Commission Regulation (EC) No 209/2006 of  7 February 2006  amending Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003 as regards the extension of the validity of the transitional measures for composting and biogas plants under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-02-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal product, biogas, health control, health legislation, organic fertiliser, standard, waste recycling

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 209/2006

of 7 February 2006

amending Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003 as regards the extension of the
validity of the transitional measures for composting and biogas plants under Regulation (EC)
No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

The parameters to be imposed following the opinion
of
the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of
7 September 2005 differ from the processing standards
which Member States may authorise until 31 December
2005 pursuant to Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and
(EC) No 810/2003. Also, it will take some time for the
Member States
the new validation
procedure provided for in Commission Regulation (EC)
No 208/2006 of 7 February 2006 amending Annexes VI
the
and VIII
European Parliament and of
the Council as regards
processing standards for biogas and composting plants
and requirements for manure (4).

to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of

to implement

The transitional measures provided for in Regulations
(EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003 should
therefore be extended for a further period of time to
enable the Member States to authorise operators to
continue to apply national
the processing
standards for Category 3 materials and manure used in
composting and biogas plants.

rules for

Regulations (EC) No 809/2003 and (EC) No 810/2003
should therefore be amended accordingly.

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

opinion

the

the

of

(5)

(6)

(7)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

the
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of
European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002
laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not
intended for human consumption (1), and in particular Article
32(1) thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 lays down health rules
concerning animal by-products not intended for human
consumption. In view of the strict nature of those rules,
transitional measures have been granted.

as

regards

the processing

the European Parliament and of
standards

Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2003 of 12 May
2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No
the
1774/2002 of
Council
for
Category 3 material and manure used in composting
plants (2) provides for certain transitional measures in
order to give industry time to adjust and develop alter-
native processing standards for Category 3 material and
manure used in composting plants until 31 December
2005.

(1)

(2)

(3)

the European Parliament and of

Commission Regulation (EC) No 810/2003 of 12 May
2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No
1774/2002 of
the
Council as regards processing standards for Category 3
material and manure used in biogas plants (3) provides
for certain transitional measures in order to give industry
and develop alternative processing
time
standards for Category 3 material and manure used in
biogas plants until 31 December 2005.

to adjust

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1(1), Article 3(2) and Article 4, of Regulation (EC) No
‘31 December 2005’ is replaced by ‘31 December
809/2003,
2006’.

(1) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2005 (OJ L 66, 12.3.2005,
p. 10).

(2) OJ L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 10. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 12/2005 (OJ L 5, 7.1.2005, p. 3).

(3) OJ L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 12. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 12/2005.

In Article 1(1), Article 3(2) and Article 4, of Regulation (EC) No
‘31 December 2005’ is replaced by ‘31 December
810/2003,
2006’.

(4) See page 25 of this Official Journal.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 7 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission