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Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Scope

    2. Article 2.Separation of live animals and of products of animal origin

    3. Article 3.Definitions

    4. Article 4.Safeguard measures

  3. CHAPTER II DETERMINATION OF BSE STATUS

    1. Article 5.Classification

  4. CHAPTER III PREVENTION OF TSE

    1. Article 6.Monitoring system

    2. Article 7.Prohibitions concerning animal feeding

    3. Article 8.Specified risk material

    4. Article 9.Products of animal origin derived from or containing ruminant material

    5. Article 10.Education programmes

  5. CHAPTER IV CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TSEs

    1. Article 11.Notification

    2. Article 12.Measures with respect to suspect animals

    3. Article 13.Measures following confirmation of the presence of a TSE

    4. Article 14.Contingency plan

  6. CHAPTER V PLACING ON THE MARKET AND EXPORT

    1. Article 15.Live animals, their semen, embryos and ova

    2. Article 16.Placing on the market of products of animal origin

    3. Article 17.Under the procedure referred to in Article 24(2), the health...

    4. Article 18.The appropriate health certificates relating to imports provided for by...

  7. CHAPTER VI REFERENCE LABORATORIES, SAMPLING, TESTING AND CONTROLS

    1. Article 19.Reference laboratories

    2. Article 20.Sampling and laboratory methods

    3. Article 21.Community controls

  8. CHAPTER VII TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 22.Transitional measures concerning specified risk material

    2. Article 23.Amendment of the annexes and transitional measures

    3. Article 24.Committees

    4. Article 25.Consultation of the scientific committees

    5. Article 26.Entry into force

  9. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS

      1. 1. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions set...

      2. 2. For the purpose of this Regulation, the following

    2. ANNEX II

      DETERMINATION OF BSE STATUS

      1. CHAPTER A

      2. CHAPTER B

      3. CHAPTER C Definition of categories

    3. ANNEX III

      MONITORING SYSTEM

      1. CHAPTER A

        1. I. MONITORING IN BOVINE ANIMALS

          1. 1. General

          2. 2. Monitoring in animals slaughtered for human consumption

            1. 2.1. All bovine animals over 24 months of age:

            2. 2.2. All bovine animals over 30 months of age:

            3. 2.3. By way of derogation from point 2.2, and with regard...

          3. 3. Monitoring in animals not slaughtered for human consumption

            1. 3.1. All bovine animals over 24 months of age which have...

            2. 3.2. Member States may decide to derogate from the provisions of...

          4. 4. Monitoring in animals purchased for destruction pursuant to Regulation (EC)...

            1. 4.1. All animals subject to casualty slaughter or found sick at...

            2. 4.2. All animals over 42 months of age born after 1...

            3. 4.3. A random sample comprising at least 10 000 animals annually...

          5. 5. Monitoring in other animals

          6. 6. Measures following testing

            1. 6.1. Where an animal slaughtered for human consumption has been selected...

            2. 6.2. Member States may derogate from the provisions of point 6.1...

            3. 6.3. All parts of the body of an animal tested for...

            4. 6.4. All parts of the body of an animal found positive...

            5. 6.5. Where an animal slaughtered for human consumption is found positive...

            6. 6.6. Member States may derogate from the provisions of point 6.5...

        2. II. MONITORING IN OVINE AND CAPRINE ANIMALS

          1. 1. General

          2. 2. Monitoring in ovine and caprine animals slaughtered for human consumption...

          3. 3. Monitoring in ovine and caprine animals not slaughtered for human...

          4. 4. Sampling rules applicable to the animals referred to in points...

          5. 5. Monitoring in infected flocks

          6. 6. Monitoring in other animals

          7. 7. Measures following testing of ovine and caprine animals

            1. 7.1. Where an ovine or caprine animal slaughtered for human consumption...

            2. 7.2. Member States may derogate from point 7.1. where a system...

            3. 7.3. All parts of the body of a tested animal, including...

            4. 7.4. Except for the material to be retained in conjunction with...

          8. 8. Genotyping

            1. 8.1. The prion protein genotype shall be determined for each positive...

            2. 8.2. In addition to the animals genotyped under the provisions of...

        3. III. MONITORING IN OTHER ANIMAL SPECIES

      2. CHAPTER B Reporting and recording requirements

        1. I. REQUIREMENTS ON MEMBER STATES

          1. A. Information to be presented by Member States in their annual...

            1. 1. The number of suspected cases placed under official movement restrictions...

            2. 2. The number of suspected cases subject to laboratory examination in...

            3. 3. The number of flocks where suspected cases in ovine and...

            4. 4. The number of bovine animals tested within each subpopulation referred...

            5. 5. The number of ovine and caprine animals and flocks tested...

            6. 6. The geographical distribution, including the country of origin if not...

            7. 7. In animals other than bovine, ovine and caprine, the number...

            8. 8. The genotype, and where possible the breed, of each ovine...

          2. B. Reporting periods

        2. II. INFORMATION TO BE PRESENTED BY THE COMMISSION IN ITS SUMMARY...

        3. III. RECORDS

          1. 1. The competent authority shall keep, for seven years, records of:...

          2. 2. The investigating laboratory shall keep, for seven years, all records...

    4. ANNEX IV

      ANIMAL FEEDING

      1. Extension of the prohibition provided for in Article 7(1)

        1. 1. The prohibition provided for in Article 7(1) shall be extended...

        2. 2. I. Derogations from the prohibitions provided for in Article 7(1) and...

          1. A. The prohibitions provided for in Article 7(1) and (2) shall...

          2. B. Conditions for the use of fishmeal and feedingstuffs containing fishmeal...

          3. C. Conditions for the use of hydrolysed proteins derived from non-ruminants...

          4. D. Conditions for the use of dicalcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate and...

          5. E. Conditions for the use of blood products, bloodmeal and feedingstuffs...

        3. 3. II. General implementing conditions

          1. A. Member States shall make available to the other Member States...

          2. B. Bulk processed animal protein, with the exception of fishmeal, and...

          3. C. Feedingstuffs, including petfood, which contain processed animal proteins, other than...

          4. D. The export to third countries of processed animal proteins derived...

          5. E. The competent authority shall carry out documentary and physical checks...

          6. F. The provisions on the production and the use of processed...

    5. ANNEX V

      SPECIFIED RISK MATERIAL

      1. 1. The following tissues shall be designated as specified risk material...

      2. 2. Specified risk material must be removed at:

      3. 3. All specified risk material must be stained with a dye...

      4. 4. Member States may derogate from the provisions of points 2...

      5. 5. The use of an alternative test to the removal of...

      6. 6. Member States are to carry out frequent official inspections to...

      7. 7. Member States shall in particular set up a system to...

      8. 8. Member States may send specified risk material or the material...

    6. ANNEX VI

      STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN DERIVED FROM OR CONTAINING RUMINANT MATERIAL

      1. The use of ruminant material for the production of the...

      2. mechanically recovered meat; dicalcium phosphate intended as feedingstuffs for livestock;...

    7. ANNEX VII

      ERADICATION OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY

      1. 1. The inquiry referred to in Article 13(1)(b) must identify:

      2. 2. The measures laid down in Article 13(1)(c) shall comprise at...

      3. 3. If scrapie is suspected in an ovine or caprine animal...

      4. 4. Only the following animals may be introduced to the holding(s)...

      5. 5. Only the following ovine germinal products may be used in...

      6. 6. During a transitional period until 1 January 2006 at the...

      7. 7. Following the application on a holding of the measures referred...

      8. 8. The restrictions referred to in points 4, 5 and 7...

      9. 9. Where the frequency of the ARR allele within the breed...

      10. 10. Member States applying the derogations provided for in points 6...

    8. ANNEX VIII

      PLACING ON THE MARKET AND EXPORT

      1. CHAPTER A Conditions for intra-Community trade in live animals, semen and embryos

        1. I. CONDITIONS WHICH APPLY IRRESPECTIVE OF THE CATEGORY OF THE MEMBER...

        2. II. CONDITIONS WHICH APPLY DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY OF THE MEMBER...

          1. 1. Dispatch to other Member States is to follow the rules...

          2. 2. The BSE category of the Member State of origin of...

          3. 3. The following conditions are to apply to movements as referred...

      2. CHAPTER B

        1. Conditions relating to progeny of TSE suspect or confirmed animals...

      3. CHAPTER C

        1. Conditions for intra-Community trade in certain products of animal origin...

          1. I. The following products of animal origin are exempt from the...

          2. Date-based Scheme

            1. II. Deboned fresh meat from which all adherent tissues, including obvious...

              1. 1. A bovine animal shall be eligible for the Date-based Scheme...

              2. Controls

                1. 2. If any animal presented for slaughter or any circumstance surrounding...

                2. 3. Slaughter of eligible animals must take place in slaughterhouses which...

                3. 4. The competent authority must satisfy itself that procedures used in...

                4. 5. Meat must be traceable back to the eligible animal, or...

                5. 6. All approved eligible carcasses must have individual numbers correlated with...

                6. 7. The Member State must have detailed protocols in place covering:...

                7. 8. The competent authority must set up a system for recording...

              3. The establishment

                1. 9. To obtain approval, the establishment must devise and implement a...

                2. 10. The competent authority must assess, approve and monitor the system...

          3. Certified herd Scheme

            1. III. Deboned fresh meat from which all adherent tissues, including obvious...

              1. Conditions relating to herds

                1. 1. A herd is a group of animals forming a separate...

              2. Conditions relating to the animal

                1. 2. all records of the animal's birth, identity and movements are...

              3. Computerised tracing system

                1. 3. The official computerised tracing system referred to in point 2(a)...

              4. Controls

                1. 4. If any animal presented for slaughter or any circumstance surrounding...

                2. 5. Slaughter of eligible animals must take place in slaughterhouses used...

                3. 6. The competent authority must satisfy itself that procedures used in...

                4. 7. Meat must be traceable back to the herd of the...

                5. 8. All approved eligible carcasses must have individual numbers correlated with...

                6. 9. The Member State must have detailed protocols in place covering:...

                7. 10. The competent authority must set up a system for recording...

              5. The establishment

                1. 11. To obtain approval, the establishment must devise and implement a...

                2. 12. The competent authority must assess, approve and monitor the system...

      4. CHAPTER D

        1. Conditions applicable to exports

    9. ANNEX IX

      IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF LIVE ANIMALS, EMBRYOS, OVA AND PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

      1. CHAPTER A

      2. CHAPTER B Imports of bovine animals

        1. A. Imports of bovine animals from a country or a region...

        2. B. Imports of bovine animals from countries or regions placed in...

        3. C. Imports of bovine animals from countries or regions placed in...

        4. D. Imports of bovine animals from countries or regions placed in...

      3. CHAPTER C Imports of fresh meat and products of bovine animal origin

        1. A. Imports of fresh meat (on the bone or deboned) and...

        2. B. Imports of fresh meat (on the bone or deboned) and...

        3. C. Imports of fresh meat (on the bone or deboned) and...

        4. D. Imports of fresh meat and products of bovine animal origin...

      4. CHAPTER D Imports of bovine embryos and ova

        1. A. Imports of bovine embryos/ova from countries or regions placed in...

        2. B. Imports of bovine ova/embryos from countries or regions placed in...

        3. C. Imports of ova/embryos from countries or regions placed in category...

        4. D. Imports of bovine ova/embryos from countries or regions placed in...

      5. CHAPTER E Imports of ovine and caprine animals

      6. CHAPTER F

      7. CHAPTER G

      8. CHAPTER H Import of ovine and caprine semen and embryos

    10. ANNEX X

      REFERENCE LABORATORIES, SAMPLING AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS METHODS

      1. CHAPTER A National reference laboratories

        1. 1. The designated national reference laboratory is to:

        2. 2. However, by way of derogation from point 1, Member States...

        3. 3. The national reference laboratories are:

      2. CHAPTER B Community reference laboratory

        1. 1. The Community reference laboratory for TSEs is:

        2. 2. The functions and duties of the Community reference laboratory are:...

      3. CHAPTER C Sampling and laboratory testing

        1. 1. Sampling

        2. 2. Laboratories

        3. 3. Methods and protocols

          1. 3.1. Laboratory testing for the presence of BSE in bovine animals...

            1. (a) Suspect cases

            2. (b) BSE monitoring

          2. 3.2. Laboratory testing for the presence of TSE in ovine and...

            1. (a) Suspect cases

            2. (b) Scrapie monitoring

            3. (c) Further examination of positive scrapie cases

            4. (d) Laboratories approved for performing further examination by molecular typing methods...

          3. 3.3. Laboratory testing for the presence of TSEs in species other...

        4. 4. Rapid tests

        5. 5. Alternative tests

    11. ANNEX XI

      TRANSITIONAL MEASURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 22 AND 23

      1. A. Concerning specified risk material, mechanically recovered meat and slaughtering techniques...

        1. 1. The following tissues are designated as specified risk material: the...

        2. 2. By way of derogation from point 1(a)(i), a decision may...

        3. 3. Bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals shall not be...

        4. 4. Laceration of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated...

        5. 5. Specified risk material shall be removed at:

        6. 6. Tongues of bovine animals of all ages intended for human...

        7. 7. Head meat of bovine animals above 12 months of age...

        8. 8. By way of derogation from the requirements of point 7,...

        9. 9. The provisions of point 7 and 8 shall not apply...

        10. 10. By way of derogation from point 5 and 7, Member...

        11. 11. All specified risk material shall be stained with a dye...

        12. 12. Member States shall carry out frequent official inspections to verify...

        13. 13. Member States may decide to allow dispatch of heads or...

        14. 14. A control system shall be put in place for the...

        15. 15. The products of animal origin listed below shall be subject...

      2. B. Concerning statistical surveys

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

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

      3. C. Concerning prohibitions on animal feeding

      4. D. Concerning placing on the market and export

        1. 1. The following provisions remain in force as transitional measures:

        2. 2. Imports of bovine animals are to be subject to the...

        3. 3. Point 2 shall not apply to imports of bovine animals...

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

        5. 4. When the farmed game meat defined by Council Directive 91/495/EEC...

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