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Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/887 of 22 March 2024 amending Annexes IV, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal feeding, placing on the market and importation into the Union
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/887 of 22 March 2024 amending Annexes IV, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal feeding, placing on the market and importation into the Union
Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/887 of 22 March 2024 amending Annexes IV, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal feeding, placing on the market and importation into the Union
C/2024/1813
OJ L, 2024/887, 25.3.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/887/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2024/887
of 22 March 2024
amending Annexes IV, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal feeding, placing on the market and importation into the Union
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 23a, the introductory phrase and point (m), thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in animals. It applies to the production and placing on the market of live animals and products of animal origin and in certain specific cases to exports thereof. |
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Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down prohibitions concerning animal feeding, for which specific rules are set out in Annex IV to that Regulation. Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1372 (2) amended Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 in order to authorise the use of processed animal protein derived from insects, poultry and porcine animals, and compound feed containing such processed animal protein for feeding porcine animals and poultry. However, it appears that (d), (e) and (f) were added by mistake in Annex IV, Chapter III, Section B, point 1, to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. Point 1 should have remained dedicated to the conditions for the production of compound feed which contain feed materials that are allowed for the feeding of any non-ruminant farmed animal, considering that the specific conditions in the case of use of other feed materials are set out in the appropriate Sections of Chapter IV of that Annex. It also unintentionally resulted in the duplication of some listing obligations by the Member States set out in Chapter V. Various appropriate corrections of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 should therefore be made in Section B of Chapter III, Section H of Chapter IV, and Section A of Chapter V of that Annex. Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 should therefore be corrected accordingly. |
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In addition, Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1605 (4), introduced specific requirements for official controls in fertiliser processing plants for the purpose of the determination of the end points for certain fertilisers and soil improvers, after which these products can be put on the market without further animal health controls. This should be reflected in the conditions relating to the export of organic fertilisers and soil improvers containing ruminant processed animal protein, set out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. Chapter V, Section E, of that Annex should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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Furthermore, Annexes VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 set out detailed requirements relating to the placing on the market and importation into the Union of, inter alia, ovine and caprine animals and products derived from these species. |
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Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 630/2013 (5), lays down transitional conditions in Annex VIII, Chapter A, Section A, points 1.2 and 1.3, to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, that were designed to ensure a smooth transition for a period of seven years, from 1 January 2014 until 1 January 2021. It is now appropriate to delete those transitional conditions. |
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In addition, Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 refers to Council Directive 92/65/EEC (6) in Chapter A, Section A, points 1.2, 1.3 and 4.1., of that Regulation. As Directive 92/65/EEC has now been repealed by Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), as of 21 April 2021, those references should be updated. |
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Annexes I, VII and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 were amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/772 (8) to take account of the recommendations of the Scientific Opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of 5 July 2017 on Genetic resistance to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in goats (9), in order to recognise that goats can also be genetically resistant to classical scrapie strains known to occur naturally in the Union’s goat population, when they have the K222, D146 or S146 alleles. However, the amendments made to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 by Regulation (EU) 2020/772 did not fully align the conditions applicable to genetically resistant goats with the ones applicable to genetically resistant sheep, particularly as regards the provisions for a holding to be recognised as having a negligible risk or a controlled risk of classical scrapie and the requirements for intra-Union trade of caprine semen and embryos set out in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, and the requirements for importation into the Union of milk and milk products of caprine animals, caprine animals intended for breeding, as well as of caprine semen and embryos set out in Annex IX to that Regulation. It appears appropriate to finalise this alignment to promote the best possible use of genetically resistant animals and their germinal products to control classical scrapie. |
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Annexes IV, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 should therefore be amended and corrected accordingly. |
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The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Annexes IV, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 are amended in accordance with Part A of the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
Corrections to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is corrected in accordance with Part B of the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 March 2024.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1372 of 17 August 2021amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the prohibition to feed non-ruminant farmed animals, other than fur animals, with protein derived from animals (OJ L 295, 18.8.2021, p. 1.).
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1).
(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1605 of 22 May 2023 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of end points in the manufacturing chain of certain organic fertilisers and soil improvers (OJ L 198, 8.8.2023, p. 1).
(5) Commission Regulation (EU) No 630/2013 of 28 June 2013 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 179, 29.6.2013, p. 60).
(6) Council Directive 92/65/EEC of 13 July 1992 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54).
(7) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1).
(8) Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/772 of 11 June 2020 amending Annexes I, VII and VIII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eradication measures for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in goats and endangered breeds (OJ L 184, 12.6.2020, p. 43).
(9) EFSA Journal 2017;15(8):4962.
ANNEX
PART A
AMENDMENTS TO REGULATION (EC) NO 999/2001
Annexes IV, VIII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 are amended as follows:
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in Annex IV, in Chapter V, Section E is amended as follows:
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(2) |
in Annex VIII, in Chapter A, Section A is amended as follows:
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(3) |
Annex IX is amended as follows:
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PART B
CORRECTIONS TO REGULATION (EC) NO 999/2001
Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 is corrected as follows:
(1) |
in Chapter III, Section B is amended as follows:
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(2) |
in Chapter IV, in Section H, the last indent of point (d) is replaced by the following:
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(3) |
in Chapter V, in Section A, in point 1, (i) is replaced by the following:
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(*1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1605 of 22 May 2023 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of end points in the manufacturing chain of certain organic fertilisers and soil improvers (OJ L 198, 8.8.2023, p. 1).’;
(*2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/686 of 17 December 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the approval of germinal product establishments and the traceability and animal health requirements for movements within the Union of germinal products of certain kept terrestrial animals (OJ L 174 3.6.2020, p. 1).’;
(*3) Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (Animal Health Law) (OJ L 84 31.3.2016, p. 1).’;’
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