{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-996/annex-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-996/annex-IV.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/996",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 of 26 October 2012 imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-996",
  "path": "annex/IV",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": "Feed and food for which a sampling and analysis on the presence of caesium 134 and caesium-137 is required before export to the Union",
  "text": "(a) products originating in the prefecture Fukushima:\nall products, taking into account the exemptions provided for in Article 1 of this Regulation.\n(b) products originating in the prefecture Shizuoka:\ntea and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0902 2101 20 and 2202 90 10 ,\nmushrooms and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 51 , 0709 59 , 0710 80 61 , 0710 80 69 , 0711 51 00 , 0711 59 , 0712 31 , 0712 32 , 0712 33 , 0712 39 , 2003 10 , 2003 90 and 2005 99 80 .\n(c) products originating in the prefecture Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata or Aomori:\nmushrooms and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 51 , 0709 59 , 0710 80 61 , 0710 80 69 , 0711 51 00 , 0711 59 , 0712 31 , 0712 32 , 0712 33 , 0712 39 , 2003 10 , 2003 90 and 2005 99 80 .\n(d) products originating in the prefectures Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa or Iwate:\ntea and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0902 , 2101 20 and 2202 90 10 ,\nmushrooms and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 51 , 0709 59 , 0710 80 61 , 0710 80 69 , 0711 51 00 , 0711 59 , 0712 31 , 0712 32 , 0712 33 , 0712 39 , 2003 10 , 2003 90 and 2005 99 80 ,\nfish and fishery products falling within CN codes 0302 , 0303 , 0304 , 0305 , 0306 , 0307 , 0308 , 1504 10 , 1504 20 , 1604 and 1605 with the exception of scallops falling within CN codes 0307 21 , 0307 29 and 1605 52 00 ,\nrice and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 1006 , 1102 90 50 , 1103 19 50 , 1103 20 50 , 1104 19 91 , 1104 19 99 , 1104 29 17 , 1104 29 30 , 1104 29 59 , 1104 29 89 , 1104 30 90 , 1901 , 1904 10 30 , 1904 20 95 , 1904 90 10 and 1905 90 ,\nsoybeans and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 1201 90 , 1208 10 , 1507 ,\nAdzuki beans falling within CN codes 0708 20 , 0713 32 00 and processed products thereof falling under CN code such as 1106 10 ,\nblueberries and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0810 40 30 , 0810 40 50 , 0811 90 50 , 0811 90 70 , 0812 90 40 , 0813 40 95 ,\nginkgo nut falling within CN code 0802 90 85 and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 98 , 0813 40 95 ,\nJapanese apricot falling within CN codes 0809 40 05 , and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 98 , 0813 40 95 ,\ncitrus fruit falling within CN code 0805 , peel of citrus fruit falling within CN code 0814 00 00 and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 25 , 0812 90 98 , 0813 40 95 ,\nJapanese persimmon falling within CN code 0810 70 00 and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 98 , 0813 40 95 ,\npomegranate falling within CN code 0810 90 75 and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 98 , 0813 40 95 ,\nchocolate vine ( Akebia quinata ) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0810 90 75 , 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 98 and 0813 40 95 ,\nchestnuts falling within CN codes 0802 41 00 and 0802 42 00 and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 98 , 0813 40 95 ,\nwalnuts falling within CN codes 0802 31 00 and 0802 32 00 and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 98 , 0813 40 95 ,\nAshitaba ( Angelica keiskei ) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\ngiant butterbur (fuki), Japanese butterbur scape ( Petasites japonicus) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nJapanese ginger (Myoga) falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 , 0712 90 and processed products thereof such as those falling within CN codes 2008 99 49 , 2008 99 67 ,\nedible parts of Aralia sp. and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nbamboo shoot ( Phyllostacys pubescens) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 , 0712 90 , 2004 90 and 2005 91 ,\nbracken ( Pteridium aquilinum) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nedible parts of Japanese horseradish or wasabi ( Wasabia japonica) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 , 0712 90 and 0910 99 ,\nJapanese parsley ( Oenanthe javanica ) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nJapanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) falling within CN code 0910 99 ,\nJapanese royal fern ( Osmunda japonica ) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nkoshiabura (shoot of Eleuterococcus sciadophylloides ) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nmomijigasa ( Parasenecio delphiniifolius) and processed products thereof falling within CN code 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nostrich fern ( Matteuccia struthioptheris) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nplantain lily ( Hosta Montana) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nuwabamisou ( Elatostoma umbellatum var. majus) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nvictory onion ( Allium victorialis subsp. Platyphyllum) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0703 10 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 , 0712 20 and 0712 90 ,\nthistle (Cirsium japonicum) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nyobusumaso (Honma) ( Cacalia hastata ssp. orientalis) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nSynurus pungens (Oyamabokuchi) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nfield horsetail ( Equisetum arvense) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0709 99 , 0710 80 , 0711 90 and 0712 90 ,\nActinidia polygama (silver vine) and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 0810 90 75 , 0811 90 19 , 0811 90 39 , 0811 90 95 , 0812 90 98 and 0813 40 95 ,\nfresh bovine meat falling within CN codes 0201 , 0202 , 0206 10 , 0206 21 00 , 0206 22 00 , 0206 29 , 0504 and 1502 ,\nbuckwheat and processed products thereof falling within CN codes 1008 10 00 , 1102 90 90 , 1103 19 90 , 1103 20 90 , 1104 19 99 , 1104 29 17 , 1104 29 30 , 1104 29 59 , 1104 29 89 , 1104 30 90 , 1901 , 1904 10 90 , 1904 20 99 , 1904 90 80 and 1905 90 ,\nlotus root and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0709 99 , 0711 90 , 0712 90 and 1211 90 ,\nthreeleaf arrowroot and processed products thereof falling within CN codes such as 0714 90 .\n(e) compound products containing more than 50 % of the products referred to in the headings (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 495/2013 of 29 May 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/996/annex/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:03.196987+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}