
Article 1 
In Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, point 1(a)(ii) is replaced by the following:
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((ii)) the vertebral column excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the spinous and transverse processes of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the median sacral crest and wings of the sacrum, but including the dorsal root ganglia, of animals aged over 30 months; and'
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 22 April 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission