TITLE II

OBLIGATIONS OF OPERATORS
CHAPTER III

Import, transit and export

Export
Article 43
1
The export of animal by-products and derived products destined for incineration or landfill shall be prohibited.
2
The export of animal by-products and derived products to third countries which are not members of the OECD for use in a biogas or composting plant shall be prohibited.
3
Category 1 material, Category 2 material and products derived therefrom shall only be exported for purposes other than those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 provided that the export takes place in accordance with the rules relating to export in Article 25(4) of the Implementing Regulation and in any regulations made by the appropriate authority under the second subparagraph.
The appropriate authority may, by regulations, impose requirements and otherwise regulate the export of Category 1 and 2 material and products derived from such material for purposes other than those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
4
Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 concerning food and feed exported from Great Britain shall apply mutatis mutandis to the export of Category 3 material or products derived therefrom in compliance with this Regulation.
5
By way of derogation from paragraphs 3 and 4, the export of:
a
specified risk material shall take place only in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;
b
animal by-products or derived products mixed or contaminated with any waste listed as hazardous in Decision 2000/532/EC shall take place only subject to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.
Words in Art. 43(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(24)(a) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 43(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 8(24)(b) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 43(4) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 12(21)