Derogations for meat, minced meat and mechanically separated meat of wild feathered game and meat preparations and meat products prepared from such meat
Article 8
1
By way of derogation from Article 5(b), the affected Member State may authorise the dispatch onto the national market of fresh meat, minced meat, mechanically separated meat and meat preparations or meat products from wild feathered game originating in areas A or B, if such meat is marked:
a
either in accordance with the special identification mark provided for in Annex II to Directive 2002/99/EC, or
b
in accordance with Article 2 of Decision 2007/118/EC.
2
By way of derogation from Article 5(b), the affected Member State shall authorise the dispatch of:
a
meat products produced from meat from wild feathered game originating in area A or B which were subjected to a treatment as required for avian influenza in row 1(a), (b) or (c) of Annex III to Directive 2002/99/EC;
b
fresh meat from wild feathered game originating outside the areas A and B and produced in establishments within area A or B in accordance with Section IV of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and controlled in accordance with Chapter VIII of Section IV of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004;
c
minced meat, meat preparations, mechanically separated meat and meat products containing meat referred to in point (b) and produced in establishments situated in area A or B in accordance with Sections V and VI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
Substituted by Commission Decision of 16 February 2007 amending Decisions 2006/415/EC, 2006/416/EC and 2006/563/EC as regards the identification mark to be applied to fresh poultrymeat (notified under document number C(2007) 431) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/119/EC).