TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I

Common provisions
Section 4

Categorisation

Category 2 material
Article 9
Category 2 material shall comprise the following animal by-products:
1. manure, non-mineralised guano and digestive tract content;
2. animal by-products collected during the treatment of waste water required by implementing rules adopted under point (c) of the first paragraph of Article 27:
  1. from establishments or plants processing Category 2 material; or
  2. from slaughterhouses other than those covered by Article 8(e);
3. animal by-products containing residues of authorised substances or contaminants exceeding the permitted levels set by assimilated law or, in the absence thereof, by other national legislation;
4. products of animal origin which have been declared unfit for human consumption due to the presence of foreign bodies in those products;
5. products of animal origin, other than Category 1 material, that are:
  1. imported or introduced from a third country and fail to comply with veterinary legislation forming part of assimilated law for their import or introduction into Great Britain except where assimilated law allows their import or introduction subject to specific restrictions or their return to the third country; ...
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6. animals and parts of animals, other than those referred to in Article 8 or Article 10,
  1. that died other than by being slaughtered or killed for human consumption, including animals killed for disease control purposes;
  2. foetuses;
  3. oocytes, embryos and semen which are not destined for breeding purposes; and
  4. dead-in-shell poultry;
7. mixtures of Category 2 material with Category 3 material;
8. animal by-products other than Category 1 material or Category 3 material.
Words in Regulation 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(2)
Words in Art. 9(c) 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(10)(a)
Words in Art. 9(e)(i) 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(10)(b)(i)(aa)
Words in Art. 9(e)(i) 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(10)(b)(i)(bb)
Word in Art. 9(e)(i) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of 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(10)(b)(i)(cc)
Art. 9(e)(ii) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of 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(10)(b)(ii)
Word in Art. 9(c) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 86(2)(c)
Word in Art. 9(e)(i) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 86(2)(c)