Commission Regulation (EC) No 1757/2005 of 27 October 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 on special market support measures in the beef sector
Date: 2005-10-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural waste, beef, carcase, market support, peripheral region, waste disposal

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1757/2005

of 27 October 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 on special market support measures in the beef sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef
(1), and in particular Article 38(2) thereof,
and veal

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 (2) provides
for a purchase scheme of carcases from certain categories
of animals over 30 months of age. After taking over the
carcases, the Member State concerned can, amongst other
things, eliminate the products.
In case of elimination,
the
Article 7 of
competent authority has to take all necessary measures
to ensure that all
the meat concerned is processed
through rendering and that the products subsequently
obtained cannot be used for food or feed purposes.
Since March 2002 no further purchases were made
under this special market support measure.

that Regulation stipulates

that

it

Experience shows that for purchases under this scheme,
in ultra-peripheral regions with difficult accessibility and
with a complete lack of rendering facilities within a
reasonable distance,
is impossible to eliminate the
carcases in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation
(EC) No 690/2001. Carcases purchased under Regulation
(EC) No 690/2001 in ultra-peripheral
regions were
buried in 2001 and 2002. The burial happened in
accordance with the relevant veterinary and environ-
in accordance with the
mental
objective of elimination as set out in Article 7 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 690/2001.

standards and was

ultra-peripheral
regions compliant with the relevant
veterinary and environmental standards. To this effect
the amendment of the Regulation has to apply retroac-
tively as of 1 July 2001.

Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Beef and Veal,

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001, the following
paragraphs are added:

the competent authority may decide that

‘However,
the
carcases or half-carcases shall be disposed of by burning or
by burial provided that the following conditions are met:

(a)

the animals concerned have been slaughtered in the
framework of this Regulation in establishments located
in an ultra-peripheral region that is difficult to access;

(b) the

required infrastructure

through
rendering the carcases or half-carcases as referred to in
the first paragraph is not available in that region.

for processing

(3)

In view of the special conditions obtaining in the ultra-
peripheral areas, Regulation (EC) No 690/2001 should be
amended to allow for other forms of elimination of the
carcases purchased under the scheme than processing
through rendering.

(4)

It is furthermore appropriate, for the exceptional reasons
set out above, to sanction the past instances of burial in

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 95, 5.4.2001, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2595/2001 (OJ L 345, 29.12.2001, p. 33).

Burial as referred to in the second paragraph must be deep
enough to prevent carnivorous animals from digging up the
carcases or half-carcases and shall be in suitable ground so as
to prevent contamination of water tables or any environ-
mental nuisance. Before burial, the carcases or half-carcases
shall be sprinkled as necessary with a suitable disinfectant
authorised by the competent authority.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 July 2001.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 October 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission