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Annex II, Part 2 is amended as follows: (a) The model veterinary certificate BOV is amended as follows: (i) In Part II.1, Public Health Attestation, point II.1.9 is replaced by the following: ‘(1) either [II.1.9. with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): (a) the country or region of dispatch is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk; (1) either [(b) the animals, from which the meat or minced meat was derived: (i) were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk; (ii) were 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;] (1) or [(b) the animals, from which the meat or minced meat was derived, were not 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;] (1) either [(c) the meat or minced meat does not contain and is not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 (*);] (1) or [(c) (i) the meat or minced meat is derived from animals which originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled or an undetermined BSE risk; (ii) the carcasses, half carcasses or half carcasses cut into no more than three wholesale cuts, and quarters contain no specified risk material other than the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia; (iii) the carcasses or wholesale cuts of carcasses of animals aged over 30 months and containing vertebral column are identified by a clearly visible red stripe on the label referred to in Article 13 or 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 (3);] (1) either [(d) the meat or minced meat is derived from mechanically separated meat, obtained from bones of bovine animals which were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk and in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;] (1) or [(d) the meat or minced meat is not derived from mechanically separated meat, obtained from bones of bovine animals;] (1) [(e) (i) the animals, from which the meat or minced meat is derived, originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk; (ii) the animals, from which the meat or minced meat is derived, have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (iii) the meat or minced meat was produced and handled in a manner which ensures that it did not contain and was not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process.]] (1) or [II.1.9. with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): (a) the country or region of dispatch is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk; (b) the animals from which the bovine meat or minced meat is derived were not been killed after stunning by laceration of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity, or by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity; (1) either [(c) the meat or minced meat does not contain and is not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, or mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine animals.] (1) or [(c) the carcasses, half carcasses or half carcasses cut into no more than three wholesale cuts, and quarters contain no specified risk material other than the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia. The carcasses or wholesale cuts of carcasses of animals aged over 30 months and containing vertebral column are identified by a clearly visible red stripe on the label referred to in Article 13 or 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 (3).]] (1) or [II.1.9. with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): (a) the country or region of dispatch has not been classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC or is classified as a country or region with an undetermined BSE risk; (b) the animals from which the meat or minced meat is derived were not fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (c) the animals from which the meat or minced meat is derived were not killed, after stunning, by laceration of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity, or by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity; (1) either [(d) the meat or minced meat does not contain and is not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process; (iii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of bovine animals.] (1) or [(d) the carcasses, half carcasses or half carcasses cut into no more than three wholesale cuts, and quarters contain no specified risk material other than the vertebral column, including dorsal root ganglia. The carcasses or wholesale cuts of carcasses of animals aged over 30 months and containing vertebral column are identified by a clearly visible red stripe on the label referred to in Article 13 or 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 (3).]]’ (ii) In Part II of the Notes, footnote (3) is replaced by the following: ‘(3) The number of bovine carcasses or wholesale cuts of carcasses, from which removal of the vertebral column is required shall be added to the Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 136/2004.’ (iii) In Part II of the Notes, the following footnote (*) is added: ‘(*) The removal of specified risk material is not required if the meat or minced meat derives from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a third country or region of a third country classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as posing a negligible BSE risk.’ (b) The model veterinary certificate OVI is amended as follows: (i) In Part II.1, Public Health Attestation, point II.1.9 is replaced by the following: ‘(1) either [II.1.9. with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): (a) the country or region of dispatch is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk; (1) either [(b) the animals, from which the meat or minced meat is derived, were not 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;] (1) or [(b) the animals, from which the meat or minced meat is derived: (i) were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk; (ii) were 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;] (c) the meat or minced meat does not contain and is not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 (*); (1) either [(d) the meat or minced meat is not derived from mechanically separated meat, obtained from bones of ovine or caprine animals;] (1) or [(d) the meat or minced meat is derived from mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of ovine or caprine animals which were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a negligible BSE risk and in which there have been no BSE indigenous cases;] (1) [(e) (i) the animals, from which the meat or minced meat is derived, originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk; (ii) the animals, from which the meat or minced meat is derived, have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (iii) the meat or minced meat was produced and handled in a manner which ensures that it did not contain and was not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process.]] (1) or [II.1.9. with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): (a) the country or region is classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk; (b) the animals from which the meat or minced meat is derived were not killed after stunning by laceration of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity, or by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity; (c) the meat or minced meat does not contain and is not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, or mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of ovine or caprine animals.] (1) or [II.1.9. with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE): (a) the country or region has not been classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC or is classified as a country or region with an undetermined BSE risk; (b) the animals from which the meat or minced meat is derived were not fed meat-and-bone meal or greaves derived from ruminants, as defined in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organisation for Animal Health; (c) the animals from which the meat or minced meat is derived were not killed after stunning by laceration of central nervous tissue by means of an elongated rod-shaped instrument introduced into the cranial cavity, or by means of gas injected into the cranial cavity; (d) the meat or minced meat does not contain and is not derived from: (i) specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001; (ii) nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process; (iii) mechanically separated meat obtained from bones of ovine or caprine animals.]’ (ii) In Part II of the Notes, the following footnote (*) is added: ‘(*) The removal of specified risk material is not required if the meat or minced meat derives from animals born, continuously reared and slaughtered in a third country or region of a third country classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as posing a negligible BSE risk.’