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Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 is amended as follows:

(1)

In Article 15, the following paragraph is added:

‘By way of derogation from Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, Member States may authorise the collection, transport and disposal of small quantities of Category 3 materials as referred to in Article 10(f) of that Regulation by means referred to in Article 19(1)(d) of that Regulation, subject to compliance with the requirements for disposal by other means set out in Chapter IV of Annex VI hereto.’

(2)

In Article 19, point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c)

Chapter III, where they store derived products for certain intended purposes as referred to in Article 24(1)(j) of that Regulation;

(d)

Chapter V, where they store on the farm animal by-products intended for subsequent disposal as referred to in Article 4 of that Regulation.’

(3)

Article 20(4) is amended as follows:

(a)

point (d) is replaced by the following:

‘(d) operators using small quantities of Categories 2 and 3 materials referred to in Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 or of products derived therefrom, for the purpose of direct supply of the products within the region to the final user, on the local market or to local retail establishments, if the competent authority does not consider such activity to present a risk of spreading any serious transmissible disease to humans or animals; this point shall not apply where those materials are used as feed for farmed animals other than fur animals;’

(b)

the following points (e) and (f) are added:

‘(e)

users of organic fertilisers or soil improvers at premises where farmed animals are not kept;

(f)

operators handling and distributing organic fertilisers or soil improvers exclusively in ready-to-sell retail packaging of not more than 50 kg in weight for uses outside the feed and food chain.’

(4)

In Article 22, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. The placing on the market of the following is not subject to any animal health conditions:

(a) guano from wild sea birds, collected in the Union or imported from third countries;

(b) ready-to-sell growing media, other than that imported, with a content of less than:

(i)

5 % in volume of derived products of Category 3 material or of Category 2 material other than processed manure;

(ii)

50 % in volume of processed manure.’

(5)

In Article 23, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. The operator or owner of the establishment or plant of destination of intermediate products or his representative shall use and/or dispatch the intermediate products exclusively for use in manufacturing according to the definition of intermediate products under Point 35 of Annex I.’

(6)

In Article 36, paragraph 3 is deleted.

(7)

Annexes I, III, IV, V, VI, IX, X, XI, XII, XIV, XV and XVI are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

For a transitional period until 27 September 2015, consignments of animal by-products and of derived products accompanied by a model declaration, which has been completed and signed in accordance with the model set out in Chapter 20 of Annex XV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 in its version before the date of entry into force of this Regulation, shall continue to be accepted for importation into the Union, provided that such model declarations were completed and signed before 27 July 2015.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 23 February 2015.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 January 2015.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude Juncker