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Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 Article 6

General animal health restrictions

Article 6

1.   Animal by-products and derived products from susceptible species shall not be dispatched from holdings, establishments, plants or zones which are subject to restrictions: (a) pursuant to Community veterinary legislation; or (b) due to the presence of a serious transmissible disease: (i) listed in Annex I to Directive 92/119/EEC; or (ii) laid down in accordance with the second subparagraph. The measures referred to in point (b)(ii) of the first subparagraph, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 52(4). 2.   Paragraph 1 shall not apply where animal by-products and derived products are dispatched under conditions designed to prevent the spread of diseases transmissible to humans or animals. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 52(5).

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