COMMISSION DECISION
of 27 October 2010
amending Decision 2009/852/EC as regards the list of certain milk processing establishments in Romania subjected to certain transitional measures
(notified under document C(2010) 7258)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/654/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs (1) and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 12 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (2) and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 2009/852/EC (3) allows that the structural requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 852/2004, Annex II, Chapter II and in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, Annex III, Section I, Chapters II and III, Section II, Chapters II and III, and Section V, Chapter I, not apply to milk processing establishments in Romania listed in Annex I to that Decision until 31 December 2011.
(2)
In July 2010 the Romanian authorities officially informed the Commission, that, since the entry into force of Decision 2009/852/EC, five establishments in Annex I to that Decision were closed and one has been approved, one establishment in Annex II to that Decision has given up processing compliant and non-compliant raw milk on separate production lines and should be transferred to Annex III of the Decision, five establishments in Annex III to the Decision have been approved for intra-Union trade, one has been added and one establishment was closed.
(3)
In light of the ongoing structural improvements, it is appropriate that the lists of establishments set out in Annexes I to III to Decision 2009/852/EC be modified accordingly.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The lists of milk processing establishments in Romania listed in Annexes I to III to Decision 2009/852/EC (‘the establishments’) are replaced by the list of establishments in Annexes I to III of this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 October 2010.