Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1375 is amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 2, the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 is deleted;
(2)
in Article 3, the following paragraph 5 is inserted:
‘5. By way of derogation from Article 2(3) and following approval by the competent authority:
(a)
carcasses may be cut up at a cutting plant attached to or separate from the slaughterhouse provided that:
(i)
the procedure is approved by the competent authority;
(ii)
a carcass or the parts thereof have not more than one cutting plant as its destination;
(iii)
the cutting plant is situated within the territory of the Member State; and
(iv)
in the case of a positive result all the parts are declared unfit for human consumption;
(b)
carcasses derived from domestic swine may be cut up into more parts in a cutting plant on the same premises or attached to the slaughterhouse provided that:
(i)
the procedure is approved by the competent authority;
(ii)
warm cutting is necessary for the production of specific products;
(iii)
in the case of a positive result all the parts are declared unfit for human consumption.’;
(3)
Article 4 is amended as follows:
(a)
the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 is replaced by:
‘Carcases as referred to in Article 2 or parts thereof, except for those referred to in Article 3(5), may not leave the premises, before the result of the Trichinella examination is found to be negative.’;
(b)
paragraph 3 is replaced by:
‘3. Where a procedure is in place in the slaughterhouse to ensure that no part of carcases examined leaves the premises until the result of the Trichinella examination is found to be negative and the procedure is formally approved by the competent authority or where the derogation provided for in Article 3(5) applies, the health mark provided for in Article 18(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 may be applied before the results of the Trichinella examination are available.’;
(4)
in Article 13, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Only the third countries listed in Annex VII may apply the derogations provided for in Article 3(2) and (3) after having informed the Commission on the application of those derogations’;
(5)
Article 14 is deleted;
(6)
in Annex I, Chapter I is replaced by the following:
‘CHAPTER I
REFERENCE METHOD OF DETECTION
The reference method of detection for the examination of samples for Trichinella , is ISO 18743:2015.’;
(7)
the following Annex VII is inserted:
‘ANNEX VII
Third countries applying the derogation referred to in Article 13(2)
’.