Article 2

Interested parties shall communicate to the Commission the results of investigations undertaken including occurrence data and the progress with regard to the application of prevention measures to avoid contamination by ochratoxin A in spices.

Member States should report to the Commission findings on ochratoxin A in spices on a regular basis.

The Commission will make this information available to the Member States in view of an assessment, before the stricter level applies, of the achievability in the different producing regions in the world of the stricter level for ochratoxin A in spices by applying good practices.