Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 is amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    Part D is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

  2. 2.

    In Part E, the first sentence is replaced by the following:

    This method of sampling is of application for the official control of the maximum levels established for ochratoxin A, aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in spices.

  3. 3.

    Part G is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

  4. 4.

    A Part K, as set out in Annex III to this Regulation, is added.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 10th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from the date of entry into force.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 March 2010.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso