
REGULATION (EC) No 1774/2002 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (repealed) 

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CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Scope
Article 1 
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Definitions
Article 2 
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General obligations
Article 3 
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CHAPTER II
CATEGORISATION, COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, DISPOSAL, PROCESSING, USE AND INTERMEDIATE STORAGE OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS
Category 1 material
Article 4 
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Category 2 material
Article 5 
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Category 3 material
Article 6 
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Collection, transportation and storage
Article 7 
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Dispatch of animal by-products and processed products to other Member States
Article 8 
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Records
Article 9 
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CHAPTER III
APPROVAL OF INTERMEDIATE, STORAGE, INCINERATION AND CO-INCINCERATION, CATEGORY 1 AND 2 PROCESSING, CATEGORY 2 AND CATEGORY 3 OLEOCHEMICAL, BIOGAS AND COMPOSTING PLANTS
Approval of intermediate plants
Article 10 
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Approval of storage plants
Article 11 
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Approval of incineration and co-incineration plants
Article 12 
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Approval of Category 1 and Category 2 processing plants
Article 13 
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Approval of Category 2 and Category 3 oleochemical plants
Article 14 
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Approval of biogas plants and composting plants
Article 15 
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CHAPTER IV
PLACING ON THE MARKET AND USE OF PROCESSED ANIMAL PROTEINS AND OTHER PROCESSED PRODUCTS THAT COULD BE USED AS FEED MATERIAL, PETFOOD, DOGCHEWS AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTS AND APPROVAL OF RELATED PLANTS
General animal health provisions
Article 16 
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Approval of Category 3 processing plants
Article 17 
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Approval of petfood plants and technical plants
Article 18 
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Placing on the market and export of processed animal protein and other processed products that could be used as feed material
Article 19 
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Placing on the market and export of petfood, dogchews and technical products
Article 20 
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Safeguard measures
Article 21 
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Restrictions on use
Article 22 
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CHAPTER V
DEROGATIONS
Derogations regarding the use of animal by-products
Article 23 
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Derogations regarding the disposal of animal by-products
Article 24 
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CHAPTER VI
CONTROLS AND INSPECTIONS
Plants' own-checks
Article 25 
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Official controls and lists of approved plants
Article 26 
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CHAPTER VII
COMMUNITY CONTROLS
Community controls in Member States
Article 27 
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CHAPTER VIII
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE IMPORTATION AND TRANSIT OF CERTAIN ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS DERIVED THEREFROM
General provisions
Article 28 
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Prohibitions and compliance with Community rules
Article 29 
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Equivalence
Article 30 
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Community inspections and audits
Article 31 
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CHAPTER IX
FINAL PROVISIONS
Amendments to Annexes and transitional measures
Article 32 
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Committee procedure
Article 33 
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Consultation of scientific committees
Article 34 
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National provisions
Article 35 
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Financial arrangements
Article 36 
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Repeal
Article 37 
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Entry into force
Article 38 
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ANNEX I
SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS

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ANNEX II
HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND PROCESSED PRODUCTS
CHAPTER I
Identification
1. All necessary measures must be taken to ensure that: 

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2. During transport, a label attached to the packaging, container or vehicle must: 

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CHAPTER II
Vehicles and containers
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2. Vehicles and reusable containers, and all reusable items of equipment or appliances that come into contact with animal by-products or processed products, must be: 

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CHAPTER III
Commercial documents and health certificates
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2. Commercial documents must specify: 

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CHAPTER IV
Records
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CHAPTER V
Retention of documents
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CHAPTER VI
Temperature conditions
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CHAPTER VII
Specific rules for transit
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CHAPTER VIII
Control measures
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CHAPTER IX
Collection of animal material when treating waste water
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CHAPTER X
Commercial document
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MODEL COMMERCIAL DOCUMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND PROCESSED PRODUCTS 

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ANNEX III
HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERMEDIATE AND STORAGE PLANTS
CHAPTER I
Requirements for the approval of intermediate plants
1. Premises and facilities must meet at least the following requirements. 

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CHAPTER II
General hygiene requirements
A. Category 3 intermediate plants 
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B. Category 1 or Category 2 intermediate plants 
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CHAPTER III
Requirements for the approval of storage plants
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ANNEX IV
REQUIREMENTS FOR INCINERATION AND CO-INCINERATION PLANTS TO WHICH DIRECTIVE 2000/76/EC DOES NOT APPLY
CHAPTER I
General conditions
1. Incineration or co-incineration plants must be designed, equipped and operated in such a manner as to fulfil the requirements of this Regulation. The following hygiene conditions must be met: 

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CHAPTER II
Operating conditions
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5. High-capacity incineration or co-incineration plants must have and operate an automatic system to prevent feed with animal by-products: 

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CHAPTER III
Water discharges
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CHAPTER IV
Residues
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CHAPTER V
Temperature measurement
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CHAPTER VI
Abnormal operating
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CHAPTER VII
Incineration of Category 1 material referred to in Article 4(1)(b)
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ANNEX V
GENERAL HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF CATEGORY 1, 2 AND 3 MATERIAL
CHAPTER I
General requirements for the approval of Category 1, 2 and 3 processing plants
1. Premises and facilities must meet at least the following requirements: 

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CHAPTER II
General hygiene requirements
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CHAPTER III
Processing methodsMethod 1 
Reduction 
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Time, temperature and pressure 
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Method 2 
Reduction 
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Time, temperature and pressure 
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Method 3 
Reduction 
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Time, temperature and pressure 
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Method 4 
Reduction 
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Time, temperature and pressure 
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Method 5 
Reduction 
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Time, temperature and pressure 
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Method 6 (For Category 3 animal by-products of fish origin only) 
Reduction 
 1. The animal by-products must be reduced to at least: 

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Time and temperature 
 2. Following reduction, the mixture must be heated to: 

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Method 7 
 1. Any processing method approved by the competent authority where it has been demonstrated to that authority that the final product has been sampled on a daily basis over a period of one month in compliance with the following microbiological standards: 

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CHAPTER IV
Supervision of production
1. The competent authority must supervise processing plants to ensure compliance with the requirements of this Regulation. It must in particular: 

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CHAPTER V
Validation procedures
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ANNEX VI
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF CATEGORY 1 AND 2 MATERIAL, FOR BIOGAS AND COMPOSTING AND FOR THE MARKING OF CERTAIN PROCESSED PRODUCTS
CHAPTER I
Specific requirements for the processing of Category 1 and 2 materials and for the marking of certain processed products
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CHAPTER II
Specific requirements for the approval of biogas and composting plants
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CHAPTER III
Treatment standards for the further processing of rendered fats
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ANNEX VII
SPECIFIC HYGIENE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING AND PLACING ON THE MARKET OF PROCESSED ANIMAL PROTEIN AND OTHER PROCESSED PRODUCTS THAT COULD BE USED AS FEED MATERIAL
CHAPTER I
Specific requirements for the approval of Category 3 processing plants
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CHAPTER II
Specific requirements for processed animal protein
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CHAPTER III
Specific requirements for blood products
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CHAPTER IV
Specific requirements for rendered fats and fish oil
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CHAPTER V
Specific requirements for milk, milk products, colostrum and colostrum products
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A. Processing standards 
 1. Milk must be subjected to one of the following treatments: 

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 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 3. Whey to be fed to animals of species susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease and produced from milk treated in accordance with paragraph 1 must: 

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 4. In addition to the requirements laid down in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, milk and milk products must meet the following requirements: 

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 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 6. Colostrum and colostrum products must: 

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B. Importation 
 1. Member States shall authorise imports of milk and milk products subject to compliance with the following conditions: 

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 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1.4, Member States shall authorise imports of milk and milk products from third countries so authorised in Column ‘A’ of Annex I to Commission Decision 2004/438/EC provided that the milk and milk products have undergone a single HTST treatment and: 

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 2a. Member States shall authorise imports of colostrum or colostrum products of bovine animals provided that: 

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 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER VI
Specific requirements for gelatin and hydrolysed protein
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CHAPTER VII
Specific requirements for dicalcium phosphate
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A. Processing standards 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. Importation 
 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHAPTER VIII
Specific requirements for tricalcium phosphate
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A. Processing standards 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B. Importation 
 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHAPTER IX
Specific requirements for collagen
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A. Processing standards 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 3. Collagen must be wrapped, packaged, stored and transported under satisfactory hygiene conditions. In particular: 

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B. Importation 
 4. Member States must authorise the importation of collagen if it: 

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CHAPTER X
Specific requirements for egg products
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A. Processing standards 
 1. Egg products must have been: 

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B. Importation 
 2. Member States must authorise the importation of egg products if they: 

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ANNEX VIII
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PLACING ON THE MARKET OF PETFOOD, DOGCHEWS AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER I
Requirements for the approval of petfood and technical plants
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CHAPTER II
Requirements for petfood and dogchews
A. Raw material 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. Processing standards 
 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 3. Processed petfood other than canned petfood must: 

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 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 6. Random samples must be taken during production and/or during storage (before dispatch) to verify compliance with the following standards: 

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C. Importation 
 7. Member States must authorise importation of petfood and dogchews if they: 

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CHAPTER III
Requirements for manure, processed manure and processed manure products
I. Unprocessed manure 
 A. Trade 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 2. Trade in unprocessed poultry manure is subject to the following conditions: 

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 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 B. Importation 
 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

II. Processed manure and processed manure products 
 A. Placing on the market 
 5. The placing on the market of processed manure and processed manure products shall be subject to the following conditions set out in points (a) to (e): 

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 B. Importation 
 6. Member States must authorise importation of processed manure and processed manure products if they: 

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III. Guano 
 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER IV
Requirements for blood and blood products, excluding from equidae, for the manufacture of technical products
A. Importation 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 2. Member States must authorise imports of blood products for the manufacture of technical products, including material originating from animals to which substances prohibited pursuant to Directive 96/22/EC have been administered, if they: 

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 3. The blood from which blood products for the manufacture of technical products are produced must have been collected: 

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 4. In the case of blood products for the manufacture of technical products which have been derived from animals belonging to the taxa Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla and Proboscidea, including their crossbreeds, they must comply with the conditions of either points (a) or (b): 

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 5. In the case of blood products for the manufacture of technical products which have been derived from poultry and other avian species, they must comply with the conditions of either points (a) or (b): 

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CHAPTER V
Requirements for blood and blood products from equidae for technical purposes
A. Placing on the market 

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B. Importation 

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CHAPTER VI
Requirements for hides and skins of ungulates
A. Scope 
 1. The provisions of this Chapter do not apply: 

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 2. Within the scope defined in paragraph 1, the provisions of this Chapter apply to fresh, chilled and treated hides and skins. For the purpose of this Chapter, ‘treated hides and skins’ means hides and skins that have been: 

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B. Trade 
 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 4. Trade in treated hides and skins is authorised on condition that the commercial document provided for in Annex II accompanies each consignment and attests that: 

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C. Importation 
 5. Member States must authorise the import of fresh or chilled hides and skins if: 

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 6. Member States must authorise the import of treated hides and skins if: 

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 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER VII
Requirements for game trophies
A. Raw material 
 1. Without prejudice to the measures adopted pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, game trophies: 

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 2. Without prejudice to the measures adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 338/97, game trophies of ungulates and birds not having undergone the treatment mentioned in paragraph 1(a) are subject to the following conditions. They must: 

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 3. In respect of game trophies consisting solely of bone, horns, hooves, claws, antlers or teeth, the trophies must: 

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 4. In respect of game trophies consisting solely of hides or skin, the trophies must: 

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B. Importation 
 5. Member States must authorise the importation of treated game trophies from birds and ungulates, being solely bones, horns, hooves, claws, antlers, teeth, hides or skins, from third countries if: 

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 6. Member States must, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 7, authorise the importation of game trophies from birds and ungulates consisting of entire anatomical parts, not having been treated in any way, from third countries: 

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 7. Member States must authorise importation of the game trophies referred to in paragraph 6 if: 

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CHAPTER VIII
Requirements for wool, hair, pig bristles, feathers and parts of feathers
A. Raw material 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 do not apply to decorative feathers or feathers: 

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B. Importation 
 3. Member States must authorise the importation of pig bristles from third countries or, in case of regionalisation according to Community legislation, regions thereof, if: 

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 4. Member States must authorise the importation of unprocessed wool and hair, if they are: 

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 5. The importation of unprocessed feathers and parts of feathers is prohibited. 

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CHAPTER IX
Requirements for apiculture products
A. Raw material 
 1. Apiculture by-products intended exclusively for use in apiculture must: 

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B. Importation 
 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 3. Member States must authorise the importation of apiculture by-products, other than beeswax in the form of honeycomb, intended for use in apiculture if they: 

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 4. Member States must authorise the importation of beeswax for technical purposes, other than beeswax in the form of honeycomb, if it: 

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 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER X
Requirements for bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) intended for use other than as feed material, organic fertilizers or soil improvers
1. Member States must authorise the importation of bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) to produce technical products if: 

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2. Each consignment must be accompanied by: 

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3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER XI
Requirements for animal by-products for the manufacture of feed including petfood, and of technical products, excluding intermediate products as referred to in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2007/2006
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CHAPTER XII
Rendered fats from category 2 materials for oleochemical purposes
A. Processing standards 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. Importation of rendered fats 
 3. Member States must authorise the importation of rendered fats derived from category 2 materials, intended to be processed using a method that at least meets the standards of one of the processes described in Annex VI, Chapter III, if it: 

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 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 6. The health certificate referred to in paragraph 3 must state that: 

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 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER XIII
Fat derivatives
A. Processing standards 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. Importation 
 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 3. The health certificate referred to in paragraph 2 must state: 

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 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER XIV
Specific requirements for flavouring innards for the manufacture of pet food
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A. Raw Material 
 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B. Processing standards 
 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 3. The end product must: 

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C. Importation 
 4. Member States must authorise the importation of flavouring innards if they: 

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CHAPTER XV
Requirements for horns and horn products, excluding horn meal, and hooves and hoof products, excluding hoof meal, intended for the production of organic fertilizers or soil improvers
A. Placing on the market 

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B. Importation 

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ANNEX IX
RULES APPLICABLE TO THE USE OF CERTAIN CATEGORY 2 AND CATEGORY 3 MATERIAL FOR THE FEEDING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 23(2)

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ANNEX X
MODEL HEALTH CERTIFICATES FOR THE IMPORTATION FROM THIRD COUNTRIES AND FOR THE TRANSIT THROUGH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS DERIVED THEREFROM
CHAPTER 2
Health certificate For milk, milk products, colostrum and colostrum products not intended for human consumption for dispatch to or transit throughthe European Union 

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 CHAPTER 4 (A) Health certificate 
For the import of blood and blood products from equidae for technical purposes, intended for dispatch to or for transit through (2) the European Union 
 CHAPTER 4(C)  CHAPTER 4 (D) Health certificate 
For treated blood products, excluding those of equidae, for the manufacture of technical products, intended for dispatch to or for transit through (2) the European Union 

CHAPTER 18
Health certificate
For horns and horn products, excluding horn meal, and hooves and hoof products, excluding hoof meal, intended for the production of organic fertilizers or soil improvers intended for dispatch to or for transit through (2) the European Union
ANNEX XI
Lists of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of animal by-products not intended for human consumption
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PART I List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of milk, milk products, colostrum and colostrum products (health certificate Chapter 2) 

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PART II List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of processed animal proteins (excluding fishmeal) (health certificate, Chapter 1) 

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PART III List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of fishmeal and fish oil (health certificate, Chapters 1 and 9) 

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PART IV List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of rendered fats (excluding fish oil) (health certificate, Chapters 10(A) and 10(B)) 

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PART V List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of blood products for feed material (health certificate, Chapter 4(B)) 
 A. Blood products from ungulates 

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 B. Blood products from other species 

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PART VI List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of animal by-products and blood products (with the exception of those of equidae) intended for technical purposes including pharmaceuticals (health certificate, Chapters 4(C) and 8) 
 A. Blood products: 

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 B. Animal by-products for pharmaceutical use: 

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 C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART VII(A) List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of animal by-products for the manufacture of petfood (health certificate, Chapter 3(F)) 
 A. Animal by-products from equidae and animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine, and porcine species, including farmed and wild animals: 

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 B. Raw material from poultry including ratites and wild game-birds: 

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 C. Raw material from fish: 

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 D. Raw material from other wild land mammals and Leporidae. 

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PART VII(B) List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of raw petfood intended for dispatch to the European Union for direct sale or animal by-products to be fed to farmed fur animals (health certificate, Chapter 3(D)) 

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PART VII(C) List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of flavouring innards for use in the manufacture of petfood, intended for dispatch to the European Union (health certificate, Chapter 3(E)) 

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PART VIII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of pig bristles (health certificate, Chapter 7(A) and 7(B)) 
 A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART IX List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of processed manure and processed manure products for the treatment of soil (health certificate, Chapter 17) 

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PART X List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of petfood and dogchews (health certificate, Chapters 3(A), 3(B) and 3(C)) 

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PART XI List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of gelatine, hydrolysed protein, collagen, dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate (health certificate, Chapters 11 and 12) 

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PART XII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of apiculture products (health certificate Chapter 13) 

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PART XIII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of blood and blood products of equidae (health certificate, Chapter 4(A)) 
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PART XIV List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of hides and skins of ungulates (health certificate, Chapters 5(A), 5(B) and 5(C)) 
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PART XV List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of game trophies (health certificate, Chapters 6(A) and 6(B)) 
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 B. For game trophies of birds consisting of entire parts not having been treated, third countries listed in Part 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 798/2008, from which Member States authorise imports of fresh poultry meat, and the following countries: 

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PART XVI List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of egg products not intended for human consumption that could be used as feed material (health certificate, Chapter 15) 

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PART XVII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) intended for use other than as feed material, organic fertilisers or soil improvers (declaration, Chapter 16) 

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PART XVIII List of third countries from which Member States may authorise imports of horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products, (excluding hoof meal) intended for the production of organic fertilizers or soil improvers (health certificate, Chapter 18) 

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