(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations implement in part Commission Decision 96/239/EC on emergency measures to protect against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, as amended by Commission Decision 96/362/EC.
They control the despatch to other member States of meat and other products from bovine animals slaughtered outside the United Kingdom (regulation 3).
They make provision for the Minister to charge fees (regulation 4) and contain provisions on enforcement, obstruction, offences and penalties (regulations 5 to 8).
They amend the Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/3292) and the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2428) so that those Regulations apply without prejudice to these Regulations (regulation 9).
A Compliance Cost Assessment has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Meat Hygiene Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Government Buildings, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7NF.