Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 470 to Riga, 30 June 2008 (pr. No 44 10) fresh fruits and vegetables quality and classification requirements and procedures to assess fresh fruits and vegetables for conformity with marketing standards Issued under the food surveillance law article 4, fourth paragraph, and article 13 of the third paragraph of rule 1 shall be determined for fresh fruit and vegetables (hereinafter referred to as products) are high quality, classification and labelling requirements as well as the order in which measurable product conformity with marketing standards laid down in the Council of 28 October 1996, Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards fruit and vegetables the common organisation of the market (in annex I further-standard). 2. the provisions do not apply: 2.1 to products coming from third countries if the products are not intended for commercial purposes and the quantity of products of the same kind of not more than 10 kg;
2.2. to cut product (watermelon, melon, cabbage). Cut the parts of the product may be distributed in retail stores, where they packed according to the legislation on materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, and marked according to the legislation on food labelling. 3. the Commission's 21 December 2007 Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 laying down regulation (EC) No 2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96 and (EC) no 1182/2007 implementing rules in the fruit and vegetable sector (hereinafter referred to as Commission Regulation No 1580/2007), laid down in article 8 coordination and inspection authorities does the food and veterinary service (hereinafter service). 4. the Department shall establish and maintain merchants, farmers and cooperative societies (hereinafter referred to as the operator) database, in accordance with Commission Regulation No 1580/2007 article 9. 5. If the national sanitary service robežinspektor or national food inspek tor (hereinafter Inspector) establishes that the product complies with the standard, the Inspector statement to Commission Regulation No 1580/2007 certificate referred to in annex III. 6. If an inspector finds that a product does not comply with the standard, he in accordance with Commission Regulation No 1580/2007 article 20 (3) the requirements set out in the statement the control certificate (annex 1). 7. to evaluate to a non-member country compliance with the standards of the product to be exported, the host sends a service request for product conformity assessment. The application shall indicate the following: 7.1. name and address of the operator;
7.2. type of product;
7.3. the quantity of the product;
7.4. the shipping destination;
7.5. the indication of the purpose of use;
7.6. the planned departure date. 8. To be able to be imported from a third country products in compliance with the standard, the operator no later than 24 hours before compliance check sends the State border control point Tracker application for product conformity assessment. The application shall indicate the following: 8.1 the date when the shipment of the products cross the borders of Latvia;
8.2. type of product, quantity and batch number. 9. If the product to be imported does not match the standard of the party, the Department, in accordance with Commission Regulation No 1580/2007 article 12 paragraph 6 shall be sent to the European Commission and Member State coordinating bodies notice of non-conformity of fruit and vegetables standards (annex 2). 10. The operator shall bear the product import, export and re-conformity assessment-related costs in the laws on food and veterinary service of paid services. 11. All costs associated with the return of the product, the horse destroyed, sending, processing or for use in animal feed, shall be borne by the operator. 12. the host of a party for which products are appropriate for this provision, the measures referred to in paragraph 11, 10 working days after receiving the product sends the Department a copy of the certificate of control. The control certificate is signed by the recipient of the product a lot, confirming that the control certificate specified product batch is received and used for the purpose laid down. 13. Be declared unenforceable in the Cabinet June 8, 2004 rules No 533 "fresh fruit and vegetable quality and classification requirements and procedures to assess fresh fruit and vegetables compliance standards" (Latvian journal, 2004, nr. 95; 2005, 68 no). The Prime Minister's site-traffic Minister a. shlesers Minister of Agriculture m. Roze annex 1 Cabinet 30 June 2008 a Regulation No 470 of Agriculture Minister m. rose annex 2 Cabinet 30 June 2008 a Regulation No 470 of Agriculture Minister m. rose