TITLE IIOBLIGATIONS OF OPERATORS

CHAPTER IIIImport, transit and export

Article 43Export

1

The export of animal by-products and derived products destined for incineration or landfill shall be prohibited.

2

The export of animal by-products and derived products to third countries which are not members of the OECD for use in a biogas or composting plant shall be prohibited.

3

Category 1 material, Category 2 material and products derived therefrom shall only be exported for purposes other than those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 provided that rules for their export have been laid down.

Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 52(4).

4

Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 concerning food and feed exported from the Community shall apply mutatis mutandis to the export of Category 3 material or products derived therefrom in compliance with this Regulation.

5

By way of derogation from paragraphs 3 and 4, the export of:

a

specified risk material shall take place only in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

b

animal by-products or derived products mixed or contaminated with any waste listed as hazardous in Decision 2000/532/EC shall take place only subject to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.