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SANTE/10719/2018 ANNEX 
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ANNEX  
 
ANNEX  
to the  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) .../...  
amending and correcting Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Council as regards maximum levels for certain undesirable substances in 
animal feed    
EN 1  EN ANNEX  
Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows:  
(1) Row 1 of Section I, Arsenic, is replaced by the following:  
Undesirable 
substance  Products intended for animal feed  Maximum content in 
mg/kg (ppm) relative to a 
feed with a moisture 
content of 12 %  
“1. Arsenic(1)  Feed materials  
with the exception of:  
- meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried 
clover, and dried  sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar 
beet pulp;  
- palm kernel expeller;  
- peat; leonardite;  
- phosphates, calcareous marine algae;  
- calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate  (10); 
calcareous marine shells;  
- magnesium oxide; magnesium carbonate;  
- fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof;  
- seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed.  
Iron particles used as tracer.  
Feed additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of 
trace elements  
with the exceptio n of: 
- cupric sulphate pentahydrate; cupric carbonate; dicopper 
chloride trihydroxide;  ferrous carbonate; dimanganese 
chloride trihydroxide  
- zinc oxide; manganous oxide; cupric oxide.  
Complementary feed  
with the exception of:  
- mineral feed;  
- complementary feed for pet animals containing fish, other 
aquatic animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed 
meal and feed materials derived from seaweed;  
- long-term supply formulations of feed for particular 
nutritional purposes with a concentra tion of trace elements 
higher than 100 times the established maximum content in 
complete feed;  
 
Complete feed  
with the exception of:  
- complete feed for fish and fur animals;  
- complete feed for pet animals containing fish, other aquatic 
animals and products derived thereof and/or seaweed meal 
and feed materials derived from seaweed.  2 
 
 
4 
 
4(2) 
5(2) 
10 
 
15 
20 
25(2) 
40(2) 
50 
 
30 
 
 
 
50 
100 
4 
 
12 
 
 
10(2) 
 
 
 
30 
 
2 
 
10(2) 
 
 
10(2)” 
  
EN 2  EN (2) In Row 3 of section I, fluorine, in the column "Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm ) 
relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %", the figure for the maximum level 
for calcareous marine algae is replaced by "1250" ;  
(3) Row 4 of Section I, Lead, is replaced by the following:  
Undesirable 
substance  Products intended for  animal feed  Maximum content in 
mg/kg (ppm) relative to 
a feed with a moisture 
content of 12 %  
“4. Lead(12) Feed materials  
with the exception of:  
- forage(3); 
- phosphates, calcareous marine algae and calcareous 
marine shells ;  
- calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate(10);  
- yeasts.  
Feed additives belonging to the functional group of 
compounds of trace elements  
with the exception of:  
- zinc oxide;  
- manganous oxide, ferrous carbonate, cupric carbonate, 
copper (I) oxide.  
Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders 
and anti -caking agents  
with the exception of:  
- clinoptilolite of volcanic origin; natrolite -phonolite.  
Premixtures(6) 
Complementary feed  
with the exception of:  
- mineral feed;  
- long-term supply formulations of feed for particular 
nutritional purposes with a concentration of trace 
elements higher than 100 times the established maximum 
content in complete feed.  
Complete feed.  10 
 
30 
 
15 
20 
5 
 
100 
 
400 
 
200 
30 
 
 
60 
200 
10 
 
15 
60 
 
 
 
5” 
 
(4) Row 5 of Section I, Mercury, is replaced by the following:   
EN 3  EN Undesirable 
substance  Products intended for animal feed  Maximum content in 
mg/kg (ppm) relative to 
a feed with a moisture 
content of 12 %  
“5. Mercury(4) Feed materials  
with the exception of:  
- fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof 
intended for the production of compound feed for food 
producing animals;  
- fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof 
intended for the production of compound feed for dogs, cats, 
orname ntal fish and fur animals;  
- fish, other aquatic animals and products derived thereof as 
canned wet feed material for direct feeding of dogs and cats  
- calcium carbonate; calcium and magnesium carbonate(10).  
 
Compound feed  
with the exception of:  
- mineral  feed; 
- compound feed for fish;  
- compound feed for dogs, cats, ornamental fish and fur animals.  0.1 
 
 
0.5 
 
 
 
1.0(13) 
 
0.3 
0.3 
 
0.1 
 
0.2 
0.2 
0.3” 
(5) In row 1 of Section III, Free gossypol , in the column "Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm ) relative to a feed with a moisture content of 12 %", the figure for the 
maximum level for cottonseed is replaced by "6000" ;  
(6) In row 1 of Section V, Dioxins, in the column "Products intended for animal feed", 
the fourth entry , concerning  the feed additives kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolite -
phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin 
belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti -caking agents , is replaced by 
the following:  
  “Feed additiv es belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti -caking 
agents(*) . 
 ________________________  
(*) the maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the 
functional groups of s ubstances for the control of radionuclide contaminat ion 
and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins  which 
are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti -caking agents .”;  
(7) In row 2 of Section V, Sum of dioxins and d ioxin -like PCBs, in the column 
"Products inte nded for animal feed", the fourth entry , concerning  the feed additives 
kaolinitic clay, vermiculite, natrolite -phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and 
clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and 
anti-caking agents , is replaced by the following:  
  “Feed additiv es belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti -caking 
agents(*) .  
________________________  
(*) the maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the 
functional groups of s ubstances for the control of radionuclide contaminat ion  
EN 4  EN and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins  which 
are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti -caking agents .”;  
(8) In row 3 of Section V, Non-dioxin -like PCBs, in the column "Products intended for 
animal  feed", the fourth entry , concerning  the feed additives kaolinitic clay, 
vermiculite, natrolite -phonolite, synthetic calcium aluminates and clinoptilolite of 
sedimentary origin belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti -caking 
agents , is replac ed by  the following:  
 "Feed additives belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti -caking 
agents(*) . 
________________________  
(*) the maximum level is also applicable to the feed additives belonging to the 
functional groups of s ubstances for the control of radionuclide contamination 
and substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins  which 
are also belonging to the functional groups of binders and anti -caking agents .”.