17.8.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 216/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 737/2010 of 10 August 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in seal products (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, (4)  The conditions for the placing on the market of seal products resulting from by-products of hunting that is conducted for the sole purpose of the sustainable Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European managerpent of ~marine resources, and for the Union importation of seal products for the personal use of ’ travellers or their families, should also be laid down. Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the o _ _ . European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September ©) Wlthlﬂ. this exceptional ~framework, an e.ffectwe 2009 on trade in seal products(!), and in particular mechanism to ensure an adequate verification of Article 3(4) thereof, compliance with those requirements should be introduced. That mechanism should not be more trade- restrictive than necessary. Whereas: (6)  Other options would not be sufficient to achieve these (1)  Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 allows for the placing on aims. fl"herefore., a .mechamsm should exist by which the market of seal products which result from hunts recognised bodies issue documents attesting that seal traditionally conducted by Inuit and other indigenous products are compliant with the requirements laid communities and which contribute to their subsistence. Flown n Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009, unless the It also allows for the placing on the market of seal import 1 for the personal use of travellers or their products where the hunt was conducted with the sole families. purpose of the sustainable management of marine resources and where the import of seal products are occasional in nature and consist exclus.ively Of goods (7) It is appropriate to provide that entities which comply for the personal use of travellers and their families. with certain requirements should be included in a list of recognised bodies issuing such attesting documents. (2) It is therefore necessary to specify detailed requirements fﬁr the 1r?p0rt dand Fhe P iiacmg on the Umqlf market ?f (8)  Models should be set out for the attesting document and those Se? Rp ro luc-ts mEgr Iflr t(l) Oe()n7suzr(‘)30a9 untorm appi- its copies in order to facilitate the management and cation of Regulation (EC) No I ‘ verification of attesting documents. 3 The placing on the market of seal products which result G fromphuntg traditionally conducte(g) by Inuit and other (99 Procedures for the control of attesting documents should indigenous communities and which contribute to their be set out. Those‘ procedures should be as .s1mple and as subsistence should be allowed where such hunts are p}rz.lctmal as pqss1ble, without compromising the credi- part of the cultural heritage of the community and bility and consistency of the system. where the seal products are at least partly used, consumed or processed within the communities according to their traditions. (10)  The use of electronic systems should be allowed in order () O] L 286, 31.10.2009, p. 36. to facilitate the exchange of data between competent authorities, the Commission and the recognised bodies.