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". – Mr President, I wish to begin by saying, on behalf of the Commission, that we very much welcome the joint text on the proposed regulation on animal by-products, agreed by the Conciliation Committee on 12 September.
This proposal is the second major component in our defence barriers against BSE and other serious animal diseases. The first component was the regulation on TSEs adopted last year.
This proposal is very important – it is essential for the safe collection, transport, storage, handling, processing and disposal of the millions of tonnes of animal by-products produced in the Union every year. The continued absence of a sound comprehensive regulatory framework to deal with these by-products would be a very dangerous thing indeed.
I would like to express the Commission’s sincere thanks to Mrs Paulsen, for her enormous efforts and tireless work, over nearly two years, in pursuing an agreement between the Commission and the Council on the proposed regulation. The position we have reached here today owes much to her personal commitment, tenacity and determination.
I also thank, in particular, Mrs Caroline Jackson, chairperson of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, and Mr Joseph Daul, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, for their valuable input.
The Commission is greatly encouraged that all three institutions are in general agreement on four key principles. Firstly, that only animal by-products derived from animals fit for human consumption should be used in feed, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. Secondly, that intra-species recycling – known as 'cannibalism' – should be banned. Thirdly, that certain provisions should be tightened in order to improve control and traceability in the animal by-products sector. Fourthly, that alternative disposal options should be approved to take into account scientific and technological developments.
We are also pleased that the difficult issue of catering waste has finally been resolved. The solution permits a temporary relaxation of the ban on the use of catering waste in feed for some Member States, under certain highly controlled conditions to be established by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
The use of catering waste in feed constitutes a major threat of transmission of serious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and classical swine fever. It is certain that nobody would wish to see a repeat of the kind of outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease we recently saw in the UK, with its enormous losses to the farming and non-farming community.
The Commission will now focus on preparing implementing measures – including the approval of alternative disposal methods and a derogation on intra-species recycling for fish and fur animals – as well as a number of transitional measures covering such matters as catering waste and used cooking oil, to bridge the gap prior to the application of the regulation."@en1
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