Commission Decision of 14 June 2006 concerning certain protection measures in relation to highly pathogenic avian influenza of the subtype H5N1 in poultry in the Community and repealing Decision 2006/135/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 2400) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/415/EC)

Article 9 U.K. Derogation for animal by-products

1. By way of derogation from Article 5(c), the affected Member State shall authorise:

(a) the dispatch from area A or B of animal by-products of avian origin which:

(i)

comply with the conditions set out in the following Annexes, or parts thereof, to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002:

• Annex V,

• Chapters II(A), III(B), IV(A), VI(A and B), VII(A), VIII(A), IX(A) and X(A) of Annex VII, and

• Chapter II(B), Chapter III(II)(A) and Chapter VII(A)(1)(a) of Annex VIII; or

(ii)

are transported under biosecurity measures to avoid spread of the virus to designated, plants approved in accordance with Articles 12 to 15 or Articles 17 or 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 for disposal, further transformation or use which ensure at least the inactivation of the avian influenza virus; or

(iii)

are transported under biosecurity measures to avoid spread of the virus to users or collection centres authorised and registered in accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 for the feeding of animals after a treatment in accordance with points (5)(a)(ii) and (iii) of Annex IX to that Regulation to ensure at least the inactivation of the avian influenza virus;

(b) the dispatch from area B of untreated feathers or parts of feathers in accordance with point 1(a) of Section A of Chapter VIII of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, produced from poultry or farmed feathered game;

(c) the dispatch from area A or B of feathers and parts of feathers that have been treated with a steam current, or by some other method that ensures that no pathogens remain, produced from poultry or wild feathered game.

2. The affected Member State shall ensure that the products referred to in paragraph 1(b) and (c) of this Article are accompanied by a commercial document in accordance with Chapter X of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 stating, in the case of the products referred to in paragraph 1(c) of this Article, in point 6.1 of that document that those products have been treated with a steam current or by some other method ensuring that no pathogens remain.

However, that commercial document shall not be required for processed decorative feathers, processed feathers carried by travellers for their private use or consignments of processed feathers sent to private individuals for non-industrial purpose.