2006/129/EC: Commission Decision of  7 February 2006  amending Decision 2003/329/EC as regards the extension of the transitional measures on the heat treatment process for manure  (notified under document number C(2006) 263)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-02-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural waste, health control, health legislation, organic fertiliser, waste recycling

22.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 51/27

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 February 2006

amending Decision 2003/329/EC as regards the extension of the transitional measures on the heat
treatment process for manure

(notified under document number C(2006) 263)

(Only the French, Dutch, Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/129/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of
the
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,

(5)

Whereas:

in Decision
The transitional measures provided for
2003/329/EC should therefore be extended for the last
time for a further period of time to enable the Member
to continue to apply
States
national
for
treatment process
manure until the amended requirements of Annex VIII
to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 apply.

to authorise operators
the heat
for

rules

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2003/329/EC is amended as follows:

Commission Decision 2003/329/EC of 12 May 2003 on
(EC) No
transitional measures
the
1774/2002 of
Council as
for
manure (2), allows
the industry time to adjust and
develop alternative heat treatment process for manure
until 31 December 2005.

under Regulation
the European Parliament and of
treatment process

the heat

regards

An EFSA opinion on the biological
safety of heat
treatment of manure was adopted on 7 September
2005. On the basis of this opinion, the Commission is
currently proposing amendments to the relevant chapter
to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.
in Annex VIII
these new measures,
Pending
Member States and operators have asked the Commission
the transitional measures
to extend the validity of
provided for
to
avoid disruption of trade.

in Decision 2003/329/EC in order

application of

the

In Article 1, Article 3(2) and Article 5, the date ‘31 December
2005’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2006’.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the
French Republic,
the Netherlands and the
Republic of Finland.

the Kingdom of

Done at Brussels, 7 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(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. 51. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/14/EC (OJ L 7, 11.1.2005, p. 5).