S.I. 553 of 2001

European Communities (Processed Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 ( No 27 of 1972 ), for the purposes of giving effect to Commission Decision 2001/165/EC of 27 February, 2001¹ , and for the purposes of giving further effect to Council Decision 2000/766/EC of 4 December 2000² and Commission Decision 2001/9 of 29 December, 2000³ , hereby make the following Regulations:

1.       (1)     These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Processed Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001.

(2)     The European Communities (Processed Animal Products) Regulations, 2000 and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the European Communities (Processed Animal Products) Regulations, 2000 to 2001.

2.       (1)      Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Processed Animal Products) Regulations, 2000 is hereby amended by the substitution, for the definition of “the Commission Decision”, of the following definition:-

“the Commission Decision” means Commission Decision 2001/9/EC of 29 December, 2000 providing for control measures required for the implementation of Council Decision 2000/766/EC concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein, as amended by Commission Decision 2001/165/EC of 27 February, 2001.”

(2)      Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Processed Animal Products) Regulations, 2000 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following definition:-

“For the purposes of these Regulations, farm means all lands or premises owned or operated by a natural or legal person on which farmed animals are kept.”

(3)      Regulation 6 of the European Communities (Processed Animal Products) Regulations, 2000 is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (1) of the following:-

“A person shall not:-

(a)    have processed animal proteins, in their possession or under their control on any land, premises or farm

(i)       used for or in connection with the manufacture of feedingstuffs, or

(ii)      used for or in connection with the holding, handling, keeping or farming of any farmed animals, or

(b)incorporate processed animal proteins into any feedingtuffs intended for feeding to animals other than ruminants except in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister under Regulation 7.”

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Processed Animal Products) Regulations, 2000 so as to give effect to Commission Decision 2001/165/EC. They also clarify certain provisions in the original Regulations in relation to eligibility for a licence.

Published by the Stationery Office, Dublin.

¹ O.J. No. L58, 28.2.2001, p. 43

² O.J. No. L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 32

³ O.J. No. L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 32