the Baltic region by identified vulnerable sections of the population in order to avoid potential health risks.
By 31 March each year, Finland and Sweden shall communicate to the Commission the results of their monitoring of the levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in fish from the Baltic region obtained in the preceding year and shall report on the measures taken to reduce human exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs from fish from the Baltic region. Finland and Sweden shall continue to implement the necessary measures to ensure that fish and fish products not complying with point 5.2 of Section 5 of Annex I are not marketed in other Member States.’
Paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2.The maximum levels specified in the Annex I shall apply to the edible part of the foodstuffs concerned, unless otherwise specified in that Annex.’
Article 4a is replaced by the following:
With regard to dioxins and the sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in products as referred to in section 5 of Annex I, it shall be prohibited:
to mix products complying with the maximum levels with products exceeding those maximum levels;
to use products not complying with the maximum levels as ingredients in the manufacture of other foodstuffs.’
Article 5, paragraph 3 is deleted.
Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.