Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1176 of 16 July 2021 amending Annexes III, V, VII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards genotyping of positive TSE cases in goats, the determination of age in ovine and caprine animals, the measures applicable in a herd or flock with atypical scrapie and the conditions for imports of products of bovine, ovine and caprine origin (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2021/1176
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Article 1

Annexes III, V, VII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annexes III, V, VII and IX to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 are amended as follows:

(1)

Annex III is amended as follows:

(a)

in Chapter A, in Part II, point 8 is replaced by the following:

‘8.

Genotyping

8.1.

The prion protein genotype for the codons 136, 154 and 171 shall be determined for each positive TSE case in sheep. TSE cases found in sheep of genotypes which encode alanine (A) on both alleles at codon 136, arginine (R) on both alleles at codon 154 and arginine (R) on both alleles at codon 171 shall immediately be reported to the Commission. Where the positive TSE case is an atypical scrapie case the prion protein genotype for the codon 141 shall also be determined.

8.2.

The prion protein genotype for the codons 146 and 222 shall be determined for each positive TSE case in goats. TSE cases found in goats of genotypes which encode serine (S) or aspartic acid (D) on at least one allele at codon 146 and/or lysine (K) on at least one allele at codon 222, shall immediately be reported to the Commission.’;

(b)

in Chapter B, in Part I.A., point 8 is replaced by the following:

‘8.

The genotype, and, where possible, the breed, of each ovine and caprine animal found positive to TSE and sampled in accordance with Chapter A, Part II, point 8.’;

(2)

in Annex V, point 1(b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b)

as regards ovine and caprine animals: the skull, including the brain and eyes, and the spinal cord of animals aged over 12 months or which have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum.’;

(3)

in Annex VII, Chapter B is amended as follows:

(a)

point 2.2.3 is deleted;

(b)

in point 3.5, sub-point (d) is replaced by the following:

‘(d)

for a period of two years from the date when all the measures referred to in point 2.2.1, point 2.2.2(b), or point 2.2.2(c) have been completed, provided that no TSE case other than atypical scrapie is detected during this two-year period.’;

(c)

point 4.6 is replaced by the following:

‘4.6.

The restrictions set out in points 4.1 to 4.5 shall apply for a period of two years following the detection of the last TSE case, other than atypical scrapie, on the holdings where option 3 laid down in point 2.2.2(d) has been implemented.’;

(4)

in Annex IX, in Chapter C, in Section C, in point 1, the following sub-points are added:

‘(e)

if the animals, from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived, originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, the animals have not been fed with meat-and-bone meal or greaves, as defined in the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code;

(f)

if the animals, from which the products of bovine, ovine and caprine animal origin were derived, originate from a country or region classified in accordance with Decision 2007/453/EC as a country or region posing an undetermined BSE risk, the products were produced and handled in a manner which ensures that they did not contain and were not contaminated with nervous and lymphatic tissues exposed during the deboning process.’