2009/247/EC: Commission Decision of 16 March 2009 amending Decision 2003/322/EC as regards the feeding of certain species of necrophagous birds in Bulgaria with certain category 1 material (notified under document number C(2009) 1670) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2009-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, animal nutrition, bird, carcase, disease prevention, food inspection, protected species

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Official Journal of the European Union

19.3.2009

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 March 2009

amending Decision 2003/322/EC as regards the feeding of certain species of necrophagous birds in
Bulgaria with certain category 1 material

(notified under document number C(2009) 1670)

(Only the Bulgarian, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/247/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 23(2)(d) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2003/322/EC of 12 May 2003
implementing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the
feeding of certain necrophagous birds with certain
category 1 materials (2)
lays down conditions for the
authorisation of the feeding of certain endangered or
protected species of necrophagous birds by certain
Member States.

That Decision lists the Member States authorised to make
use of that possibility, the species of necrophagous birds
which may be fed with the category 1 material, and the
implementing rules under which the feeding may take
place.

Bulgaria has submitted a request for the authorisation of
feeding certain species of necrophagous birds with
certain category 1 material and has submitted satisfactory
information concerning the occurrence of those species
on its territory and concerning the safety measures to be
applied when feeding category 1 animal by-products to
those birds.

(1) OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 117, 13.5.2003, p. 32.

(4)

(5)

Decision 2003/322/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Decision 2003/322/EC is amended as follows:

Article 1

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Implementing rules on the feeding of necrophagous
birds with category 1 material

to Article 23(2)(d) of Regulation (EC) No
Pursuant
Italy, Cyprus
1774/2002, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France,
and Portugal may authorise the use of entire bodies of
dead animals which may contain specified risk material as
referred to in Article 4(1)(b)(ii) of that Regulation for the
feeding of the endangered or protected species of necro­
phagous birds as set out in Part A of the Annex to this
Decision.’

2. Article 4 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 4

Compliance by the Member States concerned

The Member States concerned shall
immediately take the
necessary measures to comply with this Decision and shall
publish those measures. They shall immediately inform the
Commission thereof.’

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3. Article 6 is replaced by the following:

(Aquila heliaca), white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla),
black kite (Milvus migrans) and red kite (Milvus milvus).’

‘Article 6

Addressees

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria, the
Hellenic Republic,
the French
Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus and
the Portuguese Republic.’

the Kingdom of Spain,

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria,
the
Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic,
the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus and the Portuguese
Republic.

4. In Part A of the Annex, the following point (g) is added:

Done at Brussels, 16 March 2009.

‘(g)

In the
(Aegypius
case of Bulgaria: black vulture
monachus), bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), griffon
vulture (Gyps fulvus), Egyptian vulture (Neophron perc­
nopterus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), imperial eagle

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission