Article 15

Member States shall ensure that: 1. the use of swill originating from means of international transport, such as ships, land vehicles or aircraft, is prohibited for the feeding of pigs and that such swill is collected and destroyed under official supervision; 2. swill for the feeding of pigs must be heat-treated so as to ensure the destruction of swine fever virus. Swill so treated may be used for feeding to fattening pigs only and pigs fattened on a holding using such swill may leave the holding only to go for slaughter. However, the competent authority may allow the feeding of other categories of pigs with swill provided that the pigs kept on the holding cannot leave except to go for slaughter; 3. the collection, transport and treatment of swill intended for feeding to pigs are subject to official authorization. Swill must be transported in vehicles or containers so designed that it cannot leak or fall out of the vehicle during transport. Each time after use, the vehicles or containers used for the transport of swill must be cleaned and disinfected according to the instructions of the competent authority; 4. the authorization referred to in paragraph 3 for the treatment of swill is granted subject to the following conditions: - the holding must have completely separate facilities for treated and untreated swill, the premises for storage of untreated swill and the premises where treatment takes place must be easy to clean and disinfect; 5. swill collected in accordance with paragraph 3 may be used only on the holding where it has been heat-treated. Member States may authorize the treatment of swill in specialized establishments equipped for the purpose, on which there are no animals and which are under official control. In this case, by way of derogation from paragraph 2, the swill may, after heat-treatment, also be used for the feeding of pigs other than fattening pigs, provided that its distribution and use are controlled so as to avoid any risk of the swine fever virus spreading; 6. the authorization referred to in paragraph 3 is not required in the case of small holdings using their own swill for feeding to their own pigs, provided that such swill is heat-treated in a manner such as to ensure the destruction of swine fever virus.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-09 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.