
Article 1 

1. For the purpose of Article 2 of this Decision,  the Secretary of State with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers,   may decide to use the identification mark set out in the Annex to this Decision (‘the alternative identification mark’) instead of the special identification mark set out in Annex II to Directive 2002/99/EC.
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Article 2 
Meat from poultry or farmed feathered game, including minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations and or meat products, which do not satisfy  the requirements set out in the following paragraph  and are therefore restricted to the  United Kingdom domestic market  in accordance with paragraph (1)(g) of Article 23 of Directive 2005/94/EC or paragraphs 2(f)(i) and (4)(c) of Article 9 of Directive 92/66/EEC, may be marked with:

((a)) the alternative identification mark, or
((b)) the national mark, if such those products have been produced in establishments in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2076/2005.
The requirements referred to above are the requirements laid down in Article 3 of Directive 2002/99/EC with, in paragraph 1 of that Article— 
(a) the substitution, for  “Member States” of the authorities mentioned in Article 1(1) of this Decision;
(b) the substitution, for  “the Community” of  “Great Britain”.
Article 3 
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Done at Brussels, 16 February 2007.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

The identification mark provided for in Article 1(1) of the Decision must be applied in accordance with the following dimensions, or any appropriate proportion thereof maintaining legibility of the information.
Dimensions:

XY8 mm123411 mmWidth outer diameternot less than 30 mmLine thickness of square3 mm 

