L177/60 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.6.2001 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1326/2001 of 29 June 2001 laying down transitional measures to permit the changeover to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and amending Annexes VII and XI to that Regulation THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the Euro- pean Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1248/2001 (), and in particular Article 23 thereof, Whereas: () ) 0] 0] Articles 7, 9 and 15 to 18 of Regulation (EC) No 999/ 2001 lay down rules concerning animal feeding, and impose further restrictions for products of ruminant origin and marketing of live animals and products of animal origin. Their requirements vary depending on the classification of the BSE status of the Member States or third countries concerned. The classification for the determination of BSE status is to be decided according to the criteria laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. To date no decisions have been taken to place any Member State or third country in a category based on the new provisions under Article 5. The provi- sions of the Regulation would take effect in their entirety from 1 July 2001, unless transitional measures have been adopted on the basis of Article 23. In absence of decisions on classification Articles 7, 9 and 15 to 18 cannot be applied: transitional measures are therefore necessary. Transitional measures for certain rules based on classi- fication, namely those concerning specified risk material, are already foreseen by Article 22, which provides that they shall apply at least until 1 January 2002 and shall cease to apply immediately following the date of adop- tion of a decision on classification in accordance with Atrticle 5, on which date Article 8, concerning specified risk material, shall apply. In the interest of clarity the same rules for the changeover from the transitional rules L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. L 173, 27.6.2001, p. 12. et oS 3 LLeeeeee to the rules of the Regulation should apply to the other Articles based on classification. The transmissible spongiform encephalopathy-related Community rules on prohibitions concerning animal feeding, in force immediately prior to the implementa- tion of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, are laid down in Council Decision 2000/766/EC (*), concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongi- form encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein and Commission Decision 2001/9/EC (¥), as amended by Decision 2001/165/EC (°), concerning control measures required for the implementation of Decision 2000/766/ EC. Decision 2000/766/EC, suspends the feeding, with few exceptions, of processed animal proteins to all farmed animals until 30 June 2001. The Council concluded on 24 April 2001 that the period of applica- tion of the Decision should be extended. This latter Decision shall therefore be amended accordingly as a transitional measure. Any further amendments will depend on a decision on the classification of Member States as well as the efficacy of control measures put in place by individual Member States. The transmissible spongiform encephalopathy-related Community rules on placing on the market and export of live bovine animals and of certain products of bovine animal origin, in force immediately prior to the imple- mentation of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, are laid down in, or have been adopted pursuant to, Commis- sion Decision 92/290/EEC of 14 May 1992 concerning certain protection measures relating to bovine embryos in respect of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United Kingdom (%), Council Decision 98/256/EC of 16 March 1998 concerning emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy, amending Decision 94[474[EC and repealing Decision 96/239/EC (’), Commission Decision 98/351/EC of 29 May 1998 setting the date on which dispatch from Northern Ireland of bovine products under the Export Certified Herds Scheme may commence by virtue of Atrticle 6(5) of Council Decision 98/256/EC (%), Commis- sion Decision 1999/514/EC of 23 July 1999 setting the date on which dispatch from the United Kingdom of bovine products under the date-based export scheme may commence by virtue of Article 6(5) of Council Decision 98/256/EC (°), Commission Decision 2000/ 345[EC of 22 May 2000 setting the date on which dispatch from Portugal to Germany of certain products for the purpose of incineration may commence by virtue 306, 7.12.2000, p. 32. 2, 5.1.2001, p. 32. 58, 28.2.2001, p. 43. 152, 4.6.1992, p. 37. 113, 15.4.1998, p. 32. 157, 30.5.1998, p. 110. 195, 28.7.1999, p. 42. | ol onlll onlll onll el anlll ol