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 - Main contents

Document date	13-11-2014
Publication date	15-11-2014
Reference	5802/7/14 REV 7 COR 2
From	General Secretariat of the Council
External link	original article
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Council of the

European Union Brussels, 13 November 2014

5802/7/14 REV 7 COR 2

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

In document 5802/7/14 REV 7:

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  On page 7, recital 16, should read as follows:

"maximum permitted levels for contaminated food and feed set in third other countries;".

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  On page 7, recital 17, should read as follows:

(17) In exceptional circumstances and in duly justified cases, any Member States may at its request to be allowed to derogate temporarily from the maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination only for in respect of specificed food and feed which is originating in produced and consumed on its territory. Implementing regulations should specify the food and feed to which the derogations apply, the types of radionuclides concerned, the geographical scope of the derogations and their duration.

- On page 11, Article 3, paragraph 3a, should read as follows:

3a. Without prejudice to the objective pursued by this Regulation, implementing Regulations may in exceptional circumstances allow any Member State, at its request and in the light of exceptional circumstances prevailing in that Member State, to derogate temporarily from the maximum permitted levels for specific in respect of specified food or feed originating in and consumed on its territory. Those derogations shall be based on scientific evidence and be duly justified by the circumstances, in particular societal factors, prevailing in the Member State, and shall only apply to food and feed which is produced and consumed on its territory. Implementing regulations shall specify the food and feed to which the derogations apply, the types of radionuclides concerned, the geographical scope of the derogations and their duration. Where derogations are granted, Member States shall ensure that their population is appropriately informed.

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