4.6.2014 Official Journal of the European Union L 165/33 COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 592/2014 of 3 June 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 1422011 as regards the use of animal by-products and derived products as a fuel in combustion plants (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to 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 (Animal by-products Regulation) ("), and in particular Article 15(1)(d), Article 15(1)(e), the second subparagraph of Article 15(1), point (h) of the first paragraph of Article 27, point (i) of the first paragraph of Article 27, the second subparagraph of Article 27 and the second subparagraph of Article 45(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) () ) Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 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. It cate- gorises those products into specific categories which reflect the level of such risks and provides for requirements on their safe use and disposal. Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 (%) lays down implementing rules for Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, including rules on the use and disposal of manure. Poultry manure is produced as an integral part of on-farm breeding and rearing of poultry which can be used onsite without prior treatment as fuel for combustion, provided relevant environmental and health protection requirements are complied with and the specific use will not cause adverse environmental or human health impacts. Combustion plants using poultry manure as fuel are to take the necessary hygiene measures to prevent spread of possible pathogens. Those measures must also include the handling of waste water originated from storage place of poultry manure. Residues from the combustion of poultry manure, primarily ashes, are a rich source of minerals that may be harvested for the production of mineral fertilisers and the Commission is currently developing Union legislation for such residues. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the possibility to make use of the combustion residues rather than to dispose of them as waste. At this stage, the Commission has only been provided with comprehensive evidence whereby technology has been developed to use poultry manure as fuel for combustion on farms without adverse effects on the environ- ment and or human health. In the case that evidence becomes available to the Commission concluding that the use of manure of other species as fuel for combustion could be carried out by ensuring an equivalent level of health and environmental protection, the relevant provisions of the Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 may be reviewed accordingly. In order to ensure the lawfulness of the further use of poultry manure as a fuel in combustion plants, additional environmental and health protection requirements for this specific use should be laid down in order to prevent adverse environmental or human health impacts. Harmonised requirements addressing, in a holistic way, the control of risks for human and animal health and the environment arising from the use of manure as a fuel in on-farm combustion plants would also facilitate the development of technologies for combustion plants using poultry manure on-farm as a sustainable source of fuel. 0J L300, 14.11.2009, p. 1. Commission Regulation (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).