Države članice lahko odstopajo od določb točk 8 in 9, da omogočijo sežig ali zakopavanje snovi s specifičnim tveganjem ali celih trupov brez predhodnega obarvanja ali po potrebi brez odstranjevanja snovi s specifičnim tveganjem v okoliščinah, ki jih določa člen 3(2) Direktive 90/667/EGS, in po metodi, ki preprečuje vsakršno tveganje prenosa TSE in ki jo odobri in preveri pristojni organ, zlasti če so živali poginile ali bile pokončane v okviru ukrepov za nadzor nad boleznijo.
Member States may derogate from the provisions of points 8 and 9 to allow the incineration or burial of specified risk material or entire bodies, without prior staining, or, as appropriate, without removal of the specified risk material, in the circumstances set out in Article 3(2) of Directive 90/667/EEC and by a method which precludes all risk of transmission of a TSE and is approved and verified by the competent authority, in particular where animals have died or have been killed in the context of disease control measures.