Health requirements for animal by-products

PURPOSE : to amend Council Directives 90/425/EEC and 92/118/EEC as regards health requirements for animal by-products. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Directive 2002/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 90/425/EEC and 92/118/EEC as regards health requirements for animal by-products. CONTENT : to recall, numerous Community acts lay down animal and public health conditions for the processing and disposal of animal waste, trade and importation of products of animal origin not intended for human consumption. Regulation 1774/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down the health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption has replaced the rules contained in those acts. To take account of those new rules, Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market and Council Directive 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC, are be amended. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive in 30 April 2003. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 19 November 2002.�