{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1069/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1069/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/1069",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1069",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Approval of establishments or plants",
  "text": "1. Operators shall ensure that establishments or plants under their control are approved by the competent authority, where such establishments or plants carry out one or more of the following activities:\n(a) processing of animal by-products by pressure sterilisation, by processing methods referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 15(1) or by alternative methods authorised in accordance with Article 20;\n(b) disposal, as waste, by incineration of animal by-products and derived products, excluding establishments or plants which have a permit to operate in accordance with the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 or a permit or registration to operate under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018;\n(c) disposal or recovery of animal by-products and derived products, if they are waste, by co-incineration, excluding establishments or plants which have a permit to operate in accordance with the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 or a permit or registration to operate under the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018;\n(d) use of animal by-products and derived products as fuel for combustion;\n(e) manufacturing of pet food;\n(f) manufacturing of organic fertilisers and soil improvers;\n(g) transformation of animal by-products and/or derived products into biogas or compost;\n(h) handling of animal by-products after their collection, by way of operations such as sorting, cutting, chilling, freezing, salting, removal of hides and skins or of specified risk material;\n(i) storage of animal by-products;\n(j) storage of derived products intended to be:\n(i)disposed of by landfill or incineration or intended to be recovered or disposed of by co-incineration;\n(ii)used as fuel for combustion;\n(iii)used as feed, excluding establishments or plants approved or registered in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 183/2005;\n(iv)used as organic fertilisers and soil improvers, excluding storage at a place of direct application.\n2. The approval referred to in paragraph 1 shall specify if the establishment or plant is approved for operations with animal by-products and/or derived products of:\n(a) a particular category referred to in Articles 8, 9 or 10; or\n(b) more than one category referred to in Articles 8, 9 or 10, indicating if such operations are carried out:\n(i)permanently under conditions of strict separation which prevent any risk to public and animal health; or\n(ii)temporarily under conditions which prevent contamination, in response to a shortage of capacity for such products arising due to:\na widespread outbreak of an epizootic disease, or\nother extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 24(1)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 12(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 24(1) substituted (S.) (1.11.2025) by The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/165), reg. 1(2), sch. 22 para. 35 (with sch. 23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 24(1)(c) substituted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1388), regs. 1(2)(c), 12(14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1069/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:08.628948+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}