12. 6. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 139/17 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 11 June 1996 amending Decision 96/239/EC on emergency measures to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Text with EEA relevance) (96/362/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (*), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (3, and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra- Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market (), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC, and in particular Article 9 (4) thereof, Whereas, to protect animal and human health in the Community, the Commission adopted Decision 94/474/EC of 27 July 1994 concerning certain protection measures relating to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and repealing Decisions 89/469/EEC and 90/200/EEC (¥, as last amended by Decision 95/287/EC (%), Decision No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 29. No L 62, 15. 3. 1993, p. 49. % OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 13. ) O] No L 194, 29. 7. 1994, p. 96. 9 OJ No L 181, 1. 8. 1995, p. 40. 92/290/EEC of 14 May 1992 concerning certain protec- tion measures relating to bovine embryos in respect of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United Kingdom (%), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, Decision 94/381/EC of 27 June 1994 concerning certain protection measures with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the feeding of mammalian derived protein ("), as amended by Decision 95/60/EC (!), and Decision 94/382/EC of 27 June 1994 on the approval of alternative heat treatment systems for processing animal waste of ruminant origin, with a view to the inactivation of spongiform encephalo- pathy agents (), as amended by Decision 95/29/EC (*°); Whereas the Council, at its meeting on 1 to 3 April 1996, concluded that a Commission decision in accordance with the Standing Veterinary Committee procedure should be adopted to require that all animal waste of mammalian origin in the Community shall be processed by a method that has been demonstrated as being de facto effective for the inactivation of the agents of scrapie and