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14.—(1) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies() is amended as follows.
(2) In Annex 1 (specific definitions), in paragraph 2—
(a)in point (e), in the definition of “scrapie case”, for “European Union” substitute “national”;
(b)in point (f), in the definition of “classical scrapie case”, for “European Union” substitute “national”;
(c)in point (g), in the definition of “atypical scrapie case”, for “European Union” substitute “national”;
(d)in point (j), in the definition of “classical BSE case”, for “European Union” substitute “national”;
(e)in point (k), in the definition of “atypical BSE case”, for “European Union” substitute “national”.
(3) In Annex 3, in Chapter A, in Part 4 (monitoring in other animal species), for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”.
(4) In Annex 4, in Chapter 2 (animal feeding: derogations from the prohibitions in Article 7(1) and Chapter 1), in point (e)—
(a)for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”;
(b)for “they have” substitute “it has”.
(5) In Annex 7, in Chapter B (measures following confirmation of the presence of TSE in bovine, ovine and caprine animals)—
(a)in point 2.2.2—
(i)in the words before point (a), for “Member State” substitute “appropriate authority”;
(ii)in option 3, set out in point (d), for “A Member State” substitute “The appropriate authority”;
(b)in point 4.5, for “Member State” substitute “appropriate authority”.
(6) In Annex 8, in Chapter A, in Section A (placing on the market and export: conditions which apply to ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereof)—
(a)in the heading to point 2, omit “of an appropriate authority”;
(b)in point 2.1(d), for “the whole Member State” substitute “its whole territory”.