Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011Show full title

CHAPTER III DEROGATIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REGULATION (EC) No 1069/2009

Article 11 Special rules on research and diagnostic samples

1. The competent authority may authorise the transport, use and disposal of research and diagnostic samples under conditions which ensure the control of the risks to public and animal health.

The competent authority shall in particular ensure that operators comply with the requirements of Chapter I of Annex VI.

2. Operators shall comply with the special rules on research and diagnostic samples set out in Chapter I of Annex VI.

3. Operators may dispatch research and diagnostic samples which consist of the following animal by-products and derived products to another Member State without informing the competent authority of the Member State of origin in accordance with Article 48(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and without the competent authority of the Member State of destination being informed by means of the TRACES system and agreeing to accept the consignment in accordance with Article 48(1) and (3) of that Regulation:

(a) Category 1 and 2 materials and meat-and-bone meal or animal fat derived from Category 1 and 2 materials;

(b) processed animal protein.

Article 12 Special rules on trade samples and display items

1. The competent authority may authorise the transport, use and disposal of trade samples and display items under conditions which ensure the control of the risks to public and animal health.

The competent authority shall in particular ensure that operators comply with the requirements of points 2, 3 and 4 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex VI.

2. Operators shall comply with the special rules on trade samples and display items set out in Section 2 of Chapter I of Annex VI.

3. Operators may dispatch trade samples which consist of the following animal by-products and derived products to another Member State without informing the competent authority of the Member State of origin in accordance with Article 48(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and without the competent authority of the Member State of destination being informed by means of the TRACES system and agreeing to accept the consignment in accordance with Article 48(1) and (3) of that Regulation:

(a) Category 1 and 2 materials and meat-and-bone meal or animal fat derived from Category 1 and 2 materials;

(b) processed animal protein.

Article 13 Special feeding rules

1. Operators may feed Category 2 material to the following animals, provided that such material comes from animals which were not killed or did not die as a result of the presence or suspected presence of a disease communicable to humans or animals, subject to compliance with the general requirements laid down in Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex VI and any other conditions that may be laid down by the competent authority:

(a) zoo animals;

(b) fur animals;

(c) dogs from recognised kennels or packs of hounds;

(d) dogs and cats in shelters;

(e) maggots and worms for fishing bait.

2. Operators may feed Category 3 material to the following animals subject to compliance with the general requirements laid down in Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex VI and any other conditions that may be laid down by the competent authority:

(a) zoo animals;

(b) fur animals;

(c) dogs from recognised kennels or packs of hounds;

(d) dogs and cats in shelters;

(e) maggots and worms for fishing bait.

Article 14 Feeding of certain species in and outside feeding stations and in zoos

1. The competent authority may authorise the use of Category 1 material consisting of entire bodies or parts of dead animals containing specified risk material for the feeding:

(a) in feeding stations, to endangered or protected species of necrophagous birds and other species living in their natural habitat, for the promotion of biodiversity, subject to compliance with the conditions set out in Section 2 of Chapter II of Annex VI;

(b) outside feeding stations, if appropriate without prior collection of the dead animals, to wild animals referred to point 1(a) of Section 2 of Chapter II of Annex VI, subject to compliance with the conditions set out in Section 3 of that Chapter.

2. The competent authority may authorise the use of Category 1 material consisting of entire bodies or parts of dead animals containing specified risk materials and the use of material derived from zoo animals for the feeding of zoo animals subject to compliance with the conditions set out in Section 4 of Chapter II of Annex VI.

Article 15 Special rules on collection and disposal

If the competent authority authorises the disposal of animal by-products by way of the derogation provided for in Article 19(1)(a), (b), (c) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, the disposal shall comply with the following special rules set out in Chapter III of Annex VI:

(a)

the special disposal rules for animal by-products set out in Section 1;

(b)

the rules for the burning and burial of animal by-products in remote areas set out in Section 2;

(c)

the rules for the burning and burial of bees and apiculture by-products set out in Section 3.