CHAPTER VIIU.K.TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 22U.K.Transitional measures concerning specified risk material
1.The provisions of Annex XI, Part A shall apply for a period of at least six months from 1 July 2001 and shall cease to apply immediately following the date of adoption of a decision in accordance with Article 5(2) or (4), on which date Article 8 shall enter into force.
2.The results of a conclusive statistical survey carried out in accordance with Article 5(3) during the transitional period shall be used to confirm or overturn the risk analysis conclusions referred to in Article 5(1), while taking account of the classification criteria defined by the OIE.
3.After consultation of the appropriate scientific committee, detailed rules concerning that statistical survey shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).
4.The minimum criteria to be met by this statistical survey shall be those laid down in Part B of Annex XI.
Article 23U.K.Amendment of the annexes and transitional measures
[After consultation of the appropriate scientific committee on any question which could have an impact on public health, the annexes shall be amended or supplemented and any appropriate transitional measures shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 24(3).]
[In accordance with that procedure, transitional measures shall be adopted for a period ending on 1 July 2007 at the latest, to permit the change-over from the current arrangements to the arrangements established by this Regulation.]
[Article 23a U.K.
The following measures which are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, including by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 24(3):
(a)
[approval of the rapid tests referred to in Article 5(3) third subparagraph, Article 6(1), Article 8(2) and Article 9(3),]
(b)
adaptation of the age referred to in Article 6(1b),
(c)
criteria to demonstrate improvement of the epidemiological situation referred to in Article 6(1b),
(d)
decision to allow feeding of young animals of ruminant species with proteins derived from fish as referred to in Article 7(3),
(e)
criteria for granting exemptions from the restrictions referred to in Article 7(4),
(f)
decision to introduce a tolerance level as referred to in Article 7(4a),
(g)
decision on age as referred to in Article 8(1),
(h)
rules providing for exemptions from the requirement to remove and destroy specified risk material as referred to in Article 8(5),
(i)
approval of production processes referred to in Article 9(1),
(j)
decision to extend certain provisions to other animal species as referred to in Article 15(3) [,]
(k)
[extension to other products of animal origin of the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 6 of Article 16,
(l)
adoption of the method to confirm BSE in ovine and caprine animals referred to in Article 20(2),
(m)
amendment or addition to the annexes and adoption of any appropriate transitional measures referred to in Article 23.] ]
[Article 24 U.K. Committees
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. However, the Standing Committee on Zootechnics shall also be consulted by the Commission with regard to Article 6a.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
The time-limits referred to in Article 5(6) of that Decision shall be three months and, in the case of safeguard measures referred to in Article 4(2) of this Regulation, 15 days.
3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a (1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.]
[Article 24a U.K.
Decisions to be adopted in accordance with one of the procedures referred to in Article 24 shall be based on an appropriate assessment of the possible risks for human and animal health and shall, taking into account existing scientific evidence, maintain, or if scientifically justified increase, the level of protection of human and animal health ensured in the Community.]
Article 25U.K.Consultation of the scientific committees
The appropriate scientific committees shall be consulted on any matter within the scope of this Regulation which could have an impact on public health.
Article 26U.K.Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 2001.