Regulation 2021/1372 - Amendment of Annex IV to Regulation 999/2001 as regards the prohibition to feed non-ruminant farmed animals, other than fur animals, with protein derived from animals - Main contents
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Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1372 of 17 August 2021 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the prohibition to feed non-ruminant farmed animals, other than fur animals, with protein derived from animals| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2021/1372 |
| Regdoc number | C(2021)6012 |
| CELEX number i | 32021R1372 |
| Document | 17-08-2021; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 18-08-2021; OJ L 295 p. 1-17 |
| Effect | 07-09-2021; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
18.8.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 295/1 |
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2021/1372
of 17 August 2021
amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the prohibition to feed non-ruminant farmed animals, other than fur animals, with protein derived from animals
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), and in particular the first paragraph of Article 23 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 lays down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). It applies to the production and placing on the market of live animals and products of animal origin and in certain specific cases to exports thereof. |
(2) |
Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 prohibits the feeding to ruminants of protein derived from animals. Article 7(2) of that Regulation extends that prohibition to animals other than ruminants, as laid down in Annex IV, Chapter I, while Chapters II to V set out and detail certain derogations to the prohibitions provided for in Chapter I under specific conditions. |
(3) |
The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council of a Strategy paper on TSEs for 2010-2015 (‘the TSE Road Map 2’) (2) outlines possible amendments to Union legislation to align the TSE’s prevention, control and eradication measures with the evolution of the epidemiological situation on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). It also emphasises that any review of the TSE rules should be primarily driven by scientific advice. The TSE Road Map 2 addresses the revision of the current feed ban provisions for non-ruminant animals laid down in Union legislation. |
(4) |
Based on the contents of two scientific opinions issued by the Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) of the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) on 24 January 2007 and on 17 November 2007 respectively, the TSE Road Map 2 acknowledges that no TSE have been identified as occurring in non-ruminant farmed animals under natural conditions. |
(5) |
On 7 June 2018, the Authority adopted a scientific opinion on the revision of the quantitative risk assessment (QRA) of the BSE risk posed by processed animal proteins (3). The QRA estimated a total BSE infectivity four times lower than that estimated in 2011, with less than one new case of BSE expected to arise each year. |
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On 22 September 2020, the Authority adopted a scientific opinion on the potential cattle BSE risk posed by the use of ruminant collagen and gelatine in feed for non-ruminant farmed animals (4). the Authority concludes that the probability that no new case of BSE in the cattle population would be generated through any of the three risk pathways identified in that opinion is larger than 99 % (almost certain). |
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At the same time, an estimated 100 000 tonnes of former foodstuffs containing ruminant collagen and/or gelatine go yearly for disposal in the Union, since they cannot be used in the feed of farmed animals under the current feed ban rules. |
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The prohibition to feed non-ruminant farmed animals with collagen and gelatine of ruminant origin should therefore be repealed. |
(9) |
Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), prohibits the feeding of terrestrial animals of a given species other than fur animals with processed animal protein from the bodies or parts... |
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