CHAPTER IIIU.K. COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS AND HEALTH CERTIFICATES
1.During transportation, a commercial document in accordance with the model set out in this Chapter, or, when required by this Regulation, a health certificate must accompany animal by-products and derived products.U.K.
However, such document or certificate shall not be necessary, provided that:
derived products from Category 3 material and organic fertilisers and soil improvers are supplied within the same Member State by retailers to final users other than business operators;
milk, milk-based products and milk-derived products which are Category 3 materials are collected and returned to operators of milk-processing establishments, which have been approved in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, if those operators are receiving products, in particular from their customers, which they have previously delivered;
compound feeds as defined in Article 3(2)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 which have been manufactured from animal by-products or from derived products, are placed on the market packaged and labelled in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009.
2.The commercial document must be produced at least in triplicate (one original and two copies). The original must accompany the consignment to its final destination. The receiver must retain it. The producer must retain one of the copies and the carrier the other.U.K.
Member States may require that proof of the arrival of the consignments is provided by the TRACES system or by a fourth copy of the commercial document which is sent back by the receiver to the producer.
3.Health certificates must be issued and signed by the competent authority.U.K.
4.A commercial document in accordance with the model set out under point 6 shall accompany animal by-products and derived products as from the starting point in the manufacturing chain referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, during transportation within the Union.U.K.
However, in addition to the authorisation to transmit information by way of an alternative system as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 21(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, the competent authority may authorise that animal by-products and derived products which are transported on its territory are accompanied by:
a different commercial document, in paper or in electronic form, provided that such commercial document contains the information referred to in point (f) of the Notes under point 6 of this Chapter;
a commercial document in which the quantity of the material is expressed in weight or volume of the material or in the number of packages.
5.Records and related commercial documents or health certificates shall be kept for a period of at least two years for presentation to the competent authority.U.K.
6.Model commercial documentU.K.
Notes U.K.
(a)Commercial documents shall be produced, according to the layout of the model appearing in this Chapter.U.K.
It shall contain, in the numbered order that appears in the model, the attestations that are required for the transportation of animal by-products and derived products.
(b)It shall be drawn up in one of the official languages of the Member State of origin and of the Member State of destination, as appropriate.U.K.
However, it may also be drawn up in other official Union languages, if accompanied by an official translation or if previously agreed by the competent authority of the Member State of destination.
(c)The original of each commercial document shall consist of a single sheet of paper, both sides, or, where more text is required it shall be in such a form that all sheets of paper needed are demonstrably part of an integrated whole and indivisible.U.K.
(d)If for reasons of identification of the items of the consignment, additional sheets of paper are attached to the commercial document, these sheets of paper shall also be considered as forming part of the original document by the application of the signature of the person responsible for the consignment, on each of the pages.U.K.
(e)When the commercial document, including additional sheets of paper referred to in point (d), comprises more than one page, each page shall be numbered – (page number) of (total number of pages) – at the bottom of the page and shall bear the code number of the document that has been designated by the responsible person at the top of the page.U.K.
(f)The original of the commercial document must be completed and signed by the responsible person.U.K.
The commercial document must specify:
the date on which the material was taken from the premises;
the description of the material, including
the identification of the material according to one of the categories referred to in Articles 8, 9 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009,
the animal species and the specific reference to the applicable point in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 for Category 3 material and products derived therefrom which are destined for feeding and,
if applicable, the ear-tag number of the animal;
the quantity of the material, in volume, weight or number of packages;
the place of origin of the material, from where the material is dispatched;
the name and the address of the carrier of the material;
the name and the address of the receiver and, if applicable, its approval or registration number, which has been issued under Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 or Regulations (EC) No 852/2004, (EC) No 853/2004 or (EC) No 183/2005, as applicable;
if appropriate, the approval or registration number of the establishment or plant of origin, which has been issued under Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 or Regulations (EC) No 852/2004, (EC) No 853/2004 or (EC) No 183/2005, as applicable, and the nature and the methods of the treatment.
(g)The colour of the signature of the responsible person shall be different to that of the printing.U.K.
(h)The document reference number and the local reference number shall only be issued once for the same consignment.U.K.
Commercial document U.K.
For the transport of animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 within the European Union
