. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/67 
1 July 2004 
 (04-2824) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
European Commission, 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point, 
Fax:  0032 2 299 80 43, E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   animal by-products and 
rendered fats 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Regulation implementing Regulation (EC) No 1774 /2002 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards means of disposal or u ses of animal by-products and amending its 
Annex VI as regards biogas transformation and processing of rendered fats – available in 
English. 
6. Description of content:   Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 on animal-by-products, which was 
adopted on 3 October 2002, entered into force on 1 November 2002 and applies since 
1 May 2003.  It provides for means of disposal and of uses of animal by-products.  It also 
provides for the possibility to dispose of animal by-products by other means, or to use them 
in other ways after consultation with  the appropriate scientific committee. 
In the draft Regulation notified, five processe s are proposed to be approved as alternative 
means for the disposal and/or uses of animal by -products in line with scientific opinions, in 
addition to those processing methods already provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. 
These processes are the following: alkaline hydrolysis process, high pressure high 
temperature hydrolysis process, high pressure hydrolysis biogas process, biodiesel production process and Brookes gasification process. 
The definitions of those processes and the conditio ns for their use are also laid down in the 
draft Regulation. G/TBT/N/EEC/67 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The objective of the draft Regulation is to approve five methods as other means for the 
disposal and/or uses of  animal by-products. 
8. Relevant documents:   Regulation (EC) N° 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards means of disposal or u ses of animal by-products and not intended for 
human consumption. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Mid-September 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:        
European Commission, 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point, 
Fax:  0032 2 299 80 43, E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int