Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011Dangos y teitl llawn

Section 7 U.K. Imports of 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 fertilisers or soil improvers

1. Bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) may be imported to produce derived products for uses outside the feed chain if: U.K.

(a)

the products are dried before export to the Union and not chilled or frozen;

(b)

[F1 the products are conveyed from the third country of origin directly to a border inspection post of entry into the Union and are not transhipped at any port or place outside the Union;]

(c)

following the document checks provided for in Directive 97/78/EC, the products are conveyed directly to the registered establishment or plant of destination.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/9 of 6 January 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (Text with EEA relevance).

2. Each consignment must be accompanied by a commercial document stamped by the competent authority supervising the establishment of origin, including the following information: U.K.

(a)

the third country of origin;

(b)

the name of the establishment or plant of production;

(c)

the nature of the product (dried bone/dried bone product/dried horns/dried horn products/dried hooves/dried hoof products), and

(d)

confirmation of the fact that the product was:

(i)

derived from healthy animals slaughtered in a slaughterhouse;

(ii)

dried for a period of 42 days at an average temperature of at least 20 °C;

(iii)

heated for one hour to at least 80 °C to the core before drying;

(iv)

ashed for one hour to at least 800 °C to the core before drying;

(v)

underwent an acidification process such that the pH was maintained at less than 6 to the core for at least one hour before drying, and

is not intended at any stage to be diverted for any use in food, feed material, organic fertilisers or soil improvers.

3. On dispatch to the Union, the material must be enclosed in sealed containers or vehicles or carried in bulk in a ship. U.K.

If transported in containers, the containers, and in all cases all the accompanying documents, must bear the name and the address of the registered establishment or plant of destination.

4. Following the veterinary checks provided for in Directive 97/78/EC, and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8(4) of that Directive, the material must be transported directly to the registered establishment or plant of destination. U.K.