Article 1

In Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, point 1(a)(ii) is replaced by the following:

1. (ii)

   ‘the vertebral column excluding the vertebrae of the tail, the spinous and transverse processes of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae and the median sacral crest and wings of the sacrum, but including the dorsal root ganglia, of animals aged over 30 months; and’