Decision 2009/861/EC is amended as follows:
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in Article 2, the date ‘31 December 2013’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2015’;
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in Article 3, the date ‘31 December 2013’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2015’;
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the following Article 4a is inserted:
1.Bulgaria shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the number of holdings producing non-compliant milk is reduced as follows:
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before 30 November 2014, by at least 30 % as compared to the number of such holdings registered on 1 September 2013;
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before 31 May 2015, by at least 60 % as compared to the number of such holdings registered on 1 September 2013.
2.In case Bulgaria does not meet the targets for the reduction of the number of holdings referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall adopt appropriate measures.’;
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Article 5 is replaced by the following:
1.Bulgaria shall submit reports to the Commission on the measures taken in accordance with Article 4a(1) and the progress made in bringing the following in compliance with Regulation (EC) No 853/2004:
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production holdings producing non-compliant milk;
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the system for collecting and transporting non-compliant milk.
The reports for 2014 shall be submitted to the Commission by 30 June and 31 December 2014, at the latest, and the reports for 2015 by 31 May and 31 October 2015, at the latest.
The reports shall be submitted in the form set out in Annex III.
2.The Commission shall closely monitor the progress in bringing the raw milk processed by the establishments listed in Annexes I and II in compliance with the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.’;
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in Article 6, the date ‘31 December 2013’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2015’;
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Annexes I and II are replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.