Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

ANNEX VIII U.K. PLACING ON THE MARKET AND EXPORT

[F1 CHAPTER A U.K. Conditions for intra-Union trade in live animals, semen and embryos

SECTION A U.K. Conditions which apply to ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereof

1. Holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie and a controlled risk of classical scrapie: U.K.

1.1. Member States may establish or supervise an official scheme for the recognition of holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie and holdings with a controlled risk of classical scrapie. U.K.

When they do so, they shall maintain a list of holdings of ovine and caprine animals with a negligible risk and holdings with a controlled risk of classical scrapie.

1.2. A holding of ovine animals having the TSE-resistance level I status, as laid down in Annex VII, Chapter C, Part 4, point 1.(a), and where no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed for at least seven years may be recognised as having a negligible risk of classical scrapie. U.K.

A holding of ovine animals, caprine animals, or ovine and caprine animals may also be recognised as having a negligible risk of classical scrapie provided that it has complied with the following conditions for at least seven years:

(a)

ovine and caprine animals are permanently identified and records are maintained, to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth;

(b)

records of movements of ovine and caprine animals in and out of the holding are maintained;

(c)

only the following ovine and caprine animals may be introduced:

(i)

ovine and caprine animals from holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie;

(ii)

ovine and caprine animals from holdings which have met the conditions laid down in points (a) to (i) for a minimum of seven years or for at least the same period of time as the holding where they are to be introduced;

(iii)

ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.

(d)

the holding is subject to regular checks to verify compliance with the provisions set out in point (a) to (i) by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, to be conducted at least on an annual basis from 1 January 2014 ;

(e)

no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed;

(f)

all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age slaughtered for human consumption are inspected by an official veterinarian, and all those exhibiting wasting signs, neurological signs or sent for emergency slaughter are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

Until 31 December 2013 , all ovine and caprine animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

From 1 January 2014 , all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption shall be tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

By way of derogation from the conditions set out in the second and third paragraphs of point (f), Member States may decide to apply the provisions of the first paragraph of point (f) to the ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age with no commercial value culled at the end of their productive life instead of being slaughtered for human consumption.

In addition to the conditions set out in points (a) to (f), the following conditions shall be complied with from 1 January 2014 :

(g)

only the following ovine and caprine embryos/oocytes may be introduced:

(i)

embryos/oocytes from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which meet the following requirements:

• they are permanently identified to enable trace back to their holding of birth;

• they have been kept since birth in holdings in which no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed during their residency;

• they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of embryo/oocyte collection;

(ii)

ovine embryos/oocytes of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.

(h)

only the following ovine and caprine semen may be introduced:

(i)

semen from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which meet the following requirements:

• they are permanently identified to enable trace back to their holding of birth;

• they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of semen collection;

(ii)

ovine semen from a ram of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype;

(i)

ovine and caprine animals on the holding have no direct or indirect contact, including sharing grazing, with ovine and caprine animals from holdings of a lower status.

1.3. A holding of ovine and/or caprine animals may be recognised as having a controlled risk of classical scrapie provided that it has complied with the following conditions for a period of at least three years: U.K.

(a)

ovine and caprine animals are permanently identified and records are maintained, to enable them to be traced back to their holding of birth;

(b)

records of movements of ovine and caprine animals in and out of the holding are maintained;

(c)

only the following ovine and caprine animals may be introduced:

(i)

ovine and caprine animals from holdings with a negligible or a controlled risk of classical scrapie;

(ii)

ovine and caprine animals from holdings which have met the conditions laid down in points (a) to (i) for a minimum of three years or for at least the same period of time as the holding where they are to be introduced;

(iii)

ovine animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.

(d)

the holding is subject to regular checks to verify compliance with the provisions set out in point (a) to (i) by an official veterinarian or a veterinarian authorised for that purpose by the competent authority, to be conducted at least on an annual basis from 1 January 2014 ;

(e)

no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed;

(f)

all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age slaughtered for human consumption are inspected by an official veterinarian, and all those exhibiting wasting signs, neurological signs or sent for emergency slaughter are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

Until 31 December 2013 , all ovine and caprine animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption are tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

From 1 January 2014 , all ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age that have died or have been killed for reasons other than slaughter for human consumption shall be tested in a laboratory for classical scrapie in accordance with the laboratory methods and protocols set out in Annex X, Chapter C, Part 3, point 3.2.

By way of derogation from the conditions set out in the second and third paragraphs of point (f), Member States may decide to apply the provisions of the first paragraph of point (f) to the ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age with no commercial value culled at the end of their productive life instead of being slaughtered for human consumption.

In addition to the conditions set out in points (a) to (f), the following conditions shall be complied with from 1 January 2014 :

(g)

only the following ovine and caprine embryos/oocytes may be introduced:

(i)

embryos/oocytes from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible risk or with a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which meet the following requirements:

• they are permanently identified to enable trace back to their holding of birth;

• they have been kept since birth in holdings in which no case of classical scrapie has been confirmed during their residency;

• they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of embryo/oocyte collection;

(ii)

ovine embryos/oocytes of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.

(h)

only the following ovine and caprine semen may be introduced:

(i)

semen from donor animals which have been kept since birth in a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding with a negligible risk or with a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or which meet the following requirements:

• they are permanently identified to enable trace back to their holding of birth;

• they showed no clinical sign of classical scrapie at the time of semen collection;

(ii)

ovine semen from a ram of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype;

(i)

ovine and caprine animals of the holding have no direct or indirect contact, including sharing grazing, with ovine and caprine animals from holdings of lower status.

1.4. If a case of classical scrapie is confirmed in a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie, or in a holding found to have an epidemiological link to a holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie as a result of an inquiry referred to in Part 1 of Chapter B of Annex VII, the holding with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie shall be immediately deleted from the list referred to in point 1.1. U.K.

The Member State shall immediately inform the other Member States which have imported ovine and caprine animals originating from, or semen or embryos collected from ovine and caprine animals kept in that holding during the last seven years in the case of a holding with a negligible risk or during the last three years in the case of a holding with a controlled risk.

2. Member States or zones of a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie U.K.

2.1. Where a Member State considers that its territory or part of its territory poses a negligible risk of classical scrapie, it shall submit to the Commission appropriate supporting documentation, setting out in particular that: U.K.

(a)

a risk assessment has been conducted, and it has demonstrated that appropriate measures are currently in place and have been taken for the relevant period of time to manage any risk identified. This risk assessment shall identify all potential factors for classical scrapie occurrence and their historic perspective, in particular the:

(i)

importation or introduction of ovine and caprine animals or their semen and embryos potentially infected with classical scrapie;

(ii)

extent of knowledge of the population structure and husbandry practices of ovine and caprine animals;

(iii)

feeding practices, including consumption of meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants;

(iv)

importation of milk and milk products of ovine and caprine animals origin intended for use in feeding of ovine and caprine animals;

(b)

for a period of at least seven years, ovine and caprine animals displaying clinical signs compatible with classical scrapie have been tested;

(c)

for a period of at least seven years, a sufficient number of ovine and caprine animals over 18 months of age, representative of slaughtered, culled or found dead on farm, have been tested annually, to provide a 95 percent level of confidence of detecting classical scrapie if it is present in that population at a prevalence rate exceeding 0,1 percent and no case of classical scrapie has been reported during that period;

(d)

the feeding to ovine and caprine animals of meat-and-bone meal or greaves of ruminant origin has been banned and effectively enforced in the whole Member State for a period of at least seven years;

(e)

introductions from other Member States of ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereof are carried out in accordance with point 4.1.(b) or point 4.2.;

(f)

introductions from third countries of ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereof are carried out in accordance with Chapter E or Chapter H of Annex IX.

2.2. The negligible risk status for classical scrapie of the Member State or of the zone of the Member State may be approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2). U.K.

The Member State is to notify the Commission of any change in the information submitted according to point 2.1. relating to the disease.

The negligible risk status approved in accordance with point 2.2. may, in the light of such notification, be withdrawn in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).

3. National control programme for classical scrapie: U.K.

3.1. a Member State which has a national control programme for classical scrapie covering all of its territory: U.K.

(a)

may submit its national control programme to the Commission, outlining in particular:

• the distribution of classical scrapie in the Member State,

• the reasons for national control programme, taking into consideration the importance of the disease and the cost/benefit ratio,

• the status categories defined for holdings and the standards which must be attained in each such category,

• the test procedures to be used,

• the national control programme monitoring procedures,

• the action to be taken if, for any reason, a holding loses its status,

• the measures to be taken if the results of checks carried out in accordance with the national control programme programme are positive,

(b)

the programme referred to in point (a) may be approved if it complies with the criteria laid down in that point, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2); amendments or additions to the programmes submitted by Member States may be approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).

3.2. The national scrapie control programmes of following Member States are hereby approved: U.K.

• Denmark

• Austria

• Finland

• Sweden.

4. Intra-Union trade in ovine and caprine animals and semen and embryos thereof U.K.

The following conditions shall apply:

4.1.

ovine and caprine animals:

(a)

ovine and caprine animals for breeding intended for Member States other than those with a negligible risk of classical scrapie or with an approved national scrapie control programme shall:

(i)

come from a holding or holdings with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie; however ovine and caprine animals for breeding coming from a holding or holdings which have complied with all the requirements laid down in point 1.3. (a) to (f), for a period of at least three years may be subject to intra-Union trade until 31 December 2014 ; or

(ii)

come from a Member State or zone of a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie; or

(iii)

in the case of ovine animals, be of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, provided they do not come from a holding subject to the restrictions laid down in Annex VII, Chapter B, points 3 and 4.

(b)

ovine and caprine animals for all intended use except immediate slaughter intended for the Member States with a negligible risk of classical scrapie or with an approved national scrapie control programme shall:

(i)

come from a holding or holdings with a negligible risk of classical scrapie; however ovine and caprine animals coming from a holding or holdings which have complied with all the requirements laid down in point 1.2. (a) to (i), for a period of at least seven years may be subject to intra-Union trade until 31 December 2014 ; or

(ii)

come from a Member State or zone of a Member State with a negligible risk of classical scrapie; or

(iii)

in the case of ovine animals, be of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype, provided they do not come from a holding subject to the restrictions laid down in Annex VII, Chapter B, points 3 and 4.

4.2.

semen and embryos of ovine and caprine animals shall:

(a)

be collected from animals which have been kept continuously since birth on a holding or holdings with a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie; or

(b)

be collected from animals which have been kept continuously for the last three years before the collection on a holding or holdings which have complied with all the requirements laid down in Part 1, point 1.3. (a) to (f) for three years; or

(c)

be collected from animals which have been kept continuously since birth in a country or zone with a negligible risk of classical scrapie; or

(d)

in the case of ovine semen, be collected from male animals of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype; or

(e)

in the case of ovine embryos, be of the ARR/ARR prion protein genotype.

SECTION B U.K. Conditions which apply to bovine animals

The United Kingdom shall ensure that bovine animals born or reared on its territory before 1 August 1996 are not dispatched from its territory to other Member States or third countries.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 630/2013 of 28 June 2013 amending the Annexes to 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 (Text with EEA relevance).

CHAPTER B U.K.

Conditions relating to progeny of TSE suspect or confirmed animals referred to in Article 15(2) U.K.

It shall be prohibited to place on the market the last-born progeny to which female bovine animals infected with a TSE or BSE-confirmed ovine or caprine animals gave birth during the preceding two-year period or during the period that followed the appearance of the first clinical signs of the onset of the disease.

[F2 CHAPTER C U.K. Conditions for intra-Community trade in certain products of animal origin

SECTION A U.K. Products

The following products of animal origin are exempt from the prohibition referred to in Article 16(3), provided that they are derived from bovine, ovine and caprine animals that satisfy the requirements of Section B:

• fresh meat,

• minced meat,

• meat preparations,

• meat products.

SECTION B U.K. Requirements

The products referred to in Section A must satisfy the following requirements:

(a)

the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived have not been fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants and passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections;

(b)

the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity;

(c)

the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin are not derived from:

(i)

specified risk material as defined in Annex V;

(ii)

nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process; and

(iii)

mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2007 of 25 June 2007 amending Annexes II, V, VI, VIII, IX and XI to 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 (Text with EEA relevance).

CHAPTER D U.K.

Conditions applicable to exports U.K.

Live bovine animals and products of animal origin derived therefrom are to be subject — as regards exports to third countries — to the rules laid down in this Regulation for intra-Community trade.