The effect of the amendments in regulation 2 is to give effect to Commission Decision 2002/670/EC which amends Council Decision 98/256/EC to enable the dispatch from Scotland of bovine embryos and bone in veal carcasses from calves between 6 and 9 months exported under the Date Based Export Scheme (DBES). The decision further amends the required methods of operating procedures for the DBES in particular to enable participating companies to slaughter and process DBES ineligible bovine animals as well as DBES eligible bovine animals provided that adequate separation arrangements are in place. In addition regulation 2(4) inserts regulation 5A into the principal regulations which prohibits offering to dispatch or consign goods which may not be dispatched or consigned under those Regulations.