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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1275/2013 of 6 December 2013 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament            and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, cadmium, lead, nitrites, volatile mustard oil and harmful botanical            impurities (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Regulation (EU) No 1275/2013                     

# of 6 December 2013

# amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic,                        cadmium, lead, nitrites, volatile mustard oil and harmful botanical impurities                     

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances                           in animal feed(1), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Directive 2002/32/EC provides that the use of products intended for animal feed which contain levels of undesirable substances                              exceeding the maximum levels laid down in Annex I to that Directive is prohibited.

(2)Certain long-term supply formulations of complementary feed for particular nutritional purposes with a high concentration                              of trace elements unavoidably contain amounts of arsenic, cadmium or lead exceeding the maximum levels established for these                              heavy metals in complementary feed. Higher maximum levels for these heavy metals in long-term supply formulations do not,                              however, entail a risk for animal or public health or the environment as the exposure of the animals to the heavy metals by                              making use of these specific long-term supply formulations is significantly lower than in the case of other complementary                              feeds containing trace elements. Therefore it is appropriate to establish higher maximum levels for those heavy metals for                              such long-term supply formulations, containing high levels of trace elements.

(3)Data have been received indicating that the level of arsenic in the feed additive ferrous carbonate following change of area                              of production exceeds in certain cases the current maximum level. In order to guarantee the supply of ferrous carbonate on                              the European market it is appropriate to increase the maximum level of arsenic in ferrous carbonate. This increase does not                              adversely affect the animal and public health or the environment as the maximum level established for arsenic in complementary                              feed and complete feed remain unchanged.

(4)Recently, a significant difference has been identified by the European Union Reference Laboratory for heavy metals in feed                              and food (EURL–HM) between the analytical results obtained by the application of different extraction methods currently used                              for the determination of lead in kaolinitic clay and feed containing kaolinitic clay(2). Before, no significant differences were observed between the levels of heavy metals in mineral feed by the application of                              different extraction methods(3). The maximum levels of heavy metals in feed relate ‘*to an analytical determination of lead, whereby extraction is performed in nitric acid (5 % w/w) for 30 minutes at boiling                                 temperature*’. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the use of that method of extraction for the determination of lead in kaolinitic                              clay.

(5)As regards nitrite, for products and by-products from sugar beet and sugarcane and from the starch production no maximum level                              applies for the time being. In the light of developments in scientific and technical knowledge the same should apply to products                              and by-products from alcoholic drink production.

(6)In the light of developments in scientific and technical knowledge it is appropriate to establish the maximum level for volatile                              mustard oil in *Camelina sativa* and derived products to the same level as the maximum level for rapeseed cakes.

(7)The *Brassica* species have been listed under harmful botanical impurities because of their high volatile mustard oil (expressed as allyl                              isothiocyanates) content. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded in its opinion on glucosinolates (allyl isothiocyanates)                              as undesirable substances in animal feed(4) that adverse effects in animals have been generally correlated to the amount of total glucosinolates in the diet. If the                              amount of total glucosinolates is measured, impurities caused by the presence of products from *Brassica juncea* ssp., *Brassica nigra* and *Brassica carinata*, would be detected as well. It is therefore appropriate to delete the products, with the exception of the seeds, of these                              species from Section VI of Annex I on harmful botanical impurities and to establish for feed materials derived from these                              *Brassica* species the same maximum level for volatile mustard oil as the maximum level for rapeseed cakes.

(8)It is appropriate to use the denomination for feed materials as provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 of 16                              January 2013 on the catalogue of feed materials(5).

(9)Directive 2002/32/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(10)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of Standing Committee on the Food Chain and                              Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

# Article 2U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEXU.K.

Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows:

Row 1 of Section I, Arsenic, is replaced by the following:

Row 2 of Section I, Cadmium, is replaced by the following:

Row 4 of Section I, Lead, is replaced by the following:

Row 6 of Section I, Nitrite, is replaced by the following:

Row 5 of Section III, Volatile mustard oil, is replaced by the following:

Section VI: Harmful Botanical Impurities is replaced by the following:

### ‘SECTION VI: HARMFUL BOTANICAL IMPURITIES

1

OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10.                           

2

Determination of extractable and total lead in kaolinitic clay. Technical support from the EURL-HM to the Directorate-General                              for Health and Consumers – JRC 69122 – Joint Research Centre – Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements.                           

3

IMEP-111: Total cadmium, lead, arsenic, mercury and copper and extractable cadmium and lead in mineral feed. Report of the                              eleventh interlaboratory comparison organised by the European Union Reference Laboratory for heavy metals in Feed and Food                              – EUR 24758 EN — Joint Research Centre – Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements.                           

4

Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain on a request from the European Commission on glucosinolates                              as undesirable substances in animal feed, *The EFSA Journal* (2008) 590, 1-76.                           

5

OJ L 29, 30.1.2013, p. 1.