Commission Regulation (EU) No 294/2013 of 14 March 2013 amending and correcting 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

Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 3, point (i) is replaced by the following: ‘(i) gasoline and fuels which fulfil the specific requirements for products from the multi-step catalytic process for the production of renewable fuels set out in point 2(c) of Section 3 of Chapter IV of Annex IV; (j) oleochemical products derived from rendered fats and which fulfil the requirements set out in Chapter XI of Annex XIII.’; (2) Article 13 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, point (e) is replaced by the following: ‘(e) maggots and worms for fishing bait; (f) circus animals.’; (b) in paragraph 2, point (e) is replaced by the following: ‘(e) maggots and worms for fishing bait; (f) circus animals.’; (3) in Article 15, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: ‘If the competent authority authorises the disposal of animal by-products by way of the derogation provided for in Article 19(1)(a), (b), (c), (e) and (f) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, the disposal shall comply with the following special rules set out in Chapter III of Annex VI:’; (4) in Article 36(3), the date ‘31 December 2012’ is replaced by ‘31 December 2014’; (5) Annexes I, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI and Annexes XIII to XVI are amended in accordance with the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

For a transitional period until 26 December 2013, consignments of animal by-products and of derived products accompanied by a health certificate, which has been completed and signed in accordance with the model set out in Chapters 3(B), 3(D), 4(A), 4(C), 4(D), 6(A), 8, 10(B), 11, 14(A) and 15 of Annex XV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 in its version before the date of entry into force of this Regulation, shall continue to be accepted for importation into the Union, provided that such certificates were completed and signed before 26 October 2013.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 15 March 2013.