Article 1

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 996/2012 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 5, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   The declaration referred to in paragraph 1 shall furthermore certify that:

   (a)

   the product has been harvested and/or processed before 11 March 2011; or

   (b)

   the product, other than tea and mushrooms originating in the prefecture Shizuoka and other than mushrooms originating in the prefectures Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata or Aomori, originates in and is consigned from a prefecture other than Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Iwate; or

   (c)

   the product originates in and is consigned from Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Iwate but is not listed in Annex IV to this Regulation (and consequently no analysis before export is required); or

   (d)

   the product is consigned from Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Iwate prefectures, but does not originate in one of those prefectures and has not been exposed to radioactivity during transiting; or

   (e)

   where the product is tea or mushrooms originating in Shizuoka prefecture or mushrooms originating in Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata or Aomori prefecture, or a derived product thereof or a compound feed or food containing more than 50 % of these products, the product is accompanied by an analytical report containing the results of sampling and analysis; or

   (f)

   where the product, listed in Annex IV to this Regulation, originates in Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Iwate prefectures, or is a compound feed or food containing more than 50 % of these products, the product is accompanied by an analytical report containing the results of sampling and analysis. The list of products in Annex IV is without prejudice to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients^f1; or

   (g)

   where the origin of the product or of the ingredients present at more than 50 % is unknown, the product is accompanied by an analytical report containing the results of sampling and analysis.’;

2. (2)

   Article 16 is replaced by the following:

   ‘Transitional measures

   Article 16

   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^f2; 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.’;

3. (3)

   Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation;

4. (4)

   Annex IV is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.