L 138/52 Official Journal of the European Union 13.5.2014 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 483/2014 of 8 May 2014 on protection measures in relation to porcine diarrhoea caused by a deltacoronavirus as regards the animal health requirements for the introduction into the Union of spray dried blood and blood plasma of porcine origin intended for the production of feed for farmed porcine animals (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisa- tion of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries, and in particular Article 22(3) () thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 22(1) of Directive 97/78/EC provides that if in the territory of a third country a disease or any other phenomenon or circumstance liable to present a serious threat to animal health manifests itself or spreads, or if any other serious animal health reason so warrants, the Commission acting on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, is to adopt measures without delay, including special conditions in respect of products coming from all or part of the third country concerned. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) lays down public and animal health rules for animal by-products and derived products, in order to prevent and minimise risks to public and animal health arising from those products, and in particular to protect the safety of the feed chain. It also cate- gorises those products into specific categories which reflect the level of risk to public and animal health. (3)  Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, lays down requirements for the import of animal by-products and derived products of Category 3 material. (4)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 (), lays down implementing rules for Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, including specific requirements for the treatment or processing of animal by-products and derived products destined for feeding to farmed animals, excluding fur animals. (5)  Blood products intended for the production of feed for farmed animals, including spray dried blood and plasma of porcine animals, must have been produced in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter II of Annex X to Regu- lation (EU) No 142/2011. With reference to point B of that Section blood products are to be submitted to any of the processing methods 1 to 5 or processing method 7 as set out in Chapter III of Annex IV to that Regulation, or another method which ensures that the blood products comply with the microbiological standards for derived products set out in Chapter I of Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 also provides, in particular in column 6 of row 2 in Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV, that blood products not intended for human consumption that could be used as feed intended for dispatch to or for transit through the Union are to be accompanied by health certificate in accordance with the model health certificate set out in Chapter 4(B) of Annex XV. (6)  Porcine diarrhoea caused by a deltacoronavirus occurs in Asia and North America. This virus has never been detected in the Union. Spray dried blood and blood plasma of porcine animals is a traditional ingredient for feed for piglets. Inappropriate heat treatment or contamination after heat treatment may lead to the spread of the virus with such products. () OJL24,30.1.1998, p. 9. (*) Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1). Commission rI)(eg)ulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parlia- ment and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consump- tion and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that Directive (O] L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1). -