Annex

The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 92/2005 are amended as follows:

1. 1..

   in Annex IV, point 3 is deleted;

2. 2..

   the following Annex VII is added:

   ANNEX VII

   THERMO-MECHANICAL BIOFUEL PRODUCTION PROCESS

   Thermo-mechanical biofuel production means treatment of animal by-products under the following conditions:

   1. 1..

      The animal by-products are loaded into a converter and subsequently treated at a temperature of 80 °C for a period of eight hours. During this period, the material is constantly reduced in size using appropriate mechanical abrasion equipment.

   2. 2..

      The material is subsequently treated to a temperature of 100 °C for at least two hours.

   3. 3..

      The particle size of the resulting material must not be larger than 20 millimetres.

   4. 4..

      The animal by-products are treated in such a manner that the time-temperature requirements laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 are achieved at the same time.

   5. 5..

      During the heat treatment of the material, evaporated water is continually extracted from the air-space above the biofuel and is passed through a stainless steel condenser. The condensate is kept at a temperature of at least 70 °C for at least one hour before being discharged as waste water.

   6. 6..

      After the heat treatment of the material, the resulting biofuel from the converter is then discharged and automatically conveyed by a fully covered and interlocked conveyor to incineration or co-incineration on the same site.

   7. 7..

      A system of hazard analysis and critical control points is in place and maintained which allows for the control of the requirements laid down in paragraphs 1 to 6.

   8. 8..

      The process is carried out in a batch mode.