# 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, Division CHAPTER II: Derogations from the prohibitions provided for in Article 7(1) and in Chapter I

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 7(3), the prohibitions provided for in Article 7(1) and in Chapter I shall not apply to the feeding to:
(a) ruminants of:
(i) milk, milk-based products, milk-derived products, colostrum and colostrum products;
(ii) eggs and egg products;
(iii) collagen and gelatine derived from non-ruminants;
(iv) hydrolysed proteins derived from:
parts of non-ruminants, or
ruminant hides and skins;
(v) compound feed containing the products listed in points (i) to (iv) above;
(b) non-ruminant farmed animals of the following feed materials and compound feed:
(i) hydrolysed proteins derived from parts of non-ruminants or from ruminant hides and skins;
(ii) fishmeal and compound feed containing fishmeal which are produced, placed on the market and used in accordance with the general conditions laid down in Chapter III and the specific conditions laid down in Section A of Chapter IV;
(iii) dicalcium phosphate and tricalcium phosphate of animal origin and compound feed containing such phosphates which are produced, placed on the market and used in accordance with the general conditions laid down in Chapter III and the specific conditions laid down in Section B of Chapter IV;
(iv) blood products derived from non-ruminants and compound feed containing such blood products which are produced, placed on the market and used in accordance with the general conditions laid down in Chapter III and the specific conditions laid down in Section C of Chapter IV;
(c)aquaculture animals of the following feed materials and compound feed:
(i) processed animal protein derived from non-ruminants, other than fishmeal and other than processed animal protein derived from farmed insects, and compound feed containing such processed animal protein, which are produced, placed on the market and used in accordance with the general conditions laid down in Chapter III and the specific conditions laid down in Section D of Chapter IV;
(ii) processed animal protein derived from farmed insects, and compound feed containing such processed animal protein, which are produced, placed on the market and used in accordance with the general conditions laid down in Chapter III and the specific conditions laid down in Section F of Chapter IV;
(d) unweaned ruminants of milk replacers containing fishmeal and which are produced, placed on the market and used in accordance with specific conditions laid down in Section E of Chapter IV;
(e) farmed animals of feed materials of plant origin and compound feed containing such feed materials contaminated with insignificant amount of bone spicules derived from unauthorised animal species. The appropriate authority may only use this derogation if it has carried out a risk assessment beforehand which has confirmed there is a negligible risk for animal health. That risk assessment must take into account at least the following:
(i) the level of the contamination;
(ii) the nature and the source of the contamination;
(iii) the intended use of the contaminated feed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/999/annex/IV/chapter/II (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-999/annex-IV/chapter-II
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