AP11 Application Form for First Stage Approval to Operate a Biogas Plant

AP11: First Stage Application Form Biogas Plant

Final version Rev5: 20240226

Please note the following:

•In order to build a biogas plant an operator must comply with the European

Communities (Animal By-Products) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 187 of 2014) and in

accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 and Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011.

•‘CN11 – Approval and operation of biogas plants transforming Animal By-Products

in Ireland’ can be found here and must be read before completing this application

form.

•All personal data processed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

will take place in accordance with the law on Data Protection and will only be for the

purposes connected to the functions of this Department.

•Please note: The application form must be completed by the ‘operator’. The operator

is defined as ‘the natural or legal persons having an animal by-product or derived

product under their actual control, including carriers, traders and users’.

•Three copies of the completed application form and maps should be sent to: Department

of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Milk and Meat Hygiene/ABP/TSE

Division, (Animal By-Products), Grattan House, Grattan Business Centre, Dublin Road,

Portlaoise, Co Laois, R32 RY6V.

•Applications that are incomplete, that contain insufficient or unsatisfactory

information or that do not comply with conditions or legislative requirements will be

returned to the applicant and a revised, fully completed application must be re-

submitted.

Issued 28th November 2014

Milk & Meat Hygiene/ABP/TSE Division

First Stage Application Form Biogas Plant

Information Note

AP11: First Stage Application Form Biogas Plant

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1. Applicant/Operator* Details

Full Name:

Address:

Eircode:

Company Registration Number or PPS Number:

VAT Number

Is /are there currently a herd number(s) registered in the applicant name? Yes No

If yes, give herd number(s) and the full address(es) of holding(s), including county

Herd Number:

Holding Address:

Eircode:

Signature of Applicant (operator): ___________________________________________________

The applicant must be the operator. *‘Operator’ means the natural or legal person having an animal

by-product or derived product under their actual control, including carriers, traders and users. Where

the Operator is a corporate entity the person signing the application must be in a position of authority

that he/she can bind the company e.g., Director or Company Secretary.

Print Name: _____________________________________________________

Position within the plant: _____________________________________________________

Phone Number (Landline): _______________ Phone Number (Mobile): ____________

Email Address: _____________________________________________________

Date: ___________________

DAFM SHOULD BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY OF ANY CHANGES TO THE ABOVE INFORMATION

Application form to treat Animal by-Products in a Biogas plant under the European

Union (Animal By-Products) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 187 of 2014) and in accordance

with Regulation (EC) No. 1069 of 2009 and Regulation (EU) No. 142 of 2011