L 65/16 Official Journal of the European Union 13.3.2010 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 212/2010 of 12 March 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety ('), and in particular Article 53(1) thereof, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (%), and in particular Articles 15(5) and 63(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 (%) lays down rules concerning the increased level of official controls to be carried out on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin at points of entry into the territories listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. In particular, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 lists feed and food of non-animal origin that is to be subject to an increased level of official controls. (2  Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 containing transitional measures needs to be amended so that the terminology used therein is consistent with that used in () OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. () O] L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. () O] L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 11. Article 8(1)(b) of that Regulation, in order to avoid any difficulties in interpreting Article 19 thereof. After the publication of Regulation (EC) No 669/2009, a number of Member States advised the Commission of the need for more precise definitions for certain CN codes used in Part A of Annex I to that Regulation, in order to facilitate the identification of the products covered by those definitions, as well as the need for technical clari- fications to be provided in certain footnotes in that Annex. The Commission was also advised of the need to include a specific list of pesticide residues as hazards in vegetables, fresh, chilled or frozen (food), in the list in Part A of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009, in order to take into consideration the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed notifications received during the last three years. In the interests of clarity, further technical clarifications are needed with reference to the Notes for Guidance for the common entry document set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009. Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly. Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 is to apply from 25 January 2010. Accordingly, this Regulation should also apply from that date. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,