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Trade in unprocessed manure of species other than poultry or equidae is prohibited, except for manure:
from an area which is not subject to restrictions by virtue of a serious transmissible disease, and
intended for application, under the supervision of the competent authorities, to land forming part of a single holding located on both sides of the border of two Member States.
However, the competent authority may grant specific approval for the introduction on to its territory of:
manure intended for processing in a technical plant or a biogas plant or in a composting plant approved by the competent authority in accordance with this Regulation with a view to the manufacture of the products referred to under Section II below. The competent authority must take account of the origin of the manure when approving such plants; or
manure intended for applying to land on a holding. Such trade can only occur with the consent of the competent authorities of both the Member States of origin and destination. When considering giving consent, the competent authorities must have particular regard to the origin of the manure, its destination and animal health and safety considerations.
A health certificate conforming to a model laid down under the procedure referred to in Article 33(2) must accompany the manure in such cases.
the manure must originate in an area which is not subject to restrictions by virtue of Newcastle disease or avian influenza;
in addition, unprocessed manure from poultry flocks vaccinated against Newcastle disease must not be dispatched to a region which has obtained Newcastle disease non-vaccinating status pursuant to Article 15(2) of Directive 90/539/EEC(1); and
a health certificate conforming to a model laid down under the procedure referred to in Article 33(2) must accompany the manure.
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They must come from a technical plant, a biogas plant or a composting plant approved by the competent authority in accordance with this Regulation.
They must have been subjected to a heat treatment process of at least 70 °C for at least 60 minutes and they must have been subjected to reduction in spore-forming bacteria and toxic formation.]
[F2However, the competent authority may authorise the use of other standardised process parameters than those described in (b) provided an applicant demonstrates that such parameters ensure minimising of biological risks. This demonstration shall include a validation, which shall be carried out as follows:
Identification and analysis of possible hazards including the impact of input material, based on a full definition of the processing conditions, and a risk assessment, which evaluates how the specific processing conditions are achieved in practice under normal and atypical situations.
Validation of the intended process
by measuring the reduction of viability/infectivity of endogenous indicator organisms during the process, where the indicator is:
consistently present in the raw material in high numbers,
not less heat resistant to the lethal aspects of the treatment process, but also not significantly more resistant than the pathogens for which it is being used to monitor,
relatively easy to quantify and relatively easy to identify and confirm;
or
by measuring the reduction of viability/infectivity, during exposure, of a well-characterised test organism or virus introduced in a suitable test body into the starting material.
The validation referred to in point (ii) must demonstrate that the process achieves the following overall risk reduction:
for thermal and chemical processes by reduction of Enterococcus faecalis by at least 5 log10 and by reduction of infectivity titre of thermo resistant viruses such as parvovirus , where they are identified as a relevant hazard, by at least 3 log10,
for chemical processes also by reduction of resistant parasites such as eggs of ascaris sp. by at least 99,9 % (3 log10) of viable stages.
Designing a complete control programme including procedures for monitoring the process.
Measures ensuring continuous monitoring and supervision of the relevant process parameters fixed in the control programme when operating the plant.
Details on the relevant process parameters used in a plant as well as other critical control points must be recorded and maintained so that the owner, operator or their representative and the competent authority can monitor the operation of the plant. Records must be made available to the competent authority on request.
Information relating to a process authorised under this point must be made available to the Commission on request.]
[F2Representative samples of the manure taken during or immediately after processing at the plant in order to monitor the process must comply with the following standards:
Escherichia coli : n = 5, c = 5, m = 0, M = 1 000 in 1 g;
or
Enterococaceae : n = 5, c = 5, m = 0, M = 1 000 in 1 g;
and
Representative samples of the manure taken during or on withdrawal from storage at the technical, biogas or composting plant must comply with the following standards:
Salmonella : absence in 25 g: n = 5; c = 0; m = 0; M = 0
where:
=
number of samples to be tested;
=
threshold value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered satisfactory if the number of bacteria in all samples does not exceed m;
=
maximum value for the number of bacteria; the result is considered unsatisfactory if the number of bacteria in one or more samples is M or more; and
=
number of samples the bacterial count of which may be between m and M, the sample still being considered acceptable if the bacterial count of the other samples is m or less.
Processed manure or processed manure products not complying with the above requirements shall be regarded as unprocessed;
They must be stored in such a way that once processed contamination or secondary infection and dampness is minimised. They must therefore be stored in:
well-sealed and insulated silos, or
properly sealed packs (plastic bags or ‘ big bags ’ ).]
Textual Amendments
F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 208/2006 of 7 February 2006 amending Annexes VI and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards processing standards for biogas and composting plants and requirements for manure (Text with EEA relevance).
come from third countries that appear on the list in Part IX of Annex XI;
come from a plant approved by the competent authority of the third country meeting the specific conditions laid down in this Regulation;
satisfy the requirements of paragraph 5 above; and
[F1are accompanied by a health certificate that conforms to the model laid down in Chapter 17 of Annex X.]
Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of poultry and hatching eggs (OJ L 303, 31.10.1990, p. 6). Directive as last amended by Commission Decision 2000/505/EC (OJ L 201, 9.8.2000, p. 8).