Annex

In Chapter V of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, the following point D is added:

1. D..

   ‘Combustion plants in which meat-and-bone meal is used as a fuel for combustion

   1. 1..

      Type of plant:

      Combustion plants with a total rated thermal input not exceeding 50 MW.

   2. 2..

      Starting material:

      Meat-and-bone meal of Category 1 and Category 2 materials, to be used as a fuel for combustion in accordance with the requirements set out in point 3 alone or in a mixture of meat-and-bone meal, rendered fat and manure.

   3. 3..

      Specific requirements for meat-and-bone meal used as a fuel for combustion:

      1. (a)

         meat-and-bone meal shall be stored in the combustion plant securely in a closed storage protected from access of animals and shall not be sent to another destination unless authorised by the competent authority in case of break down or abnormal operating conditions;

      2. (b)

         the combustion plant must be equipped with:

         1. (i)

            an automatic or continuous fuel management system to place the fuel directly in the combustion chamber without further handling;

         2. (ii)

            an auxiliary burner which must be used during start-up and shut-down operations to ensure that the temperature requirements set out in Section 2(2) of Chapter IV are met at all times during those operations and as long as unburned material is in the combustion chamber.

   4. 4..

      Methodology:

      Combustion plants in which meat-and-bone meal of Category 1 or Category 2 materials is used as a fuel shall comply with the general requirements set out in Chapter IV and the specific requirements set out in points B(4) and B(5) of this Chapter.

   5. 5..

      Derogation and transitional period:

      The Member State competent authority responsible for environmental issues may by way of derogation from point 3(b)(ii), grant combustion plants operating on 3 June 2020 an additional time period of maximum 4 years to comply with the second subparagraph of point 2 of Section 2 of Chapter IV.’