
Article 1 
In Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 690/2001, the following paragraphs are added:
'However, the competent authority may decide that 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 for processing through rendering the carcases or half-carcases as referred to in the first paragraph is not available in that region.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 environmental 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.
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