CHAPTER IVCommon final provisions

Article 14

1

Article 3 (d) of Directive 72/461/EEC11 shall be deleted.

Commission Decisions 92/183/EEC12 and 92/187/EEC13 shall continue to apply for the requirements of this Directive, without prejudice to any amendments to be made to them under the procedure provided for in Article 18.

2

Directive 90/667/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

a

in Article 13 the following paragraph shall be added:

2.

With a view to ensuring that the controls provided for in paragraph 1 are followed up:

a

processed products obtained from low-risk or high-risk materials must satisfy the requirements of Chapter 6 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC14;

b

low-risk materials, high-risk materials intended for processing in a plant designated in another Member State in accordance with the second sentence of Article 4 (1) and processed products obtained from high-risk or low-risk materials must be accompanied:

  • if they come from a plant approved in accordance with Article 4 or 5, by a commercial document specifying;

    • if appropriate, the nature of the treatment,

    • whether the product contains ruminant proteins,

  • if they come from another plant, by a certificate issued and signed by an official veterinarian indicating:

    • the methods of treatment used on the consignment,

    • the result of the salmonella tests,

    • whether the product contains ruminant proteins.

b

in Article 6, ‘shall be established under the procedure laid down in Article 19’ shall be replaced by ‘are laid down under Chapter 10 of Annex I to Directive 92/118/EEC’;

c

in Article 14 the first paragraph shall be deleted.