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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Scope

    2. Article 2.Definitions

    3. Article 3.General obligations

  3. CHAPTER II CATEGORISATION, COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, DISPOSAL, PROCESSING, USE AND INTERMEDIATE STORAGE OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS

    1. Article 4.Category 1 material

    2. Article 5.Category 2 material

    3. Article 6.Category 3 material

    4. Article 7.Collection, transportation and storage

    5. Article 8.Dispatch of animal by-products and processed products to other Member States

    6. Article 9.Records

  4. CHAPTER III APPROVAL OF INTERMEDIATE, STORAGE, INCINERATION AND CO-INCINCERATION, CATEGORY 1 AND 2 PROCESSING, CATEGORY 2 AND CATEGORY 3 OLEOCHEMICAL, BIOGAS AND COMPOSTING PLANTS

    1. Article 10.Approval of intermediate plants

    2. Article 11.Approval of storage plants

    3. Article 12.Approval of incineration and co-incineration plants

    4. Article 13.Approval of Category 1 and Category 2 processing plants

    5. Article 14.Approval of Category 2 and Category 3 oleochemical plants

    6. Article 15.Approval of biogas plants and composting plants

  5. CHAPTER IV PLACING ON THE MARKET AND USE OF PROCESSED ANIMAL PROTEINS AND OTHER PROCESSED PRODUCTS THAT COULD BE USED AS FEED MATERIAL, PETFOOD, DOGCHEWS AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTS AND APPROVAL OF RELATED PLANTS

    1. Article 16.General animal health provisions

    2. Article 17.Approval of Category 3 processing plants

    3. Article 18.Approval of petfood plants and technical plants

    4. Article 19.Placing on the market and export of processed animal protein and other processed products that could be used as feed material

    5. Article 20.Placing on the market and export of petfood, dogchews and technical products

    6. Article 21.Safeguard measures

    7. Article 22.Restrictions on use

  6. CHAPTER V DEROGATIONS

    1. Article 23.Derogations regarding the use of animal by-products

    2. Article 24.Derogations regarding the disposal of animal by-products

  7. CHAPTER VI CONTROLS AND INSPECTIONS

    1. Article 25.Plants' own-checks

    2. Article 26.Official controls and lists of approved plants

  8. CHAPTER VII COMMUNITY CONTROLS

    1. Article 27.Community controls in Member States

  9. CHAPTER VIII PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE IMPORTATION AND TRANSIT OF CERTAIN ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS DERIVED THEREFROM

    1. Article 28.General provisions

    2. Article 29.Prohibitions and compliance with Community rules

    3. Article 30.Equivalence

    4. Article 31.Community inspections and audits

  10. CHAPTER IX FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 32.Amendments to Annexes and transitional measures

    2. Article 33.Committee procedure

    3. Article 34.Consultation of scientific committees

    4. Article 35.National provisions

    5. Article 36.Financial arrangements

    6. Article 37.Repeal

    7. Article 38.Entry into force

  11. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS

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    2. ANNEX II

      HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND PROCESSED PRODUCTS

      1. CHAPTER I Identification

        1. 1. All necessary measures must be taken to ensure that:

        2. 2. During transport, a label attached to the packaging, container or...

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. CHAPTER II Vehicles and containers

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. Vehicles and reusable containers, and all reusable items of equipment...

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. CHAPTER III Commercial documents and health certificates

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. Commercial documents must specify:

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. CHAPTER IV Records

      5. CHAPTER V Retention of documents

      6. CHAPTER VI Temperature conditions

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. CHAPTER VII Specific rules for transit

      8. CHAPTER VIII Control measures

      9. CHAPTER IX Collection of animal material when treating waste water

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        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      10. CHAPTER X Commercial document

        1. MODEL COMMERCIAL DOCUMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY...

    3. ANNEX III

      HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERMEDIATE AND STORAGE PLANTS

      1. CHAPTER I Requirements for the approval of intermediate plants

        1. 1. Premises and facilities must meet at least the following requirements....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. CHAPTER II General hygiene requirements

        1. A. Category 3 intermediate plants

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. Category 1 or Category 2 intermediate plants

          1. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

          6. 11. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. CHAPTER III Requirements for the approval of storage plants

    4. ANNEX IV

      REQUIREMENTS FOR INCINERATION AND CO-INCINERATION PLANTS TO WHICH DIRECTIVE 2000/76/EC DOES NOT APPLY

      1. CHAPTER I General conditions

        1. 1. Incineration or co-incineration plants must be designed, equipped and operated...

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. CHAPTER II Operating conditions

        1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 5. High-capacity incineration or co-incineration plants must have and operate an...

        4. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. CHAPTER III Water discharges

        1. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. CHAPTER IV Residues

        1. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 11. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. CHAPTER V Temperature measurement

        1. 12. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 13. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 14. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 15. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. CHAPTER VI Abnormal operating

        1. 16. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. CHAPTER VII Incineration of Category 1 material referred to in Article 4(1)(b)

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        7. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

        8. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    5. ANNEX V

      GENERAL HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF CATEGORY 1, 2 AND 3 MATERIAL

      1. CHAPTER I General requirements for the approval of Category 1, 2 and 3 processing plants

        1. 1. Premises and facilities must meet at least the following requirements:...

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. CHAPTER II General hygiene requirements

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        7. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

        8. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

        9. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. CHAPTER III Processing methods

        1. Method 1

          1. Reduction

            1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. Time, temperature and pressure

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            2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. Method 2

          1. Reduction

            1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. Time, temperature and pressure

            1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. Method 3

          1. Reduction

            1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. Time, temperature and pressure

            1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. Method 4

          1. Reduction

            1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. Time, temperature and pressure

            1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. Method 5

          1. Reduction

            1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. Time, temperature and pressure

            1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        6. Method 6 (For Category 3 animal by-products of fish origin only)

          1. Reduction

            1. 1. The animal by-products must be reduced to at least:

          2. Time and temperature

            1. 2. Following reduction, the mixture must be heated to:

        7. Method 7

          1. 1. Any processing method approved by the competent authority where it...

          2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. CHAPTER IV Supervision of production

        1. 1. The competent authority must supervise processing plants to ensure compliance...

        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. CHAPTER V Validation procedures

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        2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

    6. ANNEX VI

      SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF CATEGORY 1 AND 2 MATERIAL, FOR BIOGAS AND COMPOSTING AND FOR THE MARKING OF CERTAIN PROCESSED PRODUCTS

      1. CHAPTER I Specific requirements for the processing of Category 1 and 2 materials and for the marking of certain processed products

      2. CHAPTER II Specific requirements for the approval of biogas and composting plants

      3. CHAPTER III Treatment standards for the further processing of rendered fats

    7. ANNEX VII

      SPECIFIC HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING AND PLACING ON THE MARKET OF PROCESSED ANIMAL PROTEIN AND OTHER PROCESSED PRODUCTS THAT COULD BE USED AS FEED MATERIAL

      1. CHAPTER I Specific requirements for the approval of Category 3 processing plants

      2. CHAPTER II Specific requirements for processed animal protein

      3. CHAPTER III Specific requirements for blood products

      4. CHAPTER IV Specific requirements for rendered fats and fish oil

      5. CHAPTER V Specific requirements for milk, milk products, colostrum and colostrum products

        1. A. Processing standards

          1. 1. Milk must be subjected to one of the following treatments:...

          2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 3. Whey to be fed to animals of species susceptible to...

          4. 4. In addition to the requirements laid down in paragraphs 1,...

          5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

          6. 6. Colostrum and colostrum products must:

        2. B. Importation

          1. 1. Member States shall authorise imports of milk and milk products...

          2. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1.4, Member States shall...

          3. 2a. Member States shall authorise imports of colostrum or colostrum products...

          4. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. CHAPTER VI Specific requirements for gelatin and hydrolysed protein

      7. CHAPTER VII Specific requirements for dicalcium phosphate

        1. A. Processing standards

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. Importation

          1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. CHAPTER VIII Specific requirements for tricalcium phosphate

        1. A. Processing standards

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. Importation

          1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      9. CHAPTER IX Specific requirements for collagen

        1. A. Processing standards

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 3. Collagen must be wrapped, packaged, stored and transported under satisfactory...

        2. B. Importation

          1. 4. Member States must authorise the importation of collagen if it:...

      10. CHAPTER X Specific requirements for egg products

        1. A. Processing standards

          1. 1. Egg products must have been:

        2. B. Importation

          1. 2. Member States must authorise the importation of egg products if...

    8. ANNEX VIII

      REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PLACING ON THE MARKET OF PETFOOD, DOGCHEWS AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTS

      1. CHAPTER I Requirements for the approval of petfood and technical plants

      2. CHAPTER II Requirements for petfood and dogchews

        1. A. Raw material

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. Processing standards

          1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 3. Processed petfood other than canned petfood must:

          3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

          5. 6. Random samples must be taken during production and/or during storage...

        3. C. Importation

          1. 7. Member States must authorise importation of petfood and dogchews if...

      3. CHAPTER III Requirements for manure, processed manure and processed manure products

        1. I. Unprocessed manure

          1. A. Trade

            1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

            2. 2. Trade in unprocessed poultry manure is subject to the following...

            3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. B. Importation

            1. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. II. Processed manure and processed manure products

          1. A. Placing on the market

            1. 5. The placing on the market of processed manure and processed...

          2. B. Importation

            1. 6. Member States must authorise importation of processed manure and processed...

        3. III. Guano

          1. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. CHAPTER IV Requirements for blood and blood products, excluding from equidae, for the manufacture of technical products

        1. A. Importation

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. Member States must authorise imports of blood products for the...

          3. 3. The blood from which blood products for the manufacture of...

          4. 4. In the case of blood products for the manufacture of...

          5. 5. In the case of blood products for the manufacture of...

      5. CHAPTER V Requirements for blood and blood products from equidae for technical purposes

        1. A. Placing on the market

        2. B. Importation

      6. CHAPTER VI Requirements for hides and skins of ungulates

        1. A. Scope

          1. 1. The provisions of this Chapter do not apply:

          2. 2. Within the scope defined in paragraph 1, the provisions of...

        2. B. Trade

          1. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 4. Trade in treated hides and skins is authorised on condition...

        3. C. Importation

          1. 5. Member States must authorise the import of fresh or chilled...

          2. 6. Member States must authorise the import of treated hides and...

          3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. CHAPTER VII Requirements for game trophies

        1. A. Raw material

          1. 1. Without prejudice to the measures adopted pursuant to Council Regulation...

          2. 2. Without prejudice to the measures adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC)...

          3. 3. In respect of game trophies consisting solely of bone, horns,...

          4. 4. In respect of game trophies consisting solely of hides or...

        2. B. Importation

          1. 5. Member States must authorise the importation of treated game trophies...

          2. 6. Member States must, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph...

          3. 7. Member States must authorise importation of the game trophies referred...

      8. CHAPTER VIII Requirements for wool, hair, pig bristles, feathers and parts of feathers

        1. A. Raw material

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 do not apply to decorative...

        2. B. Importation

          1. 3. Member States must authorise the importation of pig bristles from...

          2. 4. Member States must authorise the importation of unprocessed wool and...

          3. 5. The importation of unprocessed feathers and parts of feathers is...

      9. CHAPTER IX Requirements for apiculture products

        1. A. Raw material

          1. 1. Apiculture by-products intended exclusively for use in apiculture must:

        2. B. Importation

          1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 3. Member States must authorise the importation of apiculture by-products, other...

          3. 4. Member States must authorise the importation of beeswax for technical...

          4. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      10. CHAPTER X Requirements for bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) intended for use other than as feed material, organic fertilizers or soil improvers

        1. 1. Member States must authorise the importation of bones and bone...

        2. 2. Each consignment must be accompanied by:

        3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

        5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      11. CHAPTER XI Requirements for animal by-products for the manufacture of feed including petfood, and of technical products, excluding intermediate products as referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/2006

      12. CHAPTER XII Rendered fats from category 2 materials for oleochemical purposes

        1. A. Processing standards

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. Importation of rendered fats

          1. 3. Member States must authorise the importation of rendered fats derived...

          2. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          3. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 6. The health certificate referred to in paragraph 3 must state...

          5. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

          6. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

      13. CHAPTER XIII Fat derivatives

        1. A. Processing standards

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. Importation

          1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 3. The health certificate referred to in paragraph 2 must state:...

          3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

          4. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      14. CHAPTER XIV Specific requirements for flavouring innards for the manufacture of pet food

        1. A. Raw Material

          1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. Processing standards

          1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. 3. The end product must:

        3. C. Importation

          1. 4. Member States must authorise the importation of flavouring innards if...

      15. CHAPTER XV Requirements for horns and horn products, excluding horn meal, and hooves and hoof products, excluding hoof meal, intended for the production of organic fertilizers or soil improvers

        1. A. Placing on the market

        2. B. Importation

    9. ANNEX IX

      RULES APPLICABLE TO THE USE OF CERTAIN CATEGORY 2 AND CATEGORY 3 MATERIAL FOR THE FEEDING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 23(2)

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 2a. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

    10. ANNEX X

      MODEL HEALTH CERTIFICATES FOR THE IMPORTATION FROM THIRD COUNTRIES AND FOR THE TRANSIT THROUGH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS DERIVED THEREFROM

      2. CHAPTER 2

        1. Health certificate For milk, milk products, colostrum and colostrum products not intended...

      4. CHAPTER 4 (A) Health certificate For the import of blood and blood products from equidae...

      5. CHAPTER 4(C)

      6. CHAPTER 4 (D) Health certificate For treated blood products, excluding those of equidae, for the...

      20. CHAPTER 18 Health certificate

    11. ANNEX XI

      Lists of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of animal by-products not intended for human consumption

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. PART I List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      3. PART II List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      4. PART III List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      5. PART IV List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      6. PART V List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

        1. A. Blood products from ungulates

        2. B. Blood products from other species

      7. PART VI List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

        1. A. Blood products:

        2. B. Animal by-products for pharmaceutical use:

        3. C. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. PART VII(A) List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

        1. A. Animal by-products from equidae and animals of the bovine, ovine,...

        2. B. Raw material from poultry including ratites and wild game-birds:

        3. C. Raw material from fish:

        4. D. Raw material from other wild land mammals and Leporidae.

      9. PART VII(B) List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      10. PART VII(C) List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      11. PART VIII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

        1. A. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. . . . . . . . . . ....

      12. PART IX List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      13. PART X List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      14. PART XI List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      15. PART XII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      16. PART XIII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

        1. A. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. . . . . . . . . . ....

      17. PART XIV List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

        1. A. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. C. . . . . . . . . . ....

      18. PART XV List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

        1. A. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. B. For game trophies of birds consisting of entire parts not...

        3. C. . . . . . . . . . ....

      19. PART XVI List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      20. PART XVII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...

      21. PART XVIII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise...