Consultation on the Review of the Animal By-Products Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002

Area 7E
9 Millbank
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
Telephone:  020 7238 6760

Website:  www.defra.gov.uk

13 November 2008

Dear Consultee,

Consultation on the Review of the Animal By-Products Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002

  • I am writing to invite views on the European Commission’s proposal to replace the Animal By-Products Regulation 1774/2002/EC, which lays down health rules as regards animal by-products not intended for human consumption.

This consultation applies in England only. Parallel consultations are being undertaken in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The following documents may be found on Defra’s website at www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/animalbyproducts/index.htm:

  • Consultation document
  • Partial Impact Assessment
  • List of consultees

We welcome your views and comments on the Commission’s proposal. If you wish to obtain a copy of the consultation please contact the Animal By-Products Team, Area 7E, 9 Millbank, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR, Tel 020 7238 6760 - or email:  abp.team@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

Background

  • This proposal was issued on 10 June 2008, some three years after the Commission first reviewed the operation of the Animal by-products regulation and following extensive consultation with Member States. The proposal is subject to agreement by the European Council and Parliament.

In bringing forward the proposal the Commission has stated that its intentions are:

  • to bring the legislation into line with better regulation practice;
  • to clarify the scope of the Regulation in certain areas;
  • to review both the classification of risk of certain ABP’s and the level of controls necessary for their use and disposal;
  • to cut out some duplication of requirements for approval of premises which are covered by other sectoral legislation.

The Commission is also proposing some limited expansion to certain derogations on the use and disposal of ABP’s already provided for under the current legislation.

Responses

  • Please send responses to: Animal By-Products Team, Area 7E, 9 Millbank, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, Tel 020 7238 6760. Email – abp.team@defra.gsi.gov.uk 

      Responses should be received by 6 February 2009.

Consultation Criteria

  • This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at  www.berr.gov.uk/bre/.

When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.

If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.

Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential. 

We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/resources/consultation/index.htm .  This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details. 

To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:

Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020-7238-6575
Email:  defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Please give the library 24 hours’ notice.  There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House,17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries please contact us as above.

 

Your Faithfully

 

 

Neil Leach

 

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Page published: 11 November 2008