CHAPTER IVU.K. FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 18U.K.Reporting obligations

1.The importing Member States shall submit to the Commission and the other Member States, each year before 31 December, a report with information on the amounts of the specified fruits introduced into the Union under this Decision during the previous import season.

2.Member States in whose territory the specified fruit are processed into juice shall submit to the Commission and the other Member States, each year before 31 December, a report with all the following elements:

(a)the amounts of the specified fruits processed in their territory under this Decision during the previous import season;

(b)the volumes of waste and by-products destroyed and detailed information on the method of their use or destruction as refer to in Article 15(3).

3.The report referred to in the paragraph 1 shall also include the results of the plant health checks of the specified fruits carried out in accordance with Article 13(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC and this Decision.