Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

[F1 10. Rules on trade and export U.K.

10.1. [F2The appropriate authority] may allow dispatch of heads or of un-split carcasses containing specified risk material to [F3a] Member State only after that Member State has agreed to receive the material and has approved the conditions of dispatch and transport. U.K.

10.2. By way of derogation from point 10.1, carcasses, half carcasses or half carcasses cut into no more than three wholesale cuts, and quarters containing no specified risk material other than the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia, may be dispatched [F4unless prior approval has been provided by the relevant authority in the receiving country]. U.K.

10.3. Exports outside the [F5European Union] of heads and of fresh meat of bovine, ovine or caprine animals containing specified risk materials shall be prohibited. ]U.K.