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Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
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1. The feeding to ruminants of protein derived from animals shall be prohibited.
2. The prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 shall be extended to animals other than ruminants and restricted, as regards the feeding of those animals with products of animal origin, in accordance with Annex IV.
[F23.The appropriate authority may, on the basis of a scientific assessment of the dietary needs of young ruminants decide to use any power that the appropriate authority has to allow the feeding to them of proteins derived from fish.
4.No imports or exports are permitted of—
(a)feed intended for farmed animals which contains protein derived from mammals from countries, or regions thereof, with an undetermined BSE risk; or
(b)feed, other than feed for dogs, cats and fur animals, which contains processed protein derived from mammals intended for mammals from countries or regions thereof with an undetermined BSE risk;
except in accordance with a tolerance level prescribed by regulations under paragraph 5 or an individual exemption in regulations under Article 23a.]]
[F35.On the basis of a favourable risk assessment the appropriate authority may by regulations prescribe a tolerance level for insignificant amounts of animal proteins in feedingstuffs caused through adventitious and technically unavoidable contamination.]
[F46.The appropriate authority may by regulations make rules on the prevention of cross-contamination and on the methods of sampling and analysis required to check compliance with this Article.]
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1923/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Text with EEA relevance).
F2Art. 7(3)(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 4(7)(a) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 7(5) substituted for Art. 7(4a) (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 4(7)(b) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Art. 7(6) substituted for Art. 7(5) (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 4(7)(c) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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