The TSE (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2006

Amendment of the TSE (Scotland) Regulations 2002

This section has no associated Executive Note

3.  —In regulation 3(1) (interpretation)–

(a)for the definition of “the Community Transitional Measures” substitute–

“the Community Transitional Measures” means–

(a)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1248/2001 of 22nd June 2001 amending Annexes III, X and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio-surveillance and testing of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(1);

(b)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1326/2001 of 29th June 2001 laying down transitional measures to permit the changeover to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No. 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and amending Annexes VII and XI to that Regulation(2);

(c)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 270/2002 of 14th February 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specified risk material and epidemio surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1326/2001 as regards animal feeding and the placing on the market of ovine and caprine animals and products thereof(3);

(d)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1494/2002 of 21st August 2002 amending Annexes III, VII and XI to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards monitoring of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, removal of specified risk materials and rules for importation of live animals and products of animal origin(4);

(e)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1139/2003 of 27th June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring programmes and specified risk material(5);

(f)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2245/2003 of 19th December 2003 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in ovine and caprine animals(6);

(g)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1492/2004 of 23rd August 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eradication measures for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals, the trade and importation of semen and embryos of ovine and caprine animals and specified risk material(7);

(h)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 36/2005 amending Annexes III and X to Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards epidemio-surveillance for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in bovine, ovine and caprine animals(8);

(i)

Regulation (EC) No. 932/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8th June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures(9);

(j)

Commission Decision 2005/598/EC prohibiting the placing on the market of products derived from bovine animals born or reared within the United Kingdom before 1st August 1996 for any purpose and exempting such animals from certain control and eradication measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001(10);

(k)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 253/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rapid tests and measures for the eradication of TSEs in ovine and caprine animals(11); and

(l)

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 657/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the United Kingdom and repealing Council Decision 98/256/EC and Decisions 98/351/EC and 1999/514/EC(12).;

(b)in the definition of “occupier”, after “slaughterhouse,” insert “, butcher shop”; and

(c)in the definition of “specified risk material” omit item (i).

(1)

O.J. No. L 173, 27.6.01, p.12.

(2)

O.J. No. L 177, 30.6.01, p.60.

(3)

O.J. No. L 45, 15.2.02, p.4.

(4)

O.J. No. L 225, 22.8.02, p.3.

(5)

O.J. No. L160, 28.6.03, p.22.

(6)

O.J. No. L 333, 20.12.03, p.28.

(7)

O.J. No. L 274, 24.8.04, p.3.

(8)

O.J. No. L 10, 13.1.05, p.9.

(9)

O.J. No. L 163, 23.6.05, p.1.

(10)

O.J. No. L 204, 5.8.2005, p.22.

(11)

O.J. No. L 44, 15.2.06, p.9.

(12)

O.J. No. L 116, 29.4.06, p.9.