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ANNEXU.K.

In Annex IX, Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, Chapter C is amended as follows:

(a)

Section A is replaced by the following:

‘SECTION AU.K.Products

The following products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) shall be subject to the conditions laid down in Sections B, C and D depending on the BSE risk category of the country of origin:

  • fresh meat,

  • minced meat and meat preparations,

  • meat products,

  • treated intestines,

  • rendered animal fats,

  • greaves, and

  • gelatine.’

(b)

In Section C, the following point 5 is added:

‘5.In the case of intestines originally sourced from a country or a region with a negligible BSE risk, imports of treated intestines shall be subject to the presentation of an animal health certificate attesting that:

(a)

the country or region is classified in accordance with Article 5(2) as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk;

(b)

the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in the country or region with a negligible BSE risk and passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections;

(c)

if the intestines are sourced from a country or region where there have been BSE indigenous cases:

(i)

the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants had been enforced; or

(ii)

the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in Annex V.’

(c)

In Section D, the following point 5 is added:

‘5.In the case of intestines originally sourced from a country or a region with a negligible BSE risk, imports of treated intestines shall be subject to the presentation of an animal health certificate attesting that:

(a)

the country or region is classified in accordance with Article 5(2) as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk;

(b)

the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in the country or region with a negligible BSE risk and passed ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections;

(c)

if the intestines are sourced from a country or region where there have been BSE indigenous cases:

(i)

the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants had been enforced; or

(ii)

the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in Annex V.’