Commission Regulation (EU) No 1063/2012 of 13 November 2012 amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive Text with EEA relevance

"4 The competent authority may exempt the following operators from the obligation to notify, referred to in Article 23(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009: (a) operators handling or generating game trophies or other preparations referred to in Chapter VI of Annex XIII hereto for private or non-commercial purposes; (b) operators handling or disposing research and diagnostic samples for educational purposes; (c) operators transporting dry untreated wool and hair, provided they are securely enclosed in packaging, and directly dispatched to a plant producing derived products for uses outside the feed chain or to a plant carrying out intermediate operations, under conditions which prevent the spreading of pathogenic agents."

"2 The importation into and the transit through the Union of the following shall not be subject to any animal health conditions: (a) wool and hair which has been factory-washed or which has been treated by another method which ensures that no unacceptable risks remain; (b) furs which have been dried at an ambient temperature of 18°C for a period of at least two days at a humidity of 55 %; (c) wool and hair produced from animals other than those of the porcine species, which has been treated by factory-washing which consisting of the immersion of the wool and hair in series of baths of water, soap and sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide; (d) wool and hair produced from animals other than those of the porcine species, which is dispatched directly to a plant producing derived products from wool and hair for the textile industry and has been treated by at least one of the following methods: chemical depilation by means of slaked lime or sodium sulphide, fumigation in formaldehyde in a hermetically sealed chamber for at least 24 hours, industrial scouring which consists of the immersion of wool and hair in a water-soluble detergent held at 60–70 °C, storage, which may include the journey time, at 37 °C for eight days, 18 °C for 28 days or 4 °C for 120 days; (e) wool and hair that is dry and securely enclosed in packaging, produced from animals other than those of the porcine species, which is intended for dispatch to a plant producing derived products from wool and hair for the textile industry and meets all of the following requirements: (i) it was produced at least 21 days before the date of entry into the Union kept in a third country or region thereof which is listed in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 206/2010 and authorised for imports into the Union of fresh meat of ruminants not subject to supplementary guarantees A and F mentioned therein, free of foot-and-mouth disease, and, in the case of wool and hair from sheep and goats, of sheep pox and goat pox in accordance with the basic general criteria listed in Annex II to Directive 2004/68/EC; (ii) it is accompanied by a importers' declaration as required in accordance with Chapter 21 of Annex XV; (iii) it was presented by the operator to one of the approved Union border inspection posts listed in Annex I to Decision 2009/821/EC where it passed with satisfactory result the documentary check carried out in accordance with Article 4(3) of Directive 97/78/EC."

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