L117/42 Official Journal of the European Union 13.5.2003 COMMISSION DECISION of 12 May 2003 on transitional measures under Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the separation of category 2 and category 3 oleochemical plants (notified under document number C(2003) 1500) (Only the Spanish, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Swedish texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/326/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption ('), and in particular Article 32(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 provides for a complete revision of Community rules concerning animal by- products not intended for human consumption, including the introduction of a number of strict require- ments. In addition, it provides that appropriate transi- tional measures may be adopted. 2)  In view of the strict nature of those requirements, it is necessary to provide for non-renewable transitional measures for Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Nether- lands, Sweden and the United Kingdom in order to allow industry sufficient time to adjust. In addition, alternative collection, transport, storage, handling, processing and uses for animal by-products need to be further devel- oped, as well as disposal methods for those by-products. (3)  Accordingly, as a temporary measure a derogation should be granted to Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom to enable them to authorise operators to continue to apply national rules to the separation of category 2 and 3 oleo- chemical plants. (4 In order to prevent a risk to animal and public health, appropriate control systems should be maintained in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom for the period of the transi- tional measures. (5)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor- dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, () OJ L 273,10.10.2002, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atrticle 1 Derogation regarding the separation of category 2 and 3 oleochemical plants 1. Pursuant to Article 32(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/ 2002 and by way of derogation from Article 14(2) of that Regulation, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom may continue to grant indivi- dual approvals in accordance with national rules until 31 October 2005 at the latest to operators of premises and facil- ities not complying with point (b) of Article 14(2) and with the separation requirements for category 2 and category 3 oleo- chemical plants, provided that the national rules: (a) comply with all other applicable Community legislation; (b) are only applied in premises and facilities that applied those rules on 1 November 2002; and (c) comply with the requirements in points (c) and (d) of Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. 2. Only rendered fats derived from category 2 and 3 mate- rials shall be used. Rendered fats derived from category 2 mate- rial shall be processed in accordance with the standards provided for in Chapter III of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. Additional processes such as distillation, filtration and processing with absorbents shall be used to further improve the safety of the tallow derivatives. Atticle 2 Control measures The competent authority shall take the necessary measures to control compliance by authorised operators of premises and facilities with the conditions set out in Article 1.