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Council of the

European Union Brussels, 2 October 2014

5802/5/14 REV 5

Interinstitutional File: 2013/0451 (NLE) i

ATO 9 AGRI 48 COMER 24

NOTE from: General Secretariat of the Council to: Delegations No. Cion prop.: 5190/14 ATO 3 AGRI 6 COMER 6 + ADD 1 Subject: Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down maximum permitted levels of

radioactive contamination of food and feed following a nuclear accident or any

other case of radiological emergency

Delegations will find attached the revised text of the above proposal. This document will be considered by the WPAQ on 8 October 2014.

____________________ ANNEX

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food and feed following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Articles 31 and 32 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, drawn up after obtaining the opinion of the group of persons appointed by the Scientific and Technical Committee from among scientific

experts in the Member States 1 ,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament 2 ,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee 3 ,

Whereas:

(1) Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom 4 lays down basic safety standards for the protection

against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation.

(2) Following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power-station on 26 April 1986, considerable quantities of radioactive materials were released into the atmosphere, contaminating

foodstuffs and feeding stuffs in several European countries to levels significant from the health point of view. Measures were adopted to ensure that certain agricultural products are only introduced into the Union according to the common arrangements which safeguard the health of the population while maintaining the unified nature of the market and avoiding deflections of trade.

1 OJ C..p..

2 OJ C , , p. .

3 OJ C , , p. .

4 Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety

standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618 i/Euratom, 90/641 i/Euratom, 96/29 i/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom (OJ L 13, 17.01.2014).

(3) Council Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 5 lays down maximum permitted levels of

radioactive contamination to be applied following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency which is likely to lead or has led to significant radioactive contamination of food and feed. Those maximum permitted levels are still in line with the latest scientific advice as presently available internationally. The basis for the establishment of the maximum permitted levels set out in Annex I to III has been reviewed and described in the Commission Radiation Protection Publication 105 (EU Food Restriction Criteria for Application after an Accident). These levels are based in particular on a reference level of 1 mSv per year for the increment in individual effective dose by ingestion and on the assumption that 10% of food consumed annually is contaminated. However, different assumptions apply to infants under one year.

(4) Following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station on 11 March 2011, the

Commission was informed that radionuclide levels in certain food products originating in Japan exceeded the action levels in food applicable in Japan. Such contamination may constitute a threat to public and animal health in the Union and therefore measures were adopted imposing special conditions governing the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan, in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.

(5) There is a need to set up a system allowing the European Atomic Energy Community, following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency which is likely to lead or has led to a significant radioactive contamination of food and feed, to establish maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination regarding products to be placed on the market in order to protect the population.

(5a) Different maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination can be set for food, feed, and minor food. Minor food is presumed to comply with an averaged amount of consumption of less than 10 kilogramme per year.

5 Council Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 of 22 December 1987 laying down maximum

permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a

nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency (OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. 11).

(5ba) Like other foodstuffs, drinking water is ingested directly or indirectly and therefore plays a role in the consumer's overall exposure to radioactive substances. With regard to

radioactive substances, quality control of water intended for human consumption is already laid down in Directive 2013/51 i/Euratom, with the exclusion of mineral waters and waters which are medicinal products. This regulation refers to food, minor food and feed, which may be placed on the market following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency, and is not applicable cannot be applied to water intended for human consumption within the meaning of Article 2 (1) of Directive 2013/51 i/Euratom. However, in case of radiological emergency conditions Member States may choose to refer to the maximum levels for liquid food set out in Annex I of this Regulation in order to manage the use of water intended for human consumption within the meaning of Article 2 (1) of Directive 2013/51 i/Euratom.

(6) Maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination should apply to food and feed originating in the Union or imported from third countries according to the location and circumstances of the nuclear accident or the radiological emergency.

(7) The Commission is to be informed of a nuclear accident or of unusually high levels of

radioactivity according to Council Decision 87/600 i/Euratom 6 , or under the IAEA Convention

on early notification of a nuclear accident of 26 September 1986.

(8) In order to take into account that diets of infants during the first six months period of life may vary significantly, and to allow for uncertainties in the metabolism of infants during the

second six months period of life, there is a benefit in extending the application of lower

maximum permitted levels for foods for infants, to the whole first 12 months of age.

(9) In order to facilitate the adaptation of applicable maximum permitted levels, in particular with regard to the circumstances of the nuclear accidents or the radiological emergency, procedures for reviewing the implementing regulations should may include the

consultation by the Commission of the Group of Experts referred to in Article 31 of the Treaty.

6 Council Decision 87/600 i/Euratom of 14 December 1987 on Community arrangements for the

early exchange of information in the event of radiological emergency (OJ L 371, 30.12.1987, p. 76).

(10) In order to ensure that food and feed exceeding the applicable maximum permitted levels are not placed on the market of the EU, compliance with these levels should be the subject of

appropriate checks.

(11) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation as regards rendering applicable maximum permitted levels, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No

182/2011 7 which is to apply for the purpose of this Regulation, not withstanding the fact

that it does not refer explicitly to Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty.

(11a) The Commission should be assisted by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals,

Food and Feed the Food Chain and Animal Health established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Member States should ensure that, where draft implementing acts based on this Regulation are discussed by the Standing Committee, their representatives have, or can rely on, adequate expertise in radiological protection.

(12) The examination procedure should be used for the adoption of acts rendering applicable the pre-established maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food and feed.

(13) The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where, in duly justified cases relating to certain radiological emergencies which are likely to lead or have led to a significant radioactive contamination of food and feed, imperative grounds of urgency so require.

7 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 i 7 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16

February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers

(14) Where it is evident that food and feed originating in the European Union or imported from a third country is likely to constitute a serious risk to human health, animal health or the environment, and that such risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by means of measures taken by the Member State(s) concerned, the Commission may adopt

additional emergency measures pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 i of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety

Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety 8 The Commission

should therefore ensure that this Regulation and Regulation 178/2002 i are implemented in a coordinated way.

(15) Furthermore, general rules for the performance of official controls to verify compliance with rules aiming, inter alia, at preventing, eliminating or reducing to acceptable levels risks to humans and animals, are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 i of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed

to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and

animal welfare rules 9 .

8 OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p.1.

9 OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(16) When preparing the draft implementing Regulation or reviewing it, the Commission should take into account the basic safety standards laid down in accordance with

Articles 30 and 31 of the Treaty, including the justification principle and the optimisation principle. Pursuing the aim of keeping the magnitude of individual doses, the likelihood of exposure and the number of individuals exposed as low as reasonably achievable taking into account the current state of technical knowledge and economic and societal factors the Commission should take the following circumstances into account: location, nature and extent of the nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency within or outside the Community; nature, extent and spread of the identified or projected release of radioactive substances in air, water and soil and in food and feed within or outside the Community; radiological risks of the identified or potential radioactive contamination of food and feed and the resulting radiation doses; type and quantity of the contaminated food and feed which might be brought onto the market in the Community; importance of this food and feed for providing the population with an adequate food supply; consumer expectations regarding the safety of food and possible changes to consumers' eating habits as a result of the radiological emergency, and the extent to which the conditions of the nuclear accident or other case of radiological emergency correspond to or deviate from the basis for the maximum permitted levels set out in Annex I to III.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation lays down:

(a) the maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of food as set out in Annex I, the maximum permitted levels of minor food as set out in Annex II, and the maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of feed as set out in Annex III, which may be placed on the market following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency which is likely to lead to or has led to significant radioactive contamination of food and feed, and

(b) the procedure to adopt or subsequently amend implementing regulations laying down the applicable maximum permitted levels applicable.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

• 1) 

  ‘food’ (or ‘foodstuff’) means any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by humans. ‘Food’ includes drink, chewing gum and any substance, intentionally incorporated into the food during its manufacture, preparation or treatment.

  ‘Food’ shall not include: (a) feed; (b) live animals unless they are prepared for placing on the market for human consumption; (c) plants prior to harvesting; (d) medicinal products , i.e. any substance or combination of substances presented for treating or preventing disease in human beings; any substance or combination of substances which may be administered to human beings with a view to making a medical diagnosis or to restoring, correcting or modifying physiological functions in human beings is likewise considered a medicinal product. within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC i of the European Parliament and of the

  Council 10 ;

  (e) ‘cosmetic product’, i.e. any substance or mixture intended to be placed in contact with the external parts of the human body (epidermis, hair system, nails, lips and external genital organs) or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them,

  changing their appearance, protecting them, keeping them in good condition or correcting body odours. cosmetics within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of

  Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 i of the European Parliament and of the Council 11 ;

  (f) ‘tobacco products’, i. e. products for the purposes of smoking, sniffing, sucking or chewing, inasmuch as they are, even partly, made of tobacco, whether genetically modified or not. tobacco and tobacco products within the meaning of Directive

  2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 12 ;

10 Directive 2001/83/EC i of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November

2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67).

11 Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 i of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30

November 2009 on cosmetic products (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59).

12 Directive 2001/37/EC i of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2001 on

the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member

States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (OJ L

194, 18.7.2001, p. 26).

(g) narcotic or psychotropic substances within the meaning of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and the United Nations Convention on

Psychotropic Substances, 1971; (h) residues and contaminants;

(i) [water intended for human consumption, in particular after the point of

compliance within the meaning of Article 2 (1) of Directive 2013/51 i/Euratom 13 ].

• 2) 

  "minor food" means food of minor dietary importance which makes only a marginal contribution to food consumption by the population;

• 3) 

  "feed" (or ‘feedingstuff”) means any substance or product, including additives, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be used for oral feeding to animals;

• 4) 

  "placing on the market" means the holding of food or feed for the purpose of sale, including offering for sale or any other form of transfer, whether free of charge or not, and the sale,

  distribution, and other forms of transfer themselves;

• 5) 

  "radiological emergency" means a non-routine situation or event involving a radiation source that necessitates prompt action to mitigate serious adverse consequences for human health and safety, quality of life, property or the environment, or a hazard that could give rise to such serious adverse consequences.

13 [Council Directive 2013/51 i/Euratom of 22 October 2013 laying down requirements for

the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption].

Article 3

Applicable maximum permitted levels

• 1. 

  In the event of the Commission receiving — in particular according to either the European

  Atomic Energy Community arrangements for the early exchange of information in case of a radiological emergency or under the IAEA Convention of 26 September 1986 on early notification of a nuclear accident — official information on a nuclear accidents or on any other case of radiological emergency substantiating that the maximum permitted levels for food, minor food or feed set out in Annexes I, II and III are likely to be reached or have been reached, the Commission shall adopt, if the circumstances so require, an implementing Regulation rendering applicable maximum permitted levels to the potentially contaminated food and feed that could be placed on the market. The applicable maximum permitted levels set out in the implementing Regulation shall not exceed those set out in Annexes I, II and III. That implementing Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 5(2).

  On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency relating to the circumstances of the nuclear accident or the radiological emergency, the Commission shall adopt an immediately applicable implementing Regulation in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 5(3).

2. The period of validity of implementing Regulations adopted under paragraph 1 shall be as short as possible. The duration of the first implementing Regulation adopted

following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency shall not exceed

three months.

Implementing Regulations shall be periodically reviewed by the Commission, and if appropriate, amended on the basis of the nature and location of the accident and of the evolution of the level of radioactive contamination effectively measured.

• 3. 

  When preparing the draft implementing Regulations referred to in paragraph 1, or reviewing them it, the Commission shall take into account the basic safety standards laid down in

  accordance with Articles 30 and 31 of the Treaty, including the justification principle and the optimisation principle, with the aim of keeping the magnitude of individual doses, the likehood of exposure and the number of individuals exposed as low as reasonably achievable taking into account the current state of technical knowledge and economic and societal factors.

  When reviewing the implementing Regulations, the Commission shall consult may seek the opinion of the Group of Experts referred to in Article 31 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, in particular in the event of a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency causing such a widespread contamination of food or feed consumed in the EU that the rationale and assumptions behind the maximum permitted levels set out in Annexes I, II and III are no longer valid. The Commission may seek the opinion of this Group of Experts in any other case of contamination of food and feed consumed in the EU.

3a. Without prejudice to the objective pursued by this Regulation, implementing

Regulations may allow exemptions from for derogations to the applicable maximum permitted levels set out therein for specific food or feed. Those exemptions shall be based on scientific evidence, be justified on societal grounds. Those derogations shall be objectively justified and shall only apply to food and feed which is produced and

consumed locally in a Member State 14 .

14 A Recital justifying the derogation/exemption would be helpful.

Article 4

Restrictive measures

• 1. 

  As soon as the Commision adopts an implementing Regulation rendering applicable maximum permitted levels, food or feed not in compliance with those maximum permitted levels shall not be placed on the market.

  For the purposes of applying this Regulation, food or feed intended for import into the Union from third countries shall be deemed as intended for placing considered to be placed on the market if, on the customs territory of the Union, they undergo a customs procedure other than a transit procedure when it arrives at any entry point into the EU, unless the importer provides evidence to the contrary. The final decision shall be one for the competent authority at the point of entry to the Union.

• 2. 

  Each Member State shall provide the Commission with all information concerning the application of this Regulation. The Commission shall communicate such information to other Member States. Cases of non-compliance with the applicable maximum permitted levels shall be notified through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).

3. In addition to § 1 and 2, and if required by the circumstances, the Commission might impose additional measures and special conditions governing the import of food and feed such as declaration of consignments and prior notification of their arrival

Article 5

Committee

• 1. 

  The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health established by Article 58 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 i of the European

Parliament and of the Council 15 . That committee shall be considered as a committee within

the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 i.

• 2. 

  Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 i shall apply.

• 3. 

  Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 i, in conjunction with Article 5 thereof, shall apply.

  Article 6

  Reporting In case of a nuclear accident or any other case of a radiological emergency, which is likely to lead to or has led to significant radioactive contamination of food and feed, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report. The report shall cover on the implementation of the measures undertaken pursuant to this Regulation and notified to the Commission according to Article 4.2.

  Article 7

Council Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 and Commission Regulations (Euratom) No 944/89 and No 770/90 are repealed.

References to the repealed Regulations shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.

15 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 i of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January

2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).

Article 8

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council The President […] Annex Ι to ANNEX ANNEX I

MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

The maximum permitted levels to be applied to food shall be the following:

Isotope group/Food Food (Bq/kg) 16

group

 Infant food 17 Dairy Other food Liquid food 20 produce 18 except minor

food 19

Sum of isotopes of 75 125 750 125 strontium, notably Sr-90 Sum of isotopes of 150 500 2 000 500 iodine, notably I-131 Sum of Alpha 1 20 80 20 emitting isotopes of plutonium and transplutonium elements, notably Pu-239, Am-241 Sum of all other 400 1 000 1 250 1 000 nuclides of half-life greater than 10 days, notably

Cs-134, Cs-137 21

16 The level applicable to concentrated or dried products is calculated on the basis of the

reconstituted product as ready for consumption. Member States may make recommendations concerning the diluting conditions in order to ensure that the maximum permitted levels laid down in this Regulation are observed.

17 Infant food is defined as those foodstuffs intended for the feeding of infants during the first

twelve months of life, which meet, in themselves, the nutritional requirements of this category of person and are put up for retail sale in packages which are clearly identified and labelled as

such.

18 Dairy produce is defined as those products falling within the following CN codes including,

where appropriate, any adjustments which might be made to them later: 0401, 0402 (except 0402 29 11).

19 Minor food and the corresponding levels to be applied to them are set out in Annex II.

20 Liquid food as defined in the heading 2009 and in chapter 22 of the combined nomenclature.

Values are calculated taking into account consumption of tap-water and the same values could be applied to drinking water supplies at the discretion of competent authorities in Member States.

21 Carbon 14, tritium and potassium 40 are not included in this group.

Annex II to ANNEX

ANNEX II

MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF MINOR

FOOD

• 1. 

  List of minor food

  CN code Description

0703 20 00 Garlic (fresh or chilled))

0709 59 50 Truffles (fresh or chilled)

0709 99 40 Capers (fresh or chilled)

0711 90 70 Capers (provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption)

ex 0712 39 00 Truffles (dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared)

0714 Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith

0814 00 00 Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions

0903 00 00 Maté

0904 Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta

0905 00 00 Vanilla

0906 Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers

0907 00 00 Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)

0908 Nutmeg, mace and cardamons 0909 Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper

berries

0910 Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices

1106 20 Flour, meal and powder of sago or of roots or tubers of heading No 0714

1108 14 00 Manioc (cassava) starch

1210 Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin

1211 Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered, except plants or part of plants used for food production

1301 Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams)

1302 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products

1504 Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

1604 31 00 Caviar

1604 32 00 Caviar substitutes

1801 00 00 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted

1802 00 00 Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste

1803 Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted

2003 90 10 Truffles (prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid)

2006 00 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallized)

2102 Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking powders

2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent

3301 Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils

• 2. 

  The maximum permitted levels to be applied to the minor food as listed in paragraph 1, shall be the following

  Isotope group (Bq/kg)

  Sum of isotopes of strontium, notably Sr-90 7500

  Sum of isotopes of iodine, notably I-131 20000

  Sum of alpha-emitting isotopes of plutonium and 800 transplutonium elements, notably Pu-239, Am-241

  Sum of all other nuclides of half-life greater than 12500

  10 days, notably Cs-134, Cs-137 22

22 Carbon 14, tritium and potassium 40 are not included in this group.

Annex III to ANNEX

ANNEX III

M AXIMUM PERMITTED LEVELS OF RADIACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF FEED

The maximum permitted levels for the sum of caesium-134 and caesium-137 shall be the following:

Feed for Bq/kg 23, 24

Pigs 1 250

Poultry, lambs, calves 2 500

Other 5 000

23 These levels are intended to contribute to the observance of the maximum permitted levels for

food; they do not alone guarantee such observance in all circumstances and do not lessen the requirement for monitoring contamination levels in animal products destined for human consumption.

24 These levels apply to feed as ready for consumption.

Annex IV to ANNEX

ANNEX IV

C ORRELATION T ABLE Regulation (Euratom) Regulation (Euratom) Regulation (Euratom) This Regulation

No 3954/87 No 944/89 No 770/90 Article 1(1) Article 1

Article 1 Article 1 Article 1(2) Article 2 Article 2(1) Article 3(1) and

3(2) Article 2(2) -

Article 3(1) -

Article 3(2) Article 3(3)

Article 3(3) and (4) -

Article 4 -

Article 5(1) Article 6

Article 5(2) -

Article 6(1) Article 4(1)

Article 6(2) Article 4(2)

Article 2 Annex II(2) Article 1 Annex III

--- --- --- Article 5

Article 7 -

--- --- --- Article 7

Article 8 Article 8

Annex Annex I

Annex Annex II(1) Annex Annex III

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