CHAPTER VIII

IMPORT, TRANSIT AND EXPORT

Placing on the market, including importation, and export of certain Category 1 materials
Article 26
The competent authority may authorise the placing on the market, including the importation, and the export of hides and skins derived from animals which have been submitted to an illegal treatment as defined in Article 1(2)(d) of Directive 96/22/EC or in Article 2(b) of Directive 96/23/EC, and of ruminant intestines with or without content and of bones and bone products containing vertebral column and skull, subject to compliance with the following requirements:
1. those materials must not be Category 1 materials derived from any of the following animals:
  1. animals suspected of being infected by a TSE in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;
  2. animals in which the presence of a TSE has been officially confirmed;
  3. animals killed in the context of TSE eradication measures;
2. those materials must not be intended for any of the following uses:
  1. feeding;
  2. application to land from which farmed animals are fed;
  3. the manufacture of:
    - cosmetic products as defined in Article 1(1) of Directive 76/768/EEC;
    - active implantable medical devices as defined in Article 1(2)(c) of Directive 90/385/EEC;
    - medical devices as defined in Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 93/42/EEC;
    - in vitro diagnostic medical devices as defined in Article 1(2)(b) of Directive 98/79/EC;
    - veterinary medicinal products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/82/EC;
    - medicinal products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC;
3. the materials must be imported with a label and must comply with the specific requirements for certain movements of animal by-products set out in Section 1 of Chapter IV of Annex XIV hereto;
4. the materials must be imported in accordance with sanitary certification requirements laid down in national legislation.