TITLE IIOBLIGATIONS OF OPERATORS

CHAPTER IGeneral obligations

Section 2Registration and approval

Article 24Approval of establishments or plants

1

Operators shall ensure that establishments or plants under their control are approved by the competent authority, where such establishments or plants carry out one or more of the following activities:

a

processing of animal by-products by pressure sterilisation, by processing methods referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 15(1) or by alternative methods authorised in accordance with Article 20;

b

disposal, as waste, by incineration of animal by-products and derived products, excluding establishments or plants which have a permit to operate in accordance with Directive 2000/76/EC;

c

disposal or recovery of animal by-products and derived products, if they are waste, by co-incineration, excluding establishments or plants which have a permit to operate in accordance with Directive 2000/76/EC;

d

use of animal by-products and derived products as fuel for combustion;

e

manufacturing of pet food;

f

manufacturing of organic fertilisers and soil improvers;

g

transformation of animal by-products and/or derived products into biogas or compost;

h

handling of animal by-products after their collection, by way of operations such as sorting, cutting, chilling, freezing, salting, removal of hides and skins or of specified risk material;

i

storage of animal by-products;

j

storage of derived products intended to be:

  1. (i)

    disposed of by landfill or incineration or intended to be recovered or disposed of by co-incineration;

  2. (ii)

    used as fuel for combustion;

  3. (iii)

    used as feed, excluding establishments or plants approved or registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005;

  4. (iv)

    used as organic fertilisers and soil improvers, excluding storage at a place of direct application.

2

The approval referred to in paragraph 1 shall specify if the establishment or plant is approved for operations with animal by-products and/or derived products of:

a

a particular category referred to in Articles 8, 9 or 10; or

b

more than one category referred to in Articles 8, 9 or 10, indicating if such operations are carried out:

  1. (i)

    permanently under conditions of strict separation which prevent any risk to public and animal health; or

  2. (ii)

    temporarily under conditions which prevent contamination, in response to a shortage of capacity for such products arising due to:

    • a widespread outbreak of an epizootic disease, or

    • other extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances.