# 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 5: In the case of intestines originally sourced from a country or a region with a negligible BSE risk, imports of treated intestines shall be subject to the presentation of an animal health certificate attesting that:

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

(a) the country or region is classified in accordance with this Regulation as a country or region posing a controlled BSE risk;
(b) the animals from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived were born, continuously reared and slaughtered in the country or region with a negligible BSE risk and passed ante mortem and post mortem inspections;
(c) if the intestines are sourced from a country or region where there have been BSE indigenous cases:
(i) the animals were born after the date from which the ban on the feeding of ruminants with meat-and-bone meal and greaves derived from ruminants has been enforced; or
(ii) the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin do not contain and are not derived from specified risk material as defined in point 1 of Annex V to this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2001/999/annex/IX/chapter/C/section/C/division/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-999/annex-IX/chapter-C/section-C/division-5
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