Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

[F1 CHAPTER XI U.K. Animal by-products for the manufacture of feed including petfood, and for pharmaceuticals and other technical products

Member States must authorise the importation of animal by-products intended for the manufacture of feed including petfood, and for pharmaceutical products and other technical products if they:

1.

come from third countries appearing on the lists set out in part VI and VII(A) and (B) of Annex XI as appropriate;

2.

consist only of animal by-products referred to in Article 6(1)(a) to (j) and/or, when intended to be used for petfood, material derived from animals treated as referred to in the second paragraph of Article 28;

However, animal by-products for use in feed for farmed fur animals must consist of by-products referred to in Article 6(1)(a) and (b) and animal by-products for use in raw petfood must consist of by-products referred to in Article 6(1)(a) only;

3.

have been deep-frozen at the plant of origin or have been preserved in accordance with Community legislation in such a way to prevent spoiling between dispatch and delivery to the plant of destination;

4.

have undergone all precautions to avoid contamination with pathogenic agents;

5.

were packed in new packaging preventing any leakage;

6.

are accompanied by a certificate that conforms to the models set out in Chapter 8(A), Chapter 8(B) or Chapter 3(D) of Annex X;

7.

following the border checks provided for in Directive 97/78/EC, and in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 8(4) of that Directive, they are transported directly either:

(a)

to a petfood or technical plant, which has given the guarantee that the animal by-products shall be used only for the purpose of producing petfood or technical products as appropriate, as specified by the competent authority if necessary, and shall not leave the plant untreated other than for direct disposal; or

(b)

to an intermediate plant; or

(c)

to an authorised and registered user or collection centre, which has given the guarantee that the animal by-products shall be used only for permitted purposes, as specified by the Competent Authority if necessary;

and

8.1..

in the case of raw material for petfood production derived from animals which have been treated with certain substances prohibited in accordance with Directive 96/22/EC, as referred to in the second paragraph of Article 28 of this Regulation, it shall:

(a)

be marked in the third country before entry into the territory of the Community by a cross of liquefied charcoal or activated carbon, on each outer side of each frozen block, in such a way that the marking covers at least 70 % of the diagonal length of the side of the frozen block and is at least 10 cm in width;

(b)

in the case of material which is not frozen, be marked in the third country before entry into the territory of the Community by spraying it with liquefied charcoal or by applying charcoal powder in such a way that the charcoal is clearly visible on the material;

(c)

be transported directly to:

(i)

the petfood plant of destination in accordance with point 7(a) above;

or

(ii)

an intermediate plant in accordance with point 7(b) above and from there directly to the petfood plant referred to under (i), provided that the intermediate plant:

• only handles material covered by this point 8.1, or

• only handles material destined for a petfood plant as referred to under (i);

and

(d)

be manipulated to remove the marking provided for in (a) and (b) only in the petfood plant of destination and only immediately prior to use of the material for the manufacture of petfood;

8.2..

where a consignment is made up of raw material, which has been treated as referred to in 8.1 above and other non-treated raw material, all the raw materials in the consignment must be marked as laid down in point 8.1(a) and (b) above.

8.3..

the marking provided for in point 8.1(a) and (b) and 8.2 shall remain visible from the dispatch and until the delivery to the petfood plant of destination.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 668/2004 of 10 March 2004 amending certain Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the importation from third countries of animal by-products (Text with EEA relevance).