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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-552/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2007/552",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 6 August 2007 concerning interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom (notified under document number C(2007) 3852) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/552/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-552",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The United Kingdom shall not dispatch animal products of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species and other biungulates not mentioned in Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 produced after the 15 July 2007 from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I.\nThe United Kingdom shall not dispatch dung and manure from those parts of its territory listed in Annex I.\n2. The prohibitions mentioned in paragraph 1 first subparagraph shall not apply to:\n(a) animal products which have been subjected to:\nheat treatment in a hermetically sealed container with a Fo value of 3,00 or more, or\nheat treatment in which the centre temperature is raised to at least 70 °C;\n(b) blood and blood products as defined in paragraphs 4 and 5 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 which have been subject to at least one of the treatments provided for in paragraph 3 (a) (ii) of Part A of Chapter IV of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, followed by an effectiveness check.\n(c) lard and rendered fats which have been subject to the heat treatment prescribed in paragraph 2 (d) (iv) of Part B of Chapter IV of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002;\n(d) animal casings which have been cleaned, scraped and then either salted, bleached or dried, and subsequently effective steps were taken to prevent the recontamination of the casings\n(e) sheep wool, ruminant hair and pigs bristles which have undergone factory washing or have been obtained from tanning and unprocessed sheep wool, ruminant hair and pigs bristles which are securely enclosed in packaging and dry;\n(f) petfood conforming to the requirements of paragraphs 2 to 4 of Part B of Chapter II of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002;\n(g) composite products which are not subject to further treatment containing products of animal origin on the understanding that the treatment was not necessary for finished products the ingredients of which comply with the respective animal health conditions laid down in this Decision,\n(h) game trophies in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 or 4 of Part A of Chapter VII of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002;\n(i) packed products intended for use as in-vitro diagnostic or laboratory reagents.\n3. The United Kingdom shall ensure that the animal products mentioned in paragraph 2 to be sent to other Member States shall be accompanied by an official certificate which bears the following words:\n‘Animal products conforming to Commission Decision 2007/552/EC of 6 August 2007 concerning interim protection measures with regard to foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom’.\n4. Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraphs 2 (b), (c) and (d) that compliance with the conditions for the treatment stated in the commercial document required in accordance with the respective Community legislation is endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).\n5. Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraph 2 (e) to be accompanied by a commercial document stating either the factory washing or origin from tanning or compliance with the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 and 4 of Chapter VIII of Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002.\n6. Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be sufficient, in the case of products mentioned in paragraphs 2 (g) which have been produced in an establishment operating HACCP and an auditable standard operating procedure which ensures that pre-processed ingredients comply with the respective animal health conditions laid down in this Decision, that this is stated on the commercial document accompanying the consignment, endorsed in accordance with Article 9(1).\n7. Derogating from the provisions in paragraph 3 it shall be sufficient in the case of products mentioned in paragraph 2 (i), to be accompanied by a commercial document stating that the products are for use as in-vitro diagnostic or laboratory reagents, provided that the products are clearly labelled ‘for in-vitro diagnostic use only’ or ‘for laboratory use only’.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/552/article/8",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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