CELEX: 51990PC0521
Language: en
Date: 1990-10-30
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) LAYING DOWN VETERINARY RULES FOR THE DISPOSAL AND PROCESSING OF ANIMAL WASTE, FOR ITS PLACING ON THE MARKET AND FOR THE PREVENTION OF PATHOGENS IN FEEDSTUFFS

No C 290/10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              20. 11.90
                                                COMMISSION
          Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down veterinary rules for
          the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention
                                                of pathogens in feedstuffs (')
                                                     COM(90) 521 final
           (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 30 October 1990)
                                                       (90/C 290/07)
          On 30 October 1989 the Commission presented the above proposal to the Council. Following
          the opinion of the European Parliament delivered at its sitting of 13 September 1990, the
          original proposal is hereby amended as follows:
           1. Article 3 (1) (a) is replaced by the following:
              '(a) bovine animals, domestic pigs, goats, sheep, solipeds, poultry and other animals kept
                     for agricultural production, which died on the farm, including stillborn or unborn
                     animals, which are suspected or demonstrated by the competent authority to be a
                     serious risk for spreading animal diseases or zoonoses but excluding otherwise healthy
                     animals which have died or been slaughtered as a result of physical accidents or misad-
                     ventures;'
           2. Article 7 is replaced by the following:
               'Article 7
              1.      The competent authorities may exceptionally authorize, under veterinary supervision,
              the use of:
                (i) animal waste for scientific purposes;
              (ii) animal waste referred to in Article 3 (1) (a), (b) and (e) and in Article 5, for the feeding
                    of zoo, circus and fur animals, and in special cases for other meat-eating animals whose
                    meat is not intended for human consumption.
              2.      Member States shall inform the Commission when they make use of this provision.
              3.      In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, other exceptions, and the
              conditions to be respected for their applications, may be established.';
           3. in Annex I, point 3 is replaced by the following:
              '3. The competent authority shall take the necessary measures to control the movement of
                    high-risk material, by requiring the keeping of records or of documents which shall
                    accompany these materials during their transportation to the place of disposal, or by
                    sealing.';
           0) OJ No C 327, 30. 12. 1989. p. 76.
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          4. in Annex I, the introductory phrase of point 4 is replaced by the following:
             '4. During transportation, animal waste shall be accompanied by a document indicating:';
          5. in Annex II, Chapter I, point 3 is replaced by the following:
             '3 Adequate provisions shall be provided to disinfect wheels of vehicles transporting
                 high-risk materials and this operation shall be carried out systematically and immediately
                 before they leave the site.'