# Commission Decision of 17 June 2008 amending Decision 2002/994/EC concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China (notified under document number C(2008) 2483) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/463/EC), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Article 3 of Decision 2002/994/EC is replaced by the following text:
‘Article 3 Member States shall authorise imports of consignments of products listed in Part II of the Annex accompanied by a declaration of the Chinese competent authority stating that each consignment has been subjected before dispatch to a chemical test in order to ensure that the products concerned do not present a danger to animal or human health. That chemical test must be carried out in particular, to detect the presence of chloramphenicol and nitrofuran and its metabolites in all products listed in Part II of the Annex. In addition, aquaculture fishery products referred to in Part II of the Annex shall be tested for the presence of malachite green and crystal violet and their metabolites. The results of those chemical tests shall be included in that declaration.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/463/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-463/article-1
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