# 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), Article 16: Transitional measures

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

1. By way of derogation from Article 3, products referred to in Article 1 may be imported into the Union if they comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012 where:
(a) the products left Japan before the entry into force of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012; or
(b) the products are accompanied by a declaration in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 284/2012 which was issued before 1 November 2012 and the products have left Japan before 1 December 2012 .
2. By way of derogation from Article 3, products referred to in Article 1 may be imported into the Union if they comply with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 where:
(a) the products left Japan before the entry into force of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 495/2013 ; or
(b) the products are accompanied by a declaration in accordance with Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 which was issued before 1 June 2013 and the products have left Japan before 1 July 2013 .
3. By way of derogation from Article 3, for buckwheat, lotus root and threeleaf arrowroot originating in and consigned from Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Iwate and mushrooms originating in or consigned from Nagano, Niigata or Aomori, the requirement of sampling and analysis before export to the Union shall not apply where those products left Japan before the entry into force of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 495/2013.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/996/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-996/article-16
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