Commission Decision of 20 December 2002 concerning certain protective measures with regard to the products of animal origin imported from China (notified under document number C(2002) 5377) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/994/EC)

[F1Article 3U.K.

[F2Competent authorities] shall authorise imports of consignments of products listed in Part II of the Annex accompanied by a declaration of the Chinese competent authority stating that each consignment has been subjected before dispatch to a chemical test in order to ensure that the products concerned do not present a danger to animal or human health. That chemical test must be carried out in particular, to detect the presence of chloramphenicol and nitrofuran and its metabolites in all products listed in Part II of the Annex. In addition, aquaculture fishery products referred to in Part II of the Annex shall be tested for the presence of malachite green and crystal violet and their metabolites. The results of those chemical tests shall be included in that declaration.]