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Article 1

United Kingdom

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Decision 2006/601/EC is amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    Article 1 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Scope

    Article 1

    This Decision applies to the following products originating from the United States of America:

    ProductCN Code
    rice in the husk, parboiled Long A1006 10 25
    rice in the husk parboiled Long B1006 10 27
    rice in the husk other than parboiled Long A1006 10 96
    rice in the husk other than parboiled Long B1006 10 98
    husked (brown) rice Parboiled Long A1006 20 15
    husked (brown) rice Parboiled Long B1006 20 17
    husked (brown) rice Long A1006 20 96
    husked (brown) rice Long B1006 20 98
    semi-milled Parboiled rice Long A1006 30 25
    semi-milled Parboiled rice Long B1006 30 27
    semi-milled rice Long A1006 30 46
    semi-milled rice Long B1006 30 48
    wholly milled Parboiled rice Long A1006 30 65
    wholly milled Parboiled rice Long B1006 30 67
    wholly milled rice Long A1006 30 96
    wholly milled rice Long B1006 30 98
    broken rice (unless it is certified as not obtained from Long-grain)1006 40 00

    ’

  2. 2..

    Article 2 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Conditions for first placing on the market

    Article 2
    1.

    Member States shall allow the first placing on the market of the products referred to in Article 1 only if the consignment of those products is accompanied by the original of an analytical report confirming that the products do not contain the genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601”. That report shall be issued by an accredited laboratory and based on a suitable and validated method for detection of genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601”.

    2.

    Member States shall ensure that, at the point of entry into the Community, official sampling and analysis of each consignment of products referred to in Article 1 is carried out before they are placed on the Community market to demonstrate that it does not contain genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601”. For that purpose official sampling and analysis shall be carried out in accordance with the methods described in the Annex and within a maximum period of 15 working days.

    3.

    The competent authorities of the Member States referred to in paragraph 2 shall issue an official accompanying document indicating that the consignment has been subject to official sampling and analysis and setting out the result of the analysis.

    4.

    If a consignment is split, copies of the original analytical report as referred to in paragraph 1 and of the official accompanying document as referred to in paragraph 3 shall accompany each part of the split consignment up to and including the wholesale stage. Those copies shall be certified by the competent authority of the Member State on whose territory the splitting has taken place.

    5.

    Any presence of genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601” detected by the controls provided for in paragraph 2 shall be reported to the Commission and the Member States through the Rapid Alert System for food and feed established by Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

    6.

    Member States shall by 31 December 2006 at the latest submit to the Commission a report of all analytical results of official controls on consignments of products referred to in Article 1.’

  3. 3..

    Article 3 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Other control measures

    Article 3

    Member States shall take appropriate measures, including random sampling and analysis carried out in accordance with the Annex, concerning the products referred to in Article 1 already on the market in order to verify the absence of genetically modified rice “LL RICE 601”. They shall inform the Commission of positive (unfavourable) results through the Rapid Alert System for food and feed.’

  4. 4..

    Article 5 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Recovery of costs

    Article 5
    1.

    All costs resulting from sampling, analysis, storage and issuing of official accompanying documents and of copies of analytical reports and accompanying documents pursuant to Article 2(1) to (4) shall be borne by the food business operator responsible for the consignment or its representative.

    2.

    All costs related to official measures taken by the competent authorities as regards non-compliant consignments shall be borne by the food business operator responsible for the consignment or its representative.’

  5. 5..

    Article 6 is replaced by the following:

    ‘Review of the measures

    Article 6

    The measures provided for in this Decision shall be reviewed by 15 January 2007 at the latest’.