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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/266 
1 August 2005 
 (05-3452) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Co mmunities.  Health & Consumer 
Protection Director ate-General Directorate E – Food Safe ty:  Plant Health, Animal Health 
and Welfare, International questions 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  All feed materials Additives belonging to  the functional group of binders and 
anti-caking agents; Additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements; Premixtures; Compound feedingstuffs. 
CN headings 2301 to 2309, specific for animal feed and all CN headings related to the 
individual additives, feed materials and feedingstuffs. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Member States of the Europ ean Communities (EC) and third countries exporting the products 
concerned to the EC.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Directive amending Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on 
undesirable substances in  animal feed (OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10) as regards lead, fluorine 
and cadmium (SANCO/0216/2005- revision 3, 9 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This proposal amends the curren t provisions as regards lead, 
fluorine and cadmium by introducing maximum le vels for lead and cadmium in additives 
belonging to the functional group of compounds of  trace elements and additives belonging to 
the functional group of binders and anti-caking-agents a nd in premixtures.  The level for lead 
in green fodder is reduced to 30 ppm.  The le vel for fluorine in marine crustaceans such as 
marine krill is set at a level of 3000 ppm.  A leve l for all feed materials of mineral origin with 
the exception phosphates has been set at a level of  2 ppm, for fish feed at a level of 1 ppm 
and for feedingstuffs for pets at a level of 2 ppm.  
The other provisions as regards lead, fluorine and cadmium are existing provisions (are 
mentioned in the current proposal for reasons of clarity). 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   A CODEX standard for these substances does 
not exist. The proposed Community  measures respond to the advi ce of the Scientific Panel on 
contaminants in the Food Chain of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  European 
Commission Document SANCO/0216/2005 rev.4 (ava ilable in English).  When adopted it 
will be published in the Offi cial Journal available at:  
http://europa.eu.int/eur-l ex/lex/JOYear.do?year=2005  
Scientific risk assessments by the Scientific Panel on contaminants in the Food Chain of the 
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).  
Lead :  
http://www.efsa.eu.int/scie nce/contam/contam_opinions/ 475/op04_contam_ej72_cadmium_e
n1.pdf  
 
Fluorine : 
http://www.efsa.eu.int/scie nce/contam/contam_opinions/ 644/opinion_contam08_ej100_fluor
ine_en1.pdf  
 
Cadmium : 
http://www.efsa.eu.int/scie nce/contam/contam_opinions/ 474/opinion03_contam_ej71_lead_e
n1.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption:   October  2005 (at this time it is not possible to estimate a more 
specific date). 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 September 2006 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty (60) days after the date of notification. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: