Article 4

United Kingdom

Bulgaria shall prohibit the placing on the market outside the region of Yambol of the following commodities produced from small ruminants coming from the region of Yambol:

(a)

fresh meat;

(b)

minced meat and meat preparations produced from the meat referred to in point (a);

(c)

meat products and treated stomachs, bladders and intestines for human consumption produced from the meat referred to in point (a), other than those which have undergone a treatment to eliminate certain animal health risks in accordance with Annex III to Council Directive 2002/99/EC^f1;

(d)

raw milk and dairy products, other than those that have undergone a treatment in hermetically sealed containers with an F₀ value of 3,00 or more, as described in Annex III to Directive 2002/99/EC;

(e)

products containing the commodities referred to in points (a) to (d),

(f)

unprocessed animal by-products.

By way of derogation from the prohibition laid down in paragraph 1(f), the competent authority may authorise the dispatch of unprocessed animal by-products under official supervision destined for processing or disposal in a plant approved by it for that purpose within the territory of Bulgaria in accordance with the provision of Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.

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Footnotes

f1: Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption (OJ L 18, 23.1.2003, p. 11).