Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/434/EC of 29 April 2004 adapting Decision 2003/324/EC as regards a derogation from the intra-species recycling ban for fur animals under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council by reason of the accession of Estonia (OJ L 154, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-05-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, accession to the European Union, agricultural waste, animal nutrition, animal protein, derogation from EU law, fur-bearing animal, health control, health legislation

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Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/434/EC of 29 April 2004 adapting Decision 2003/324/EC as
regards a derogation from the intra-species recycling ban for fur animals under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002
of the European Parliament and of the Council by reason of the accession of Estonia

(Official Journal of the European Union L 154 of 30 April 2004)

Decision 2004/434/EC should read as follows:

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 April 2004

adapting Decision 2003/324/EC as regards a derogation from the intra-species recycling ban for fur
animals under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council by
reason of the accession of Estonia

(notified under document number C(2004) 1632)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/434/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3)
thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

For certain acts which remain valid beyond 1 May 2004
and require adaptation by reason of accession, the neces-
sary adaptations were not provided for in the 2003 Act
of Accession, or were provided for but need further
adaptations. All these adaptations need to be adopted
before accession so as to be applicable as from acces-
sion.

Pursuant to Article 57(2) of the Act of Accession, such
adaptations are to be adopted by the Commission in all
cases where the Commission adopted the original act.

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying
down health rules concerning animal by-products not
intended for human consumption (1) provides for a
prohibition on the feeding of animals with processed
animal protein derived from animals of
the same
species. That Regulation also provides that derogations
may be granted in relation to fur animals.

(1) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 668/2004 (OJ L 112, 19.4.2004,
p. 1).

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 2003/324/EC (2) lists the Member
States authorised to make use of that derogation, the
species which may be fed with processed animal protein
derived from animals of the same species, and the rules
under which the feeding may take place.

Estonia has submitted a request for a derogation on the
fur animals and has
intra-species recycling ban for
submitted
safety
measures under which the feeding may take place.

information on the

satisfactory

(6)

Decision 2003/324/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2003/324/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 1, the introductory phrase is replaced by the
following:

‘Pursuant
to Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1774/2002, a derogation is granted to Estonia and Finland
with regard to the feeding of the following fur animals with
processed animal protein derived from the bodies or parts
of bodies of animals of the same species:’;

(2) OJ L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 37.

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2. Article 5 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

immediately take the necessary
Estonia and Finland shall
measures to comply with this Decision and publish those
measures. They shall immediately inform the Commission
thereof.’;

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

3. Article 7 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Estonia and
the Republic of Finland.’

Done at Brussels,29 April 2004.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply subject to and as from the date of the
the Czech
entry into force of

the Treaty of Accession of

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission