Article 24Use of catering waste

1.

The Member States shall ensure that:

(a)

the feeding of catering waste to pigs is prohibited;

(b)

catering waste from international means of transport such as ships, land vehicles and aircraft is collected and destroyed under official supervision;

(c)

the information on the application of the provisions of points (a) and (b) and the relevant checks carried out by Member States is transmitted to the Commission by 31 October each year at the latest, and for the first time in 2003. The Commission shall submit this information to the Standing Veterinary Committee set up by Council Decision 68/361/EEC17.

2.

Detailed rules for the control measures to be applied and the information to be supplied by Member States in this connection, in particular as regards the provisions of paragraph 1(c) may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26(2).

3.

The provisions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply until the date of application of Community legislation on the use of catering waste for feeding to pigs in the framework of the rules on animal by-products not intended for human consumption or on animal nutrition.