Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   Annex I is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      In part B, footnote (1) is replaced by the following:

      ‘(1)

      The sampling of such lots shall be performed in accordance with the rules set out in part L. Guidance for sampling large lots shall be provided in a guidance document available on the following website: http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/chemicalsafety/contaminants/guidance-sampling-final.pdf

      The application of sampling rules in accordance with EN ISO 24333:2009 or GAFTA Sampling Rules 124, applied by food business operators to ensure compliance with provisions in legislation is equivalent to the sampling rules set out in part L.

      For the sampling of lots for Fusarium-toxins, the application of sampling rules in accordance with EN ISO 24333:2009 or GAFTA Sampling Rules 124, applied by food business operators to ensure compliance with provisions in legislation is equivalent to the sampling rules set out in part B;’

   2. (b)

      In part B.2, Table 1 is replaced by the following table:

      ‘

      Table 1

      Subdivision of lots into sublots depending on product and lot weight

      Depending on the lot weight — see Table 2.
      Commodity	Lot weight (tonne)	Weight or number of sublots	No incremental samples	Aggregate sample Weight (kg)
      Cereals and cereal products	> 300 and < 1 500	3 sublots	100	10
      	≥ 50 and ≤ 300	100 tonnes	100	10
      	< 50	—	3-100f1	1-10

      ’

   3. (c)

      In part B.3, the following sentence is added at the end of the first indent:

      ‘For lots > 500 tonnes, the number of incremental samples is provided for in part L.2 of Annex I.’

   4. (d)

      In part D.2 the following sentence is added after the first sentence:

      ‘This method of sampling is of also of application for the official control of the maximum levels established for ochratoxin A, aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in spices with a relatively large particle size (particle size comparable with peanuts or larger e.g. nutmeg).’;

   5. (e)

      In part E, the first sentence is replaced by the following:

      ‘This method of sampling is of application for the official control of the maximum levels established for ochratoxin A, aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxins in spices except in cases of spices with a relatively large particle size (heterogeneous distribution of mycotoxin contamination).’;

   6. (f)

      In part I, the heading and the first sentence are replaced by the following:

      ‘I.

      METHOD OF SAMPLING FOR SOLID APPLE PRODUCTS

      This method of sampling is of application for the official control of the maximum levels established for patulin in solid apple products, including solid apple products for infants and young children.’

   7. (g)

      In part I.1, second paragraph, the following sentences are deleted:

      ‘In case of liquid products the lot shall be thoroughly mixed insofar as possible by either manual or mechanical means immediately prior to sampling. In this case, a homogenous distribution of patulin can be assumed within a given lot. It is therefore sufficient to take three incremental samples from a lot to form the aggregate sample.’

   8. (h)

      New Parts L and M as set out in Annex I to this Regulation, are added.

2. (2)

   In Annex II, points 4.2 ‘General requirements’, 4.3 ‘Specific requirements’ and 4.4 ‘Estimation of measurement uncertainty, recovery calculation and reporting of results’ are replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.