Special designation of slaughterhouses and cutting plants, cold stores, meat processing and game handling establishments
1. The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall, following an application by a food business operator, designate establishments for:
(a)
the immediate slaughter of kept porcine animals from restricted zones II and III:
(i)
within those restricted zones II and III, as referred to in Articles 24 and 30;
(ii)
outside those restricted zones II and III, as referred to in Articles 24 and 29;
(b)
the cutting, processing and storage of the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, from porcine animals kept in restricted zones II or III as referred to in Articles 41, 42 and 43;
(c)
the preparation of game meat as referred to in point 1(1.18) of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and the processing and storage of the fresh meat and meat products from wild porcine animals obtained in restricted zones I, II or III as provided for in Articles 51 and 52 of this Regulation;
(d)
the preparation of game meat as referred to in point 1(1.18) of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 and the processing and storage of the fresh meat and meat products from wild porcine animals, where those establishments are located in restricted zones I, II or III as provided for in Articles 51 and 52 of this Regulation.
2. The competent authority may decide that the designation referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be required for establishments processing, cutting and storing fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones II or III and from wild porcine animals obtained in the restricted zones I, II or III, and establishment referred to in paragraph 1, point (d), provided that:
(a)
the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, of porcine origin are marked with a special health mark or, where relevant, an identification mark referred to in Article 47 in those establishments;
(b)
the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, of porcine origin from those establishments are only intended for the same Member State concerned;
(c)
the animal by-products of porcine origin from those establishments are only processed or disposed of in accordance with Article 35 within the same Member State.
3. The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall:
(a)
provide the Commission and other Member States with a link to the website of the competent authority with a list of designated establishments and their activities referred to in paragraph 1;
(b)
keep the list provided for in point (a) updated.
Special conditions for the designation of establishments for the immediate slaughter of porcine animals kept in restricted zones II or III
The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall only designate establishments for the immediate slaughter of porcine animals kept in restricted zones II or III, subject to compliance with the following conditions:
(a)
the slaughtering of porcine animals kept outside restricted zones II and III and of porcine animals kept in the restricted zones II or III that are subject to authorised movements provided for in Articles 24, 29 and 30 and the production and storage of products thereof are carried out separately from the slaughtering of porcine animals kept in restricted zones I, II or III and from the production and storage of products thereof that do not comply with the relevant:
(i)
additional general conditions laid down in Articles 15, 16 and 17; and
(ii)
specific conditions provided for in Articles 24, 29 and 30;
(b)
the operator of the establishment has in place documented instructions or procedures approved by the competent authority of the Member State concerned to ensure that the conditions laid down in point (a) are met.
Special conditions for the designation of establishments for the cutting, processing and storing of the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones II and III
The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall only designate establishments for the cutting, processing and storing of the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones II and III, subject to compliance with the following conditions:
(a)
the cutting, processing and storing of the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept outside restricted zones II and III and from porcine animals kept in restricted zones II and III are carried out separately from fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in restricted zones II and III that do not comply with the relevant:
(i)
additional general conditions laid down in Articles 15, 16 and 17; and
(ii)
specific conditions provided for in Articles 41, 42 and 43;
(b)
the operator of the establishment has in place documented instructions or procedures approved by the competent authority of the Member State concerned to ensure that the conditions laid down in point (a) are met.
Special health or identification marks
1. The competent authority of the Member State concerned shall ensure that the following products of animal origin are marked in accordance with paragraph 2:
(a)
the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in a restricted zone III, as provided for in Article 43, point (d)(ii);
(b)
the fresh meat and meat products, including casings, obtained from porcine animals kept in a restricted zone II, where the specific conditions for authorising movements of consignments of those commodities outside the restricted zone II provided for in Article 41(1) are not met, as provided for in Articles 24(3), point (e), and 41(2), point (b)(ii);
(c)
the fresh meat and meat products from wild porcine animals moved within a restricted zone I or outside that restricted zone from the establishment designated in accordance with Article 44(1), as provided for in Article 52(1), point (c)(iii), first indent.
2. The competent authority of the Member State concerned and, where relevant, food business operators shall ensure that:
(a)
a health mark or, where relevant, an identification mark as provided for in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 with two additional diagonal parallel lines is applied to products of animal origin referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and intended for movement only within the same Member State concerned;
(b)
following the marking of the products of animals origin as provided for in paragraph 2, point (a), of this Article the information required for a health mark or, where relevant, an identification mark provided for in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 remains in perfectly legible characters.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 of this Article, the competent authority of the Member State concerned may authorise the use of another form of special health mark or, where relevant, an identification mark that is not oval and cannot be confused with the health mark or identification mark provided for in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 for a period of twelve months following the date of publication of this Regulation.
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