TITLE II

OBLIGATIONS OF OPERATORS
CHAPTER I

General obligations
Section 2

Registration and approval

Registration of operators, establishments or plants
Article 23
1
With a view to registration, operators shall:
a
before commencing operations, notify the competent authority of any establishments or plants under their control which are active at any stage of the generation, transport, handling, processing, storage, placing on the market, distribution, use or disposal of animal by-products and derived products;
b
provide the competent authority with information on:
1. the category of animal by-products or derived products under their control;
2. the nature of the operations performed using animal by-products or derived products as starting material.
2
Operators shall provide the competent authority with up-to-date information on any establishments or plants under their control as referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1, including any significant change in activities such as any closure of an existing establishment or plant.
3
The appropriate authority may, by regulations, make detailed rules relating to registration under paragraph 1.
4
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, no notification with a view to registration shall be required for activities with respect to which establishments generating animal by-products have already been approved or registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 or Regulation (EC) No 853/2004; and for activities with respect to which establishments or plants have already been approved in accordance with Article 24 of this Regulation.
The same derogation shall apply for the activities involving the generation of animal by-products on site only, which are carried out on farms or other premises where animals are kept, bred or taken care of.
Art. 23(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(15) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)