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Europaudvalget (2. samling)
(Alm. del - bilag 152)
landbrugsministerråd
(Offentligt)

Medlemmerne af Folketingets Europaudvalg

og deres stedfortrædere

Bilag

Journalnummer

Kontor

400.C.2-0

EU-sekr.

13. december 2001

KOMITÉSAG

Til underretning for Folketingets Europaudvalg vedlægges Fødevareministeriets notat om Kommissionens forordning om ændring af Bilag XI til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets Forordning (EF) Nr. 999/2001 for så vidt angår rygsøjle fra kvæg og med ændring af Kommissionens Forordning (EF) Nr. 1326/2001 for så vidt angår dyrefoder, dokument SANCO/4356/2001-rev.2.

Forslaget vil eventuelt blive sat til afstemning eller mest sandsynligt til indikativ afstemning på mødet i Den Stående Veterinærkomité den 18.-19. december 2001.

Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri

om forslag til Kommissionens forordning om ændring af Bilag XI til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets Forordning (EF) Nr. 999/2001 for så vidt angår rygsøjle fra kvæg og med ændring af Kommissionens Forordning (EF) Nr. 1326/2001 for så vidt angår dyrefoder.

Dokument SANCO/4356/2001-Rev 2

Forslaget vil eventuelt blive sat til afstemning eller mest sandsynligt til indikativ afstemning på mødet i Den Stående Veterinærkomité den 18.-19. december 2001.

Forslaget skal behandles i en procedure III i Den Stående Veterinærkomité. Hvis der er kvalificeret flertal, udsteder Kommissionen forordningen. Opnås der ikke kvalificeret flertal, forelægger Kommissionen sagen for Rådet og underretter samtidig Europa-Parlamentet. Rådet kan med kvalificeret flertal vedtage forslaget uændret eller udtale sig mod det. Hvis der er kvalificeret flertal imod forslaget, skal Kommissionen behandle sagen på ny. Handler Rådet ikke inden en frist på højst tre måneder, kan Kommissionen udstede forordningen.

Forslaget har som formål at tilpasse og ajourføre EU-medlemsstaternes beskyttelsesforanstaltninger over for BSE. Kommissionen har oplyst, at forslaget er baseret på resultaterne af det overvågningsprogram for BSE, der pågår i medlemsstaterne, hvor alle slagtedyr af kreaturer over 30 måneder siden januar 2001 er blevet undersøgt for BSE. Det er ved disse undersøgelser konstateret, at raske slagtedyr undersøgt ved denne overv&a ring;gning og fundet BSE-positive, alle har haft en alder over 42 måneder. Dette er baggrunden for, at Kommissionen fremsætter den del af forslaget, der går ud på at hæve aldersgrænsen på kreaturer for, hvornår rygsøjle skal betragtes som specificeret risikomateriale (SRM) og dermed fjernes fra føde- og foderkæden. For så vidt angår den foreslåede udvidelse af listen over SRM med rygmarvshinden og tarmkrøs, er dette baseret på udtalelser fra Den Videnskabelige Styringskomité.

Dele af forslaget må forventes at få positive, erhvervsøkonomiske konsekvenser, idet krav om fjernelse af rygsøjle vil skulle gælde for kreaturer over 30 måneder i stedet for som i dag for kreaturer over 12 måneder. Da der ikke foreligger videnskabelig dokumentation for en eventuel betydning af en ændring af aldersgrænsen for fjernelse af rygsøjlen, er det vanskeligt at vurdere, om beskyttelsesniveauet i Danmark kan blive ber& oslash;rt ved vedtagelse af forslaget.

Udvidelse af listen over SRM til at omfatte dura mater (rygmarvshinden) får i praksis ingen betydning, da det allerede i dag behandles som SRM. Hvad angår udvidelsen af listen over SRM med mesenterium (tarmkrøs), vil dette få negative erhvervsøkonomiske konsekvenser, da det så skal bortskaffes som SRM, hvilket er dyrere end bortskaffelse af almindeligt animalsk affald.

Regeringen agter at tilslutte sig forslaget, dog således at man lægger afgørende vægt på, at der bør foreligge videnskabelig dokumentation i form af udtalelse fra Den Videnskabelige Styringskomite (SSC), inden det besluttes, at listen over SRM ændres vedrørende ændring af aldersgrænse for fjernelse af rygsøjle. Regeringen er fortsat positiv overfor fælles foranstaltninger, som vil give større forbrugersikke rhed for så vidt angår BSE og vil arbejde for de ændringer, som er videnskabeligt begrundede.

Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri

1. afdeling, 2. kontor

J.nr.: 2000-4624-0004

Den 12. december 2001

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om forslag til Kommissionens Forordning om ændring af Bilag XI til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets Forordning (EF) Nr. 999/2001 for så vidt angår rygsøjle fra kvæg og med ændring af Kommissionens Forordning (EF) Nr. 1326/2001 for så vidt angår dyrefoder

Dokument SANCO/4356/2001 - Rev.2

Resumé

Forslaget har som formål at tilpasse og ajourføre EU-medlemsstaternes beskyttelsesforanstaltninger over for BSE. Kommissionen har oplyst, at forslaget er baseret på resultaterne af det overvågningsprogram for BSE, der pågår i medlemsstaterne, hvor alle slagtedyr af kreaturer over 30 måneder siden januar 2001 er blevet undersøgt for BSE. Det er ved disse undersøgelser konstateret, at raske slag tedyr undersøgt ved denne overvågning og fundet BSE-positive, alle har haft en alder over 42 måneder. Dette er baggrunden for, at Kommissionen fremsætter den del af forslaget, der går ud på at hæve aldersgrænsen på kreaturer for, hvornår rygsøjle skal betragtes som specificeret risikomateriale (SRM) og dermed fjernes fra føde- og foderkæden. For så vidt angår den foreslåede udvidelse af listen over SRM med ryg marvshinden og tarmkrøs er dette baseret på udtalelser fra Den Videnskabelige Styringskomité.

Da der ikke foreligger videnskabelig dokumentation for en eventuel betydning af en ændring af aldersgrænsen for fjernelse af rygsøjlen, er det vanskeligt at vurdere, om beskyttelsesniveauet i Danmark kan blive berørt ved vedtagelse af forslaget.

Baggrund

Kommissionen har den 20. november 2001 fremlagt udkast til forslag til Kommissionens Forordning om ændring af Bilag XI til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets Forordning (EF) nr. 999/2001 af 22. maj 2001 om fastsættelse af regler for forebyggelse af, kontrol med og udryddelse af visse transmissible spongiforme encephalopatier og om ændring af Kommissionens Forordning (EF) Nr. 1326/2001 af 29. juni 2001 om fastsættelse af overgangsforanstaltninger med henblik p& aring; overgang til Forordning nr. 999/2001 om fastsættelse af regler for forebyggelse m.v. af TSE. Forslaget vil eventuelt blive fremlagt til vedtagelse eller mest sandsynligt til indikativ afstemning på mødet i Den Stående Veterinærkomité den 18.-19. december 2001.

Forslaget til Kommissionens forordning er fremsat med hjemmel i Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets Forordning (EF) nr. 999/2001 af 22. maj 2001 særligt artikel 23.

Forordningsforslaget skal behandles i en procedure III i Den Stående Veterinærkomité. Hvis der er kvalificeret flertal, udsteder Kommissionen forordningen. Opnås der ikke kvalificeret flertal, forelægger Kommissionen sagen for Rådet og underretter samtidig Europa-Parlamentet. Rådet kan med kvalificeret flertal vedtage forslaget uændret eller udtale sig mod det. Hvis der er kvalificeret flertal imod forslaget, skal Kommissionen behandle sage n på ny. Handler Rådet ikke inden en frist på højst tre måneder, kan Kommissionen udstede forordningen.

Nærheds- og proportionalitetsprincippet

Der redegøres ikke nærmere for nærheds- og proportionalitetsprincippet, da der er tale om ændringer til allerede vedtagne retsakter.

Formål og indhold

Kommissionens forslag har som formål at tilpasse og ajourføre EU-medlemsstaternes beskyttelsesforanstaltninger over for BSE. Kommissionen har oplyst, at forslaget er baseret på resultaterne af det overvågningsprogram for BSE, der pågår i medlemsstaterne, hvor alle slagtedyr af kreaturer over 30 måneder siden januar 2001 er blevet undersøgt for BSE. Det er ved disse undersøgelser konstateret, at raske slagtedyr undersøgt v ed denne overvågning og fundet BSE-positive, alle har haft en alder over 42 måneder. Dette er baggrunden for, at Kommissionen fremsætter den del af forslaget, der går ud på at hæve aldersgrænsen på kreaturer for, hvornår rygsøjle skal betragtes som specificeret risikomateriale (SRM) og dermed fjernes fra føde- og foderkæden. For så vidt angår den foreslåede udvidelse af listen over SRM er dette baseret på udtal elser fra Den Videnskabelige Styringskomité.

Kommissionens forslag vil medføre ændringer i bilag XI, del A i Forordning 999/2001 for så vidt angår definitionen af specificeret risikomateriale (SRM).

De vigtigste ændringer i denne del af forslaget er:

at rygsøjlen med tilhørende dorsalsrodsganglier (nerveknuder fra rygmarven der ligger i rygsøjlen) fortsat betragtes som SRM, men kun fra kvæg over 30 måneder (i stedet for som nu fra kvæg over 12 måneder),

at dura mater (rygmarvshinden) fra kvæg over 12 måneder tilføjes listen over SRM,

at mesenterium (tarmkrøs) fra kvæg af alle aldre tilføjes listen over SRM,

at kassationsfarve skal være varmestabilt (patent blue, som anvendes i Danmark er ikke varmestabilt) eller at SRM skal genfarves efter varmebehandling, hvis farven er forsvundet,

at der indføres en undtagelse, så hele dyr må destrueres uden først at være farvede eller mærkede, og

at Finland, Sverige og Østrig på en række betingelser indrømmes undtagelser for forbud mod anvendelse af rygsøjlen, for så vidt angår kvæg født, opvokset og slagtet i disse lande. Undtagelsen er lavet på baggrund af, at BSE aldrig er konstateret i de tre lande. En af betingelserne er, at alle selvdøde dyr over 30 måneder skal undersøges for BSE. Det bemærkes, at der netop er konstateret BSE i Finland og Østrig, hvorfor denne del af forslaget forventes kun at komme til at omfatte Sverige.

Forslaget indeholder endvidere en ændring til listen over BSE-fri lande. El Salvador og Panama er vurderet til at være fri for BSE og foreslås tilføjet listen over de tredjelande der kan eksportere oksekød til EU uden fjernelse af SRM. I dag er 13 tredjelande (herunder Australien, New Zealand og Argentina) betragtet som BSE fri og er ikke pålagt restriktioner. Øvrige tredjelande, som EU-lande, skal klassificeres i henhold til TSE-f orordningen efter ansøgning til Kommissionen. Tredjelandene skal indtil klassificeringen fjerne særligt risikomateriale (SRM) for at kunne eksportere til EU.

Endelig indeholder forordningsforslaget en ændring til artikel 1 i Kommissionens Forordning 1326/2001, således at der ændres i visse overgangsforanstaltninger, hvor forordning 999/2001 må fraviges, for så vidt angår forbud vedrørende anvendelse af fodertyper. Dette betyder, at det nugældende forbud mod opfodring af forarbejdet animalsk protein til dyr som holdes, opfedes eller opdrættes med henblik på produktion af fødeva rer, ikke vil blive lempet i de enkelte medlemslande inden landets BSE-status er fastlagt og fællesskabsregler for fodring af dyr, udarbejdet med henblik på beskyttelse mod TSE, er effektivt iværksat i det pågældende land.

Udtalelser

Europa-Parlamentet skal ikke udtale sig om forslaget.

Gældende dansk ret

BSE-området er reguleret ved Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets Forordning (EF) nr. 999/2001 af 22. maj 2001 om fastsættelse af regler for forebyggelse af, kontrol med og udryddelse af visse transmissible spongiforme encephalopatier, som senere ændret ved Kommissionens Forordning (EF) Nr. 1326/2001 af 29. juni 2001 om fastsættelse af overgangsforanstaltninger med henblik på overgang til Forordning nr. 999/2001 om fastsættelse af regler for forebyggelse m.v. af TSE. Fo rordningerne er umiddelbart gældende i dansk ret.

Konsekvenser

Forslaget har ingen lovgivningsmæssige eller statsfinansielle konsekvenser.

Udvidelse af listen over SRM til at omfatte dura mater får i praksis ingen betydning, da det allerede i dag behandles som SRM. Hvad angår udvidelsen af listen over SRM med mesenterium (tarmkrøs), vil dette få negative erhvervsøkonomiske konsekvenser, da det så skal bortskaffes som SRM, hvilket er dyrere end bortskaffelse af almindeligt animalsk affald.

Høring

Udkastet til forordningen har været sendt i høring i §2-udvalget (landbrug), Det Rådgivende Fødevareudvalg og hos landsomfattende erhvervs- og forbrugerorganistioner efter Fødevarelovens §6.

Kødbranchens Fællesråd, Danske Slagterier, Landbrugsraadet, Landboforeningerne og Dansk Familielandbrug finder det positivt at hæve alderen fra 12 til 30 måneder for fjernelse af rygsøjlen på baggrund af resultaterne af de undersøgelser, der er foretaget i forbindelse med BSE-overvågningsprogrammet i medlemslandene. Derimod mangler forslaget retningslinier for, hvordan kravet om fjernelse af rygmarvshinden i praksis vil skull e gennemføres. Tarmkrøs fjernes allerede i dag, men at betragte det som risikomateriale vil være en yderligere omkostning for erhvervet. For så vidt angår ændring af kravet om farvning af SRM på destruktionsvirksomhederne vurderes det som en forbedring at forbehandlede produkter (kød- og benmel) nu ikke nødvendigvis skal kunne spores, men også kan genfarves eller opmærkes. Det påpeges dog, at der endnu ikke er udviklet effektive met oder til farvning og mærkning. Det foreslås, at der sker en opstramning omkring dokumentationen for kød, hvor rygsøjlen skal fjernes i detailled før salg til den endelige forbruger.

Forbrugerrådet kan ikke støtte forslaget, for så vidt angår at hæve alderen til 30 måneder for fjernelse af rygsøjlen, da der kan være risiko for, at der kan være smittemateriale i nervevævet hos endnu yngre dyr. Udvidelsen af listen over SRM med rygmarvshinden og tarmkrøs støttes.

FDB finder, at risikomateriale og herunder rygsøjlen kun bør kunne fjernes i autoriserede virksomheder med konstant dyrlæge overvågning.

Nærings- og Nydelsesmiddelarbejder Forbundet er imod at hæve alderen for fjernelse af rygsøjlen til 30 måneder, idet det giver et forkert signal til forbrugerne. Forbundet støtter de dele af forslaget, der betyder en udvidelse af listen over SRM.

Den Danske Dyrlægeforening har meddelt, at de ikke har bemærkninger til forslaget.

Tidligere forelæggelse for Folketingets Europaudvalg

Forslaget har ikke tidligere været forelagt Folketingets Europaudvalg.

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SANCO/4356/2001 Rev. 2

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 16.11.2001

Draft

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..

of […]
LATION (EC) No …/..
amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards bovine vertebral column and amending Regulation (EC) No 1326/2001 as regards animal feeding

Draft

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No …/..
of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards bovine vertebral column and amending Regulation (EC) No 1326/2001 as regards animal feeding
of […]
;/.. of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards bovine vertebral column and amending Regulation (EC) No 1326/2001 as regards animal feeding
amending Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards bovine vertebral column and amending Regulation (EC) No 1326/2001 as regards animal feeding

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) 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, and in particular Article 23 thereof,

Whereas:

During the transitional period, detailed rules for the removal and the destruction of specified risk materials are laid down in Annex XI, Chapter A to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. These rules also prohibits the use of bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals for the production of mechanically recovered meat, as well as the use of certain slaughter techniques on bovine, ovine and caprine animals whose meat is destined to human and animal consumption. It also imposes restr ictions on imports of specified risk materials and on certain products of animal origin containing or derived from these materials. Finally it proposes a review of its provisions, in particular with a view to adjust the age for the removal of bovine vertebral column in the light of the statistical probability of the occurrence of BSE in the relevant age groups of the Community's bovine population. This review should be based on the results of BSE monitoring.
In its opinion of 9 December 1997 on Specified Risk Material (SRM), the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) recommended that the vertebral column should be regarded as SRM because of the clause association and possible contamination with the spinal cord and the dorsal root ganglia.
In its opinion of 20 February 1998 on BSE risk, the SSC stated that the brain, the spinal cord, the dorsal root ganglia and the vertebral column represent respectively 62.3, 25.1, 3.8 and 2.0 % of the total infective load in a BSE infected animal. It recognised in that opinion that based on the quantitative data, the brain, spinal cord, dorsal root ganglia and trigeminal ganglia constitute the major hazards for direct human consumption.
After experimental oral exposure of cattle to the BSE agent, detection of infectivity in brain and spinal cord occurs approximately after 88-90% of the incubation period. The minimum incubation period in oral BSE exposure pathogenesis studies was 35 months, but this early age of onset occurred in animals receiving very high doses of untreated BSE infective material. The central nervous system was only proven to be infective 3 months before the onset of clinical disease. At 9 months pr ior to clinical onset no infectivity was observed. In general, the dorsal root ganglia and the spinal cord are considered to pose a higher risk as from the second half of the incubation period.
In its opinion of 12 January 2001 on the safety with regard to BSE of certain bovine tissues and certain animal-derived products, the SSC concludes that meat on the vertebrae of animals above 12 months of age should not be consumed whenever it cannot be demonstrated that the animal is unlikely to be incubating BSE. This probability of slaughtered cattle to be pre-clinically, sub-clinically and clinically infected depends on the probability of them having been exposed to the agent by w eighting the effectiveness of risk reduction measures. Finally it agrees that the results of monitoring with rapid post-mortem tests should add information in this respect.

In the monitoring carried out during the first 9 months of 2001, some 5.6 million rapid BSE tests were carried out on bovine animals in the Community. The testing was carried out on a random or systematic basis in all animals over 30 months, and in certain Member States, in all animals over 24 months.
From these 5.6 millions tests, 504 turned out positive. In addition, 724 BSE cases were detected in clinically suspect animals. Positive cases have been detected in all Member States except Austria, Finland, Sweden and Luxembourg. Around 500,000 of the rapid tests were carried out on dead-on-farm and emergency slaughtered animals, 326 of which were positive. On average, 1 in 1500 was positive in this group. More than 5 million tests were carried out in healthy slaughtered animals, 170 of which were positive. On average, 1 in 30,000 was positive in this population.

The youngest animal tested positive so far was 28 months old. These cases were found in emergency slaughtered animals. In the healthy slaughtered population, the youngest positive BSE cases have so far been detected at the age of 42 months.
A preliminary analysis per age classes of positive test cases in the overall sample shows the following distribution: 2 in the 24-36 months class, 6 in the 36-48 months class, 87 in the 48-60 months class and 1203 in the over 60 months class.
In the light of the age distribution of the cases detected up to end September 2001, evidence could be found to demonstrate that the BSE risk reduction measures taken since 1996 are having some effect. An increased age limit for the removal of the vertebral column in bovine animals could therefore be considered.
In order to avoid any disruption of the internal market carcasses or parts of carcasses of bovine animals that still contain vertebral column should be accepted for trade between Member States and when imported from third countries. To control the removal, specific control measures should be laid down and the removal should take place at the level of the cutting plant.
Member States should also have the possibility to allow removal of vertebral column in butcher shops specifically authorised and registered for this purpose. Such derogation should be limited to their territory under strict practical and control conditions.
In its opinion of 9 December 1997 on SRM, the SSC concluded the dura mater should be regarded as SRM because of iatrogenic cases of CJD in humans associated with this tissue and its close association with spinal cord. Following the increased age limit for the removal of vertebral column, dura mater should be removed as SRM from bovine animals over 12 months.
In its opinion of 29 June 2001 on adipose tissue associated with the digestive tract of cattle, sheep and goats, the SSC pointed out that potential infectivity could be found in the mesenteric nerves and the mesenteric lymph nodes situated near the arteria measenterica. It concluded that if slaughter practices cannot permit the removal of this specific area, the whole mesentery should therefore be regarded as SRM.
It is necessary to clarify the measures following the removal of specified risk material and in particular those relating to their staining.
The removal of specified risk material from products destined for food and feed is the single most important public health protection measure. Until classification decisions have been made for third countries, and as a precaution, it is appropriate to keep the minimal protection measures foreseen by Regulation (EC) 999/2001 for imports from all third countries which are not considered BSE free. Some third countries for which it was demonstrated by the SSC risk assessment that the risk of BSE being present in native cattle is highly unlikely, benefit from a derogation from the transitional measures. It is necessary to clarify the measures in which imports from these derogating countries are allowed, and in particular those relating to the additional attestation required in such case. In order to respect international obligations and to allow countries to adjust the certification procedures, a certain delay before the measures become applicable is necessary.
In its opinion of 29 June 2001 on the Geographic BSE Risk of certain third countries, the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) concluded that, in addition to previously evaluated countries, the occurrence of BSE in native cattle is highly unlikely in Panama and El Salvador. Panama and El Salvador should therefore be added to the list of third countries benefiting from a derogation for all imports of products of animal origin, live bovine animals, embryos and ova.
It is necessary to clarify the measures applying to animal feeding.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the […] Committee,

n to previously evaluated countries, the occurrence of BSE in native cattle is highly unlikely in Panama and El Salvador. Panama and El Salvador should therefore be added to the list of third countries benefiting from a derogation for all imports of products of animal origin, live bovine animals, embryos and ova.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) 999/2001 is amended as follows:

1. The text in Annex XI, Part A is replaced by the text in Annex to this Regulation.

2. The text in Annex XI, Part D, point 4 is replaced by the following:

"4. Points 2 and 3 shall not apply to imports from:

Argentina

Australia

Botswana

Brazil

Chile

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Namibia

New-Zealand

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Uruguay

Singapore

Swaziland"

Article 2

[In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) 1326/2001, the second paragraph is replaced by the following:

"2. Article 7 shall not apply to a Member State until the coming into force of the decision determining the BSE status of that Member State, and until the Community provisions on animal feeding relevant to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies are effectively enforced there. Annex XI part C shall apply to that Member State until Article 7 become applicable there."]

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from [31 March 2002] at the latest.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, […]

and directly applicable in all Member States.
For the Commission

[…]
mission
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

"ANNEX XI

A. Concerning specified risk material, mechanically recovered meat and slaughtering techniques

1. The specified risk material designated below shall be removed and destroyed in accordance with points 5 to 8 and, as appropriate, point 11.

a) The following tissues are designated as specified risk material:

i) the skull including the brain and eyes, the tonsils, the dura mater and spinal cord of bovine animals aged over 12 months, and the vertebral column excluding the vertebrae of the tail and the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae but including dorsal root ganglia of bovine animals aged over 30 months, and the intestines from the duodenum to the rectum and the mesentery of bovine animals of all ages;

ii) the skull including the brain and eyes, the tonsils and the spinal cord of ovine and caprine animals aged over 12 months or which have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum, and the spleen of ovine and caprine animals of all ages.

[Second paragraph deleted]

b) In addition to the specified risk material listed in (a), the following tissues must be designated as specified risk material in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in Portugal, with the exception of the Autonomous Region of the Azores:

the entire head excluding the tongue, including the brain, eyes, trigeminal ganglia and tonsils; the thymus, the spleen and the spinal cord of bovine animals aged over 6 months.

2. a) By way of derogation from point 1 (a) (i), Finland, Sweden and Austria may allow the use of vertebral column and dorsal root ganglia from bovine animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered on their territory, provided the conditions set out in (b) are fulfilled.

b) In addition to the requirements laid down in Annex III, Chapter A, Section I, the above Member States shall ensure that one of the approved rapid tests listed in Annex X, Chapter C, point 4 is applied to all bovine animals over 30 months of age which:

i) have died on the farm or in transport, but which have not been slaughtered for human consumption, with the exception of those dead animals in remote areas with a low animal density situated in Member States where the occurrence of BSE is unlikely;

ii) were subject to normal slaughter for human consumption.

3. Bones of bovine, ovine and caprine animals shall not be used for the production of mechanically recovered meat.

4. Laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity shall not be carried out on bovine, ovine or caprine animals whose meat is intended for human or animal consumption.

5. Specified risk material shall be removed at:

a) slaughterhouses;

b) cutting plants, high-risk processing plants or premises referred to in Articles 3 and 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC, under the supervision of a designated agent appointed by the competent authority. Those establishments shall be approved for that purpose by the competent authority.

[Second paragraph deleted = "points of sale to consumer"]

Where specified risk material is not removed from dead animals that have not been slaughtered for human consumption, the parts of the body containing specified risk material or the entire body must be treated as specified risk material.

6. By way of derogation from point 5, Member States may decide to allow removal of vertebral column from carcasses or parts of carcasses in butcher shops specifically authorised and registered for this purpose, provided that such carcasses or parts of carcasses come from an approved or registered slaughterhouse or cutting plant on their territory.

7. All specified risk material shall be stained with a dye and, as appropriate, marked immediately on removal, and completely destroyed:

a) by incineration without pre-processing; or,

b) after pre-processing, provided that the pre-processed material is stained or marked unless the dye or marking remains detectable:

i) in accordance with the systems described in Chapters I to IV, VI and VII of the Annex to Decision 92/562/EEC:

by incineration;
by co-incineration;

ii) in accordance at least with the standards set out in Annex I to Council Decision 1999/534/EC, by burial in an approved landfill site.

By way of derogation, entire bodies of dead animals may be destroyed without prior staining or marking.

8. Member States may derogate from the provisions of points 5 and 7 to allow the incineration or burial of specified risk material or entire bodies, without prior staining, or, as appropriate, without removal of the specified risk material, in the circumstances set out in Article 3(2) of Directive 90/667/EEC and by a method which precludes all risk of transmission of a TSE and is approved and verified by the competent authority, in particular where animals have died or have b een killed in the context of disease control measures.

9. Member States may despatch specified risk material or the material processed therefrom to other Member States for incineration under the conditions laid down in Article 4(2) of Commission Decision 97/735/EC, where applicable or, where appropriate, in accordance with point 7(b).

This point may be amended at the request of a Member State to allow the despatch of specified risk material or the material processed therefrom to third countries for incineration, conditions governing such export having been adopted.

10. a) The specified risk material referred to in point 1(a) shall not be imported into the Community after 31 March 2001.

b) The products of animal origin listed below shall be subject to the conditions laid down in (c) on import into the Community:

fresh meat: the meat defined by Directive 64/433/EEC,
minced meat and meat preparations: the minced meat and meat preparations defined by Directive 94/65/EC;
meat products: the meat products defined by Directive 77/99/EEC;
other products of animal origin: other products of animal origin as defined by Directive 77/99/EEC;
rendered fats as referred to by Directive 92/118/EEC;
gelatin as referred to by Directive 92/118/EEC;
petfood as referred to by Directive 92/118/EEC;
the processed animal protein referred to in Directive 92/118/EEC;
bones and bone products as referred to by Directive 92/118/EEC;
raw material for the manufacture of animal feedingstuffs as referred to by Directive 92/118/EEC;

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Any reference to "products of animal origin" designates products of animal origin listed in this point and does not concern other products of animal origin containing or derived from those products of animal origin.

c) When the above mentioned products of animal origin, containing material from bovine, ovine or caprine animals are imported into the Community from third countries or regions thereof, the health certificates shall be accompanied by a declaration signed by the competent authority of the country of production, worded as follows:

"(*)Either

This product does not contain and is not derived from specified risk material as defined in Annex XI, Section A to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 produced after 31 March 2001, or mechanically recovered meat obtained from bones of bovine, ovine or caprine animals produced after 31 March 2001. After 31 March 2001 the bovine, ovine and caprine animals, from which this product is derived, have not been slaughtered after stunning by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity or killed by the same method or slaughtered by laceration after stunning of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity.

Carcasses, half carcasses and quarter carcasses may contain vertebral column on import;

(*)Or

This product does not contain and is not derived from bovine, ovine and caprine materials other than those derived from animals born, reared and slaughtered in the following countries:

Argentina

Australia

Botswana

Brazil

Chile

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Namibia

New-Zealand

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Uruguay

Singapore

Swaziland

(*) Delete one of these as appropriate"

11. Member States shall carry out frequent official inspections to verify the correct application of this Part and shall ensure that measures are taken to avoid any contamination, particularly in slaughterhouses, cutting plants, animal waste processing plants, high-risk processing plants or premises approved by the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 90/667/EEC, butcher shops, landfill sites and other facilities for storage or incineration.

Member States shall in particular set up a system to ensure and check that:

a) specified risk material used in the production of products referred to in Article 1(2) are used solely for authorised purposes;

b) specified risk material, especially where the removal takes place at establishments or premises other than slaughterhouses, is completely separated from other waste not intended for incineration, is collected separately and is disposed of in accordance with point l and points 5 to 9. Member States may decide to allow dispatch of heads or carcasses containing specified risk material to another Member State after that other Member State has agreed to receive the material and has approved the specific conditions applicable to such transport.

However, carcasses, half carcasses and quarter carcasses containing no specified risk material other than vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia, may be imported into a Member State, or dispatched to another Member State without the latter's prior agreement.

12. In addition to point 11, Member States shall put in place a control system for the removal of vertebral column. The system shall include at least the following measures:

a) carcasses of bovine animals over 30 months shall be identified in the slaughterhouse by a red stripe on the label referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000;

b) a specific indication of the number of bovine carcasses or parts of carcasses, from which the vertebral column shall be removed, shall be added to the commercial document referred to in [Directive 64/433/EEC].

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