Food (Figs, Hazelnuts and Pistachios from Turkey) (Emergency Control) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations implement Commission Decision 2002/80/EC imposing special conditions on the import of figs, hazelnuts and pistachios and certain products derived thereof originating in or consigned from Turkey (O.J. No. L34, 5.2.2002, p. 26), as amended by Commission Decision 2002/233/EC (O.J. No. L78, 21.3.2002, p. 14). The categories of products which are subject to those conditions are specified in Article 1.1 of Decision 2002/80/EC.

The Regulations—

(a) prohibit the importation of any “controlled Turkish products” (defined in regulation 2(1)), except where—

(i) they are accompanied by a Turkish Government health certificate and the results of official sampling and analysis, the importation takes place only through a specified point of entry, and the consignment is identified with a code corresponding with that specified on the health certificate and on the accompanying report containing the sampling and analysis results, or

(ii) (even though they are not accompanied by a Turkish Government health certificate or the results of official sampling and analysis) they left Turkey before 11th March 2002, the operator shows, by means of sampling and analysis in the prescribed manner, that the levels of aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin in the products do not exceed the maximum permitted levels, and the importation takes place only through a specified point of entry (regulations 2 and 3);

(b) specify the enforcement authority (regulation 4); and

(c) apply, with modifications, provisions of the Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (regulation 5).