Article 1U.K.

Decision 2009/861/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 2, the date ‘31 December 2011’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2013’;

2.

in Article 3, the date ‘31 December 2011’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2013’;

3.

Article 5 is replaced by the following:

Article 5

1.Bulgaria shall submit annual reports to the Commission on progress made in bringing the following in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:

(a)production holdings producing non-compliant milk;

(b)the system for collecting and transporting non-compliant milk.

The first annual report shall be submitted to the Commission by 31 December 2012, at the latest, and the second annual report by 31 October 2013, at the latest.

The reports shall be submitted in the form set out in Annex III.

2.The Commission shall closely monitor the progress in bringing the raw milk processed by the establishments listed in Annexes I and II in compliance with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.

If, on the basis of the reports submitted by Bulgaria, the Commission considers that compliance is not likely to be achieved by 31 December 2013, it shall propose appropriate measures to remedy the situation.;

4.

in Article 6, the date ‘31 December 2011’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2013’;

5.

Annexes I and II are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.