Commission Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

• Published date: 14 December 2019
• Subject Matter: legislazione veterinaria,alimentari,tutela dei consumatori,legislación veterinaria,productos alimenticios,protección del consumidor,législation vétérinaire,denrées alimentaires,protection des consommateurs
• Official Gazette Publication: Gazzetta ufficiale dell’Unione europea, L 338, 22 dicembre 2005,Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea, L 338, 22 de diciembre de 2005,Journal officiel de l’Union européenne, L 338, 22 décembre 2005

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►B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2074/2005 of 5 December 2005 laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 338 22.12.2005, p. 27)

Amended by:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
M1	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1664/2006 of 6 November 2006	L 320	13	18.11.2006
M2	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1244/2007 of 24 October 2007	L 281	12	25.10.2007
M3	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1022/2008 of 17 October 2008	L 277	18	18.10.2008
M4	COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1250/2008 of 12 December 2008	L 337	31	16.12.2008
M5	COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 15/2011 of 10 January 2011	L 6	3	11.1.2011
M6	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 809/2011 of 11 August 2011	L 207	1	12.8.2011
M7	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1012/2012 of 5 November 2012	L 306	1	6.11.2012
M8	COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 218/2014 of 7 March 2014	L 69	95	8.3.2014
M9	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2015/2295 of 9 December 2015	L 324	5	10.12.2015
M10	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/759 of 28 April 2016	L 126	13	14.5.2016
M11	COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/1973 of 30 October 2017	L 281	21	31.10.2017
M12	COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/1980 of 31 October 2017	L 285	8	1.11.2017
►M13	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/627 of 15 March 2019	L 131	51	17.5.2019
►M14	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/628 of 8 April 2019	L 131	101	17.5.2019
►M15	COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1139 of 3 July 2019	L 180	12	4.7.2019

Corrected by:

C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 214, 9.8.2013, p. 11 (1012/2012)

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2074/2005

of 5 December 2005

laying down implementing measures for certain products under Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and for the organisation of official controls under Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, derogating from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Regulations (EC) No 853/2004 and (EC) No 854/2004

(Text with EEA relevance)

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Article 1

Requirements concerning food chain information for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004

Requirements concerning food chain information as referred to in Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Requirements concerning fishery products for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004

Requirements concerning fishery products as referred to in Article 11(9) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Recognised testing methods for marine biotoxins for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004

The recognised testing methods for detecting marine biotoxins as referred to in Article 11(4) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are as set out in Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627.

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Article 4

Calcium content of mechanically separated meat for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004

The calcium content of mechanically separated meat as referred to in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is as set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

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Article 6a

Testing methods for raw milk and heat-treated cow's milk

The analytical methods set out in Annex III to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 shall be used by food business operators to check compliance with the limits set out in Part III of Chapter I of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and to ensure appropriate application of a pasteurisation process to dairy products as referred to in Part II of Chapter II of Section IX of Annex III to that Regulation.

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Article 7

Derogation from Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 for foods with traditional characteristics

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘foods with traditional characteristics’ means foods that, in the Member State in which they are traditionally manufactured, are:

(a) recognised historically as traditional products, or

(b) manufactured according to codified or registered technical references to the traditional process, or according to traditional production methods, or

(c) protected as traditional food products by a Community, national, regional or local law.

2. Member States may grant establishments manufacturing foods with traditional characteristics individual or general derogations from the requirements set out in:

(a) Chapter II(1) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 as regards the premises where such products are exposed to an environment necessary for the part-development of their characteristics. Such premises may in particular comprise walls, ceilings and doors that are not smooth, impervious, non-absorbent or of corrosion-resistant material and natural geological walls, ceilings and floors;

(b) Chapter II(1)(f) and Chapter V(1) of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 as regards the type of materials of which the instruments and the equipment used specifically for the preparation, packaging and wrapping of these products are made.

The cleaning and disinfecting measures for the premises referred in (a) and the frequency with which they are carried out shall be adapted to the activity in order to take account of their specific ambient flora.

The instruments and equipment referred to in (b) shall be maintained at all times in a satisfactory state of hygiene and be regularly cleaned and disinfected.

3. Member States granting the derogations provided for in paragraph 2 shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of this no later than 12 months after granting individual or general derogations. Each notification shall:

(a) provide a short description of the requirements that have been adapted;

(b) describe the foodstuffs and establishments concerned; and

(c) give any other relevant information.

Article 8

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004

Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 are amended in accordance with Annex VII to this Regulation.

Article 9

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004

Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 are amended in accordance with Annex VIII to this Regulation.

Article 10

Entry into force and applicability

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2006, except for Chapters II and III of Annex V, which shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

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ANNEX I

FOOD CHAIN INFORMATION

SECTION I

OBLIGATIONS ON FOOD BUSINESS OPERATORS

Food business operators raising animals dispatched for slaughter shall ensure that the food chain information referred to in to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 is included as appropriate in the documentation relating to the animals dispatched in such a way as to be accessible to the slaughterhouse operator concerned.

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ANNEX II

FISHERY PRODUCTS

SECTION I

OBLIGATIONS ON FOOD BUSINESS OPERATORS

This Section lays down detailed rules relating to visual inspections to detect parasites in fishery products.

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