Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/468/EC of 29 April 2004 laying down transitional measures to be applied by Estonia and Hungary as regards the material collected when treating waste water pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 160, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Hungary, agro-industry, meat processing industry, transitional period (EU), waste, waste management, wastewater, water treatment

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Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2004/468/EC of 29 April 2004 laying down transitional measures to be
applied by Estonia and Hungary as regards the material collected when treating waste water pursuant to Regu-
lation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(Official Journal of the European Union L 160 of 30 April 2004)

Decision 2004/468/EC should read as follows:

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 April 2004

laying down transitional measures to be applied by Estonia and Hungary as regards the material
collected when treating waste water pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European
Parliament and of the Council

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/468/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Estonia and Hungary for the period of the transitional
measures.

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
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 42 thereof,

(5)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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) sets out certain
requirements concerning the treatment of waste water
from establishments handling category 1 and category 2
material.

It is appropriate to adopt transitional measures to facili-
tate the transition from the existing regime in certain
new Member States which does not
the
of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002
requirements
concerning the treatment of waste water.

fully meet

Accordingly, as a temporary measure a derogation
should be granted to Estonia until 31 August 2004 and
to Hungary until 1 May 2005 to enable them to
authorise operators to continue to apply national rules
for the collection of category 1 and category 2 material
when treating waste water.

(4)

In order to prevent a risk to animal and public health
appropriate control systems should be maintained in

(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).

Article 1

1.
By way of derogation from Chapter IX of Annex II to
Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, Estonia may continue to grant
individual approvals until 31 August 2004 at the latest and
Hungary until 1 May 2005 at the latest to operators of proces-
sing plants, premises and slaughterhouses referred to in Article
4(1)(d) and Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, in
conformity with national rules, to apply such rules for the
collection of waste water, provided that:

(a) all animal material retained in current systems from those
are
processing plants, premises
collected, transported and disposed of as category 1 or cate-
gory 2 material as appropriate, in accordance with Regu-
lation (EC) No 1774/2002;

and slaughterhouses

(b) the national rules are only applied in premises and facilities

that applied those rules on 1 May 2004.

The

authority

competent

the necessary
2.
measures to control compliance by authorised operators of
premises and facilities with the conditions set out in paragraph
1.

shall

take

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Article 2

Article 3

Individual approvals granted by the competent authority
1.
for the material collected when treating waste water shall be
immediately and permanently withdrawn in respect of any
operator, premises or facilities if the conditions set out in this
Decision are no longer fulfilled.

2.
The competent authority shall withdraw any approvals
granted pursuant to Article 1(1) by 31 August 2004 at the
latest in Estonia and by 1 May 2005 at the latest in Hungary.

The competent authority shall not grant a final approval
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 unless on the basis
of its inspections it is satisfied that the premises and facilities
referred to in Article 1 meet the requirements of that Regu-
lation.

3.
Any material that does not comply with the requirements
of this Decision shall be disposed of in accordance with the
instructions of the competent authority.

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

Article 4

This Decision shall apply subject to and as from the date of the
entry into force of
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta,
Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

the Treaty of Accession of

It shall apply until 1 May 2005.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission