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Emergency measures regarding the unauthorised genetically modified

organism Bt 63 in rice products

(Commission Decision 2008/289/EC (MT) of the 3 April 2008)

 

This Decision applies to the following products originating from China

 

 

Product

CN Code

Rice in the husk ('paddy' or rough)

1006 10

Husked (brown) rice

1006 20

Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed

1006 30

Broken rice

1006 40 00

Rice flour

1102 90 50

Rice groats and meal

1103 19 50

Rice pellets

1103 20 50

Flaked rice grains

1104 19 91

Rolled or flaked cereal grains (excluding grains of oats, wheat, rye, maize and barley, and flaked rice)

1104 19 99

Rice starch

1108 19 10

Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale

1901 10 00

Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing eggs

1902 11 00

Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, not containing eggs

1902 19

Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared

1902 20

Other pasta (other than uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, and other than stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared)

1902 30

Prepared foods obtained by swelling or roasting cereals or cereal products, obtained from rice

1904 10 30

Preparations of the muesli-type based on unroasted cereal flakes

1904 20 10

Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals, obtained from rice (excluding preparations of the muesli-type on the basis of unroasted cereal flakes)

1904 20 95

Rice, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included (excluding flour, groats and meal, food preparations obtained by swelling or roasting or from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals)

1904 90 10

Rice paper

ex 1905 90 20

Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of rice with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight

2302 40 02

Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of rice other than with a starch content not exceeding 35 % by weight

2302 40 08

Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed

3504 00 00

 

Importation of rice and rice products as indicated above originating from China is only allowed if a consignment of these products is accompanied by the following documents:

 

(a)          An original analytical report based on the construct-specific method developed by D. Made et al., issued by an official or accredited laboratory, or

(b)         An original analytical report issued by a Chinese accredited laboratory, the analytical report shall be endorsed by the relevant competent authority.

 

Such report shall demonstrate that the product does not contain, consist or is not produced from genetically modified rice Bt 63.

 

 

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