Animal By-Products (Identification) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendments to the Animal By-Products (Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation) –

(a)for the definition of “the 2002 Order” there shall be substituted the following definition –

““the 2003 Regulations” means the Animal By-Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1);”;

(b)for the definition of “approved premises” there shall be substituted the following definitions –

““approved incineration plant” means a plant which is approved as an incineration plant under regulation 14 of the 2003 Regulations;

“approved rendering plant” means a plant which is approved as a category 2 processing plant or category 2 oleochemical plant under regulation 14 of the 2003 Regulations;”; and

(c)immediately after the definition of “cold store” there shall be inserted the following definition –

““the Community Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3rd October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption(2) as amended by and as read with –

(a)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 808/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption(3);

(b)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 811/2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the intra-species recycling ban for fish, the burial and burning of animal by-products and certain transitional measures(4);

(c)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 813/2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the collection, transport and disposal of former foodstuffs(5);

(d)

Commission Decision 2003/320/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use in feed of used cooking oil(6);

(e)

Commission Decision 2003/321/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the processing standards for mammalian blood(7);

(f)

Commission Decision 2003/326/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the separation of Category 2 and Category 3 oleochemical plants(8);

(g)

Commission Decision 2003/327/EC on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the low capacity incineration or co-incineration plants which do not incinerate or co-incinerate specified risk material or carcasses containing them(9);”.

(2)

O.J. No. L273, 10.10.2002, p. 1

(3)

O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 1

(4)

O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 14

(5)

O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 22

(6)

O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 24

(7)

O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 30

(8)

O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 42

(9)

O.J. No. L117, 13.5.2003, p. 44