
Article 1 
Annexes I, II and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 July 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 5 December 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Annexes I, II and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 are amended as follows:

((1)) In Annex I the following point is added:
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65.. “colour-coding” means the systematic use of colours as defined in Chapter I of Annex II for displaying information as provided for in this Regulation on the surface or part of the surface of a packaging, container or vehicle, or on a label or symbol applied to them.'
((2)) Annex II is amended as follows:

((a)) Chapter I is replaced by the following:
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CHAPTER I  1. 

((a)) Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3 materials are identifiable and kept separate and identifiable during collection and transportation;
((b)) processed products are identifiable and kept separate and identifiable during transportation;
((c)) a marking substance for the identification of animal by-products or processed products of a specific category is only used for the category for which its use is required under this Regulation, or is established or laid down pursuant to point 4; and
((d)) animal by-products and processed products are dispatched from one Member State to another Member State in packaging, containers or vehicles which are prominently and, at least for the period of transport, indelibly colour-coded as follows:

((i)) in the case of Category 1 materials, using the colour black;
((ii)) in the case of Category 2 materials (other than manure and digestive tract content), using the colour yellow;
((iii)) in the case of Category 3 materials, using the colour green with a high content of blue to ensure that it is clearly distinguishable from the other colours.
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((a)) clearly indicate the category of the animal by-products or, in the case of processed products, the category of animal by-products from which the processed products were derived; and
((b)) bear the following words:

((i)) in the case of Category 3 material, “not for human consumption”;
((ii)) in the case of Category 2 material (other than manure and digestive tract content) and processed products derived therefrom, “not for animal consumption”; however, when Category 2 material is intended for the feeding of animals referred to in Article 23(2)(c) under the conditions provided for in that Article, the label shall instead indicate “for feeding to …” completed with the name of the specific species of those animals for the feeding of which the material is intended;
((iii)) in the case of Category 1 material and processed products derived therefrom, “for disposal only”;
((iv)) in the case of manure and digestive tract content, “manure”.
 3. Member States may establish systems or lay down rules for the colour-coding of packaging, containers or vehicles used for the transport of animal by-products and processed products originating in and remaining on their territory, provided that those systems or rules do not confuse the colour-coding system provided for in point 1(d).
 4. Without prejudice to point 3 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, Member States may establish systems or lay down rules for the marking of animal by-products originating in and remaining on their territory provided that those systems or rules do not conflict with the marking requirements laid down for processed products in Chapter I of Annex VI to this Regulation.
 5. By way of derogation from points 3 and 4, Member States may use the systems or rules referred to in those points for animal by-products originating in but not intended to remain on their territory if the Member State or third country of destination has communicated its agreement.
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((b)) In Chapter X, point 1 is replaced by the following:
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((a)) to use a different commercial document, in paper or in electronic form, provided that such commercial document complies with the requirements laid down in point 2 of Chapter III;
((b)) that the quantity of the material referred to in point 2(c) of Chapter III is expressed in weight of the material in the commercial document;
((c)) that a copy of the commercial document is returned by the receiver to the producer to be kept by that producer in accordance with Chapter V as proof of arrival of the consignment.
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((3)) Annex VI is amended as follows:

((a)) the title is replaced by the following:
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((b)) Chapter I is amended as follows:

((i)) the title is replaced by the following:
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((ii)) in part C, the following points are added:
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10. 

((a)) smell, where technically possible; and
((b)) glyceroltriheptanoate (GTH) in such a way that:

((i)) GTH is added to processed products that have undergone a preceding sanitising thermal treatment at a core temperature of at least 80 °C and remain subsequently protected from re-contamination; and
((ii)) all processed products contain homogenously throughout the substance a minimum concentration of at least 250 mg GTH per kg fat.

11. 
That monitoring and recording system shall include the determination of the content of intact GTH as triglyceride in a cleaned petroleum-ether 40-70 extract of GTH from samples taken at regular intervals.

12. The competent authority shall carry out a performance check of the monitoring and recording system referred to in point 11 to ascertain compliance with this Regulation and may, where necessary, request the testing of additional samples in accordance with the method referred to in the second paragraph of point 11.

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((a)) moved by a closed conveyer system, where such a system has been authorised by the competent authority, from the processing plant for:

((i)) immediate direct incineration or co-incineration; or
((ii)) immediate use in accordance with a method approved for Category 1 and 2 animal by-products in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Regulation (EC) No 92/2005; or
((b)) intended for research or for scientific use authorised by the competent authority.
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