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of7May2002
onundesirablesubstancesinanimalfeed
(OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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►M1 Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003 L 151 38 19.6.2003
►M2 Commission Directive 2003/100/EC of 31 October 2003 L 285 33 1.11.2003
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DIRECTIVE 2002/32/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
ANDOFTHECOUNCIL
of7May2002
onundesirablesubstancesinanimalfeed
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
in particular Article 152(4)(b) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of
the Treaty (
3), in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation
Committee on 26 March 2002,
Whereas:
(1) Many amendments need to be made to Council Directive 1999/
29/EC of 22 April 1999 on the undesirable substances andproducts in animal nutrition (
4).In the interests of clarity and
efficiency the said Directive should be recast.
(2) Livestock production occupies a very important place in farming
in the Community and satisfactory results in terms of public and
animal health, animal welfare, the environment and the livestockproducers' finances depend to a large extent on the use of appro-priate good quality feedingstuffs.
(3) Rules on feedingstuffs are needed to ensure agricultural produc-tivity and sustainability and to make it possible to ensure publicand animal health, animal welfare and the environment.In addi-tion, there is a need for comprehensive regulation on hygiene inorder to guarantee good quality feedingstuffs on individual farmseven when they are not commercially produced.
(4) The same rules concerning the quality and safety of productsintended for animal feed have to apply to the quality and safetyof water consumed by the animals.Although the definition offeedingstuffs does not preclude water being considered asfeedingstuff, it is not included in the non-exhaustive list of
main feed materials, laid down by Council Directive 96/25/EC
of 29 April 1996 on the circulation and use of feed materials (
5).
The issue of water to be considered as feedingstuffs needs to beexamined in the framework of that Directive.
(5) It has been established that additives can contain undesirable
substances.The scope of the Directive should therefore be
extended to cover additives.
(6) Products intended for animal feed may contain undesirablesubstances which can endanger animal health or, because of their
presence in livestock products, human health or the environment.
(7) It is impossible to eliminate fully the presence of undesirable
substances but it is important that their content in products2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ C 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 70 and OJ C 96 E, 27.3.2001, p. 346.
(2) OJ C 140, 18.5.2000, p. 9.
(3) Opinion of the European Parliament of 4 October 2000 (OJ C 178,
22.6.2001, p. 160), Council Common Position of 17 September 2001 (OJ C
4, 7.1.2002, p. 1) and Decision of the European Parliament of 12 December2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal).Decision of the European
Parliament of 10 April 2002 and Decision of the Council of 22 April 2002.
(
4) OJ L 115, 4.5.1999, p. 32.
(5) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 35. Directive as last amended by European Parlia-
ment and Council Directive 2000/16/EC (OJ L 105, 3.5.2000, p. 36).
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intended for animal feed should be reduced, with due regard to
the substances' acute toxicity, bio-accumulability and degrad-ability, in order to prevent undesirable and harmful effects.It is
at present inappropriate to fix this content below the levels
detectable by methods of analysis to be defined for the Commu-nity.
(8) The methods for determining residues of undesirable substancesare becoming increasingly sophisticated, so that even quantitiesof residues which are negligible for animal and human healthcan be detected.
(9) Undesirable substances may be present in products intended foranimal feed only in accordance with the conditions laid down in
this Directive and may not be used in any other way for the
purposes of animal feed.This Directive should therefore applywithout affecting other Community provisions on feedingstuffs,and particularly the rules applicable to compound feedingstuffs.
(10) This Directive must apply to products intended for animal feedas soon as they enter the Community.It must therefore be stipu-lated that the maximum levels of undesirable substances that areset apply in general from the date on which the products
intended for animal feed are put into circulation or used, at all
stages, and in particular as soon as they are imported.
(11) Products intended for animal feed must be sound, genuine and ofmerchantable quality and therefore when correctly used must notrepresent any danger to human health, animal health or to theenvironment or adversely affect livestock production.Using orputting into circulation products intended for animal feed whichcontain levels of undesirable substances that exceed the
maximum levels laid down in Annex I must therefore be prohib-
ited.
(12) The presence of certain undesirable substances in complemen-tary feedingstuffs must be limited by fixing appropriatemaximum levels.
(13) While in certain cases a maximum level is fixed, taking accountof background levels, continued effort is still needed to restrictthe presence of some specific undesirable substances to thelowest possible levels in products intended for animal feed soas to reduce their presence in the feed and food chain.It should
therefore be permitted, under this Directive, to lay down action
thresholds well below the maximum levels fixed.Where suchaction thresholds are exceeded, investigations must be carriedout to identify the sources of the undesirable substances andsteps taken to reduce or eliminate such sources.
(14) Where animal or human health or the environment is endan-gered, Member States should be allowed temporarily to reduce
the fixed maximum permissible levels, to fix maximum levels
for other substances or to prohibit the presence of suchsubstances in products intended for animal feed.In order toensure a uniform application, any amendments to Annex I tothis Directive should be decided on by emergency Communityprocedure, on the basis of supporting documents and the precau-
tionary principle.
(15) Products intended for animal feed that satisfy the requirementsof this Directive may not be subject to restrictions on entry into
circulation, as regards the level of undesirable substances theycontain, other than those provided for in this Directive and inCouncil Directive 95/53/EC of 25 October 1995 fixing the prin-ciples governing the organisation of official inspections in thefield of animal nutrition (
1).2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 3
(1) OJ L 265, 8.11.1995, p. 17. Directive as last amended by Directive 2001/46/
EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p.
55).
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(16) Member States must make appropriate monitoring arrangements
pursuant to Directive 95/53/EC to ensure that the requirements
regarding undesirable substances are met when products intendedfor animal feed are used or circulated.
(17) An appropriate Community procedure is needed for adapting thetechnical provisions in the Annexes to this Directive in the lightof developments in scientific and technical knowledge.
(18) In order to facilitate implementation of the proposed measures,
there should be a procedure for close cooperation between the
Member States and the Commission within the StandingCommittee for Feedingstuffs set up by Decision 70/372/EEC (
1).
(19) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directiveshould be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for theexercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commis-
sion (
2),
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
1.This Directive deals with undesirable substances in products
intended for animal feed.
2.This Directive shall apply without prejudice to the provisions in:
(a) Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning
additives in feedingstuffs (3);
(b) Council Directive 96/25/EC and Council Directive 79/373/EEC of
2 April 1979 on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs (4);
(c) Council Directive 76/895/EEC of 23 November 1976 relating to
the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on fruitand vegetables (
5), Council Directive 86/362/EEC of 24 July 1986
on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and oncereals (
6), Council Directive 86/363/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the
fixing of maximum levels for pesticide residues in and on food-
stuffs of animal origin (7) and Council Directive 90/642/EEC of 27
November 1990 on the fixing of maximum levels for pesticide resi-dues in and on certain products of plant origin, including fruit andvegetables (
8), where these residues are not listed in Annex I to this
Directive;
(d) Community legislation concerning veterinary matters relating to
public health and animal health;
(e) Council Directive 82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982 concerning certain
products used in animal nutrition (9);
(f) Council Directive 93/74/EEC of 13 September 1993 on feeding-
stuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes (10).2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 4
(1) OJ L 170, 3.8.1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2205/2001 (OJ L 297, 15.11.2001, p. 3).
(4) OJ L 86, 6.4.1979, p. 30. Directive as last amended by the European Parlia-
ment and Council Directive 2002/2/EC (OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 23).
(5) OJ L 340, 9.12.1976, p. 26. Directive as last amended by Commission
Directive 2000/57/EC (OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 76).
(6) OJ L 221, 7.8.1986, p. 37. Directive as last amended by Commission Direc-
tive 2002/23/EC (OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 13).
(7) OJ L 221, 7.8.1986, p. 43. Directive as last amended by Directive 2002/23/
EC.
(8) OJ L 350, 14.12.1990, p. 71. Directive as last amended by Directive 2002/
23/EC.
(9) OJ L 213, 21.7.1982, p. 8. Directive as last amended by Directive 1999/20/
EC (OJ L 80, 25.3.1999, p. 20).
(10) OJ L 237, 22.9.1993, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive 1999/
29/EC (OJ L 115, 4.5.1999, p. 32).
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Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive:
(a) ‘feedingstuffs’ shall mean products of vegetable or animal origin,
in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derivedfrom the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganicsubstances, used singly or in mixtures, whether or not containingadditives, for oral animal feeding;
(b) ‘feed materials’ shall mean various products of vegetable or animal
origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and productsderived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inor-ganic substances, whether or not containing additives, which are
intended for use in oral animal feeding either directly as such or,
after processing, in the preparation of compound feedingstuffs oras substrates for premixtures;
(c) ‘additives’ shall mean additives as defined in Article 2(a) of
Council Directive 70/524/EEC;
(d) ‘premixtures’ shall mean mixtures of additives or mixtures of one
or more additives with substances used as carriers, intended for the
manufacture of feedingstuffs;
(e) ‘compound feedingstuffs’ shall mean mixtures of feed materials,
whether or not containing additives, which are intended for oral
animal feeding as complete or complementary feedingstuffs;
(f) ‘complementary feedingstuffs’ shall mean mixtures of feedingstuffs
which have a high content of certain substances and which, by
reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily ration only
if used in combination with other feedingstuffs;
(g) ‘complete feedingstuffs’ shall mean mixtures of feedingstuffs
which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily
ration;
(h) ‘products intended for animal feed’ shall mean feed materials,
premixtures, additives, feedingstuffs and all other products intended
for use or used in animal feed;
(i) ‘daily ration’ shall mean the average total quantity of feedingstuffs,
calculated on a moisture content of 12 %, required daily by an
animal of a given species, age class and yield, to satisfy all itsneeds;
(j) ‘animals’ shall mean animals belonging to species normally fed
and kept or consumed by man as well as animals living freely inthe wild in cases where they are fed with feedingstuffs;
(k) ‘putting into circulation’ or ‘circulation’ shall mean the holding of
products intended for animal feed for the purposes of sale,
including offering for sale, or any other form of transfer, whetherfree or not, to third parties, and the sale or other forms of transferthemselves;
(l) ‘undesirable substance’ shall mean any substance or product, with
the exception of pathogenic agents, which is present in and/or onthe product intended for animal feed and which presents a potentialdanger to animal or human health or to the environment or could
adversely affect livestock production.
Article 3
1.Products intended for animal feed may enter for use in the
Community from third countries, be put into circulation and/or usedin the Community only if they are sound, genuine and of merchantablequality and therefore when correctly used do not represent any danger
to human health, animal health or to the environment or could
adversely affect livestock production.
2.In particular, products intended for animal feed shall be deemed
not to be in conformity with paragraph 1 if the level of undesirablesubstances they contain does not comply with the maximum levelslaid down in Annex I.2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 5
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Article 4
1.Member States shall prescribe that the undesirable substances
listed in Annex I may be tolerated in products intended for animalfeed only subject to the conditions laid down therein.
2.In order to reduce or eliminate sources of undesirable substances
of products intended for animal feed, Member States, in cooperation
with economic operators, shall carry out investigations to identify thesources of undesirable substances, in cases where the maximum levelsare exceeded and in cases where increased levels of such substancesare detected, taking into account background levels.For a uniformapproach in cases of increased levels it may be necessary to set action
thresholds to trigger such investigations.These may be laid down in
Annex II.
Member States shall transmit to the Commission and the other Member
States all relevant information and findings of the source and the
measures taken to reduce the level or elimination of the undesirable
substances.This information shall be transmitted in the frame of theannual report to be transmitted to the Commission according to theprovisions of Article 22 of Directive 95/53/EC except in those caseswhere the information is of immediate relevance for the other Member
States.In this latter case, the information shall be transmitted immedi-
ately.
Article 5
Member States shall prescribe that products intended for animal feed
containing levels of an undesirable substance that exceed the maximumlevel fixed in Annex I may not be mixed for dilution purposes with thesame, or other, products intended for animal feed.
Article 6
In so far as there are no special provisions for complementary feeding-
stuffs, Member States shall prescribe that complementary feedingstuffsmay not, taking into account the proportion prescribed for their use in adaily ration, contain levels of the undesirable substances listed in
Annex I that exceed those fixed for complete feedingstuffs.
Article 7
1.Where a Member State has grounds, based on new information or
a reassessment of existing information made since the provisions in
question were adopted, demonstrating that a maximum level fixed in
Annex I or an undesirable substance not listed therein present a dangerto animal or human health or to the environment, that Member Statemay provisionally reduce the existing maximum level, fix a maximumlevel or prohibit the presence of that undesirable substance in products
intended for animal feed.It shall immediately inform the other Member
States and the Commission thereof, stating the grounds for its decision.
2.An immediate decision shall be taken, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 12, as to whether Annexes I and II
should be amended.
So long as neither the Council nor the Commission has taken a deci-
sion, the Member State may maintain the measures it has implemented.
The Member State must ensure that the decision taken is made public.
Article 8
1.In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 11, the
Commission, in the light of developments in scientific and technical
knowledge, shall adapt Annexes I and II.
2.Furthermore, in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 11, the Commission:
— shall periodically adopt consolidated versions of Annexes I and II
incorporating any adaptations made pursuant to paragraph 1,2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 6
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— may define acceptability criteria for detoxification processes as a
complement to the criteria provided for products intended foranimal feed which have undergone such processes.
3.Member States shall ensure that measures are taken to guarantee
the correct application of any acceptable processes pursuant to para-graph 2 and the conformity of the detoxified products intended for
animal feed with the provisions of Annex I.
Article 9
Member States shall ensure that products intended for animal feed
which comply with this Directive are not subject to any other restric-
tions on circulation as regards the presence of undesirable substancesother than those provided for in this Directive and Directive 95/53/EC.
Article 10
Provisions that may have an effect upon public or animal health or on
the environment shall be adopted after consultation with the appro-priate Scientific Committee(s).
Article 11
1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee for
Feedingstuffs, set up by Article 1 of Decision 70/372/EEC.
2.Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 5 and 7 of Deci-
sion 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions ofArticle 8 thereof.
3.The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at three months.
Article 12
1.The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee for
Feedingstuffs, set up by Article 1 of Decision 70/372/EEC.
2.Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 5 and 7 of Deci-
sion 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of
Article 8 thereof.
3.The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at fifteen days.
Article 13
1.The Member States shall apply at least the provisions of this
Directive to products intended for animal feed produced in the
Community to be exported to third countries.
2.Paragraph 1 shall not affect the right of Member States to
authorise re-exportation under the conditions laid down in Article 12
of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (
1).The provisions of Article 20
thereof shall apply mutatis mutandis .
Article 14
1.Directive 1999/29/EC is hereby repealed as from 1 August 2003,
without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States to complywith the deadlines set out in Part B of Annex III thereto for the trans-position of the Directives listed in Part A of that Annex.
2.References to Directive 1999/29/EC shall be construed as refer-
ences to this Directive and should be read in accordance with thecorrelation table in Annex III.2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 7
(1) Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and require-
ments of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and
laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).
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Article 15
Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive
before 1 May 2003.They shall forthwith inform the Commission
thereof.
The measures adopted shall apply as from 1 August 2003.When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a refer-
ence to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on theoccasion of their official publication.The procedure for making suchreference shall be adopted by Member States.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the
provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this
Directive.
Article 16
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 17
The Directive is addressed to the Member States.2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 8
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ANNEX I
Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feedMaximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative
to a feedingstuff with
a moisture content of
12 %
(1) (2) (3)
1.Arsenic (8) Feed materials with the exception of: 2
— meal made from grass, from dried
lucerne and from dried clover, and
dried sugar beet pulp and dried
molasses sugar beet pulp4
— palm kernel expeller 4 (9)
— phosphates and calcareous marine
algae10
— calcium carbonate 15
— magnesium oxide 20
— feedingstuffs obtained from the
processing of fish or other marine
animals15 (9)
— seaweed meal and feed materials
derived from seaweed40 (9)
Complete feedingstuffs with the
exception of:2
— complete feedingstuffs for fish
and complete feedingstuffs for fur
animals6(9)
Complementary feedingstuffs with the
exception of:4
— mineral feedingstuffs 12
2.Lead Feed materials with the exception of: 10
— green fodder 40
— phosphates and calcareous marine
algae15
— calcium carbonate 20
— yeasts 5
Complete feedingstuffs 5
Complementary feedingstuffs with the
exception of:10
— mineral feedingstuffs 15
3.Fluorine Feed materials with the exception of: 150
— feedingstuffs of animal origin with
the exception of marine crusta-
ceans such as marine krill500
— phosphates and marine crusta-
ceans such as marine krill2 000
— calcium carbonate 350
— magnesium oxide 600
— calcareous marine algae 1 000
Complete feedingstuffs with the
exception of:150
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle,
sheep and goats
— in lactation 302002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 9
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Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feedMaximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative
to a feedingstuff with
a moisture content of
12 %
(1) (2) (3)
— other 50
— complete feedingstuffs for pigs 100
— complete feedingstuffs for poultry 350
— complete feedingstuffs for chicks 250
Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and
goats2 000 (1)
Other complementary feedingstuffs 125 (2)
4.Mercury Feed materials with the exception of: 0,1
— feedingstuffs produced by the
processing of fish or other marine
animals0,5
Complete feedingstuffs with the
exception of:0,1
— complete feedingstuffs for dogs
and cats0,4
Complementary feedingstuffs except: 0,2
— complementary feedingstuffs for
dogs and cats
5.Nitrites Fish meal 60
(expressed as
sodium nitrite)
Complete feedingstuffs excluding: 15
(expressed as
sodium nitrite)— feedingstuffs intended for pets
except birds and aquarium fish
6.Cadmium Feed materials of vegetable origin 1
Feed materials of animal origin,
except:2
— feedingstuffs for pets
Phosphates 10 (3)
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle
sheep and goats except:1
— complete feedingstuffs for calves,
lambs and kids
Other complete feedingstuffs except: 0,5
— feedingstuffs for petsMineral feedingstuffs 5 (
4)
Other complementary feedingstuffs
for cattle, sheep and goats0,5
7.Aflatoxin B1 All feed materials 0,02
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle,
sheep and goats with the exception of:0,02
— complete feedingstuffs for dairy
animals0,005
— complete feedingstuffs for calves
and lambs0,01
Complete feedingstuffs for pigs and
poultry (except young animals)0,022002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 10
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Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feedMaximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative
to a feedingstuff with
a moisture content of
12 %
(1) (2) (3)
Other complete feedingstuffs 0,01
Complementary feedingstuffs for
cattle, sheep and goats (except
complementary feedingstuffs for dairy
animals, calves and lambs)0,02
Complementary feedingstuffs for pigs
and poultry (except young animals)0,02
Other complementary feedingstuffs 0,005
8.Hydrocyanic acid Feed materials with the exception of: 50
— linseed 250
— linseed cakes 350
— manioc products and almond cakes 100
Complete feedingstuffs with the
exception of:50
— complete feedingstuffs for chicks 10
9.Free gossypol Feed materials with the exception of: 20
— cottonseed 5 000
— cottonseed cakes and cottonseed
meal1 200
Complete feedingstuffs with the
exception of:20
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle,
sheep and goats500
— complete feedingstuffs for poultry
(except laying hens) and calves100
— complete feedingstuffs for rabbits
and pigs (except piglets)60
10.Theobromine Complete feedingstuffs with the
exception of:300
— complete feedingstuffs for adult
cattle700
11.Volatile mustard oil Feed materials with the exception of: 100
— rapeseed cakes 4 000
(expressed as allyl
isothiocyanate)
Complete feedingstuffs with the
exception of:150
(expressed as allyl
isothiocyanate)
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle,
sheep and goats (except young
animals)1 000
(expressed as allyl
isothiocyanate)
— complete feedingstuffs for pigs
(except piglets) and poultry500
(expressed as allyl
isothiocyanate)
12.Vinal thiooxazolidone (Vinylox-
azolidine thione)Complete feedingstuffs for poultry
with the exception of:1 0002002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 11
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Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feedMaximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative
to a feedingstuff with
a moisture content of
12 %
(1) (2) (3)
— complete feedingstuffs for laying
hens500
13.Rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea) All feedingstuffs containing unground
cereals1 000
14.Weed seeds and unground and
uncrushed fruits containing alka-
loids, glucosides or other toxic
substances separately or in combi-
nation includingAll feedingstuffs 3 000
(a)Lolium temulentum L., 1 000
(b)Lolium remotum Schrank, 1 000
(c)Dantura stramonium L.1 000
15.Castor oil plant — Ricinus
communis L.All feedingstuffs 10
(expressed in terms
of castor-oil plants
husks)
16.Crotalaria spp.All feedingstuffs 100
17.Aldrin singly or
combined
expressed as diel-
drin/C148/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C149/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C150All feedingstuffs with the excep-
tion of:/C148/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C149/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C1500,01/C148/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C149/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C15018.Dieldrin — fats 0,2
19.Camphechlor (toxaphene) All feedingstuffs 0,1
20.Chlordane (sum of cis- and tran-
sisomers and of oxychlordane,
expressed as chlordane)All feedingstuffs with the exception
of:0,02
— fats 0,05
21.DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and
DDE-isomers, expressed as DDT)All feedingstuffs with the exception
of:0,05
— fats 0,5
22.Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and
beta-isomers and of endosulfan-
sulphate expressed as endo-
sulfan)All feedingstuffs with the exception
of:0,1
— maize and products derived from
the processing thereof0,2
— oilseeds and products derived
from the processing thereof0,5
— complete feedingstuffs for fish 0,005
23.Endrin (sum of endrin and of
delta-ketoi-endrin, expressed as
endrin)All feedingstuffs with the exception
of:0,01
— fats 0,05
24.Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor
and of heptachlorepoxide, expressed
as heptachlor)All feedingstuffs with the exception
of:0,01
— fats 0,2
25.Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) All feedingstuffs with the exception
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Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feedMaximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative
to a feedingstuff with
a moisture content of
12 %
(1) (2) (3)
— fats 0,2
26.Hexachlorocyclo-hexane (HCH)
26.1 alpha-isomers All feedingstuffs with the exception
of:0,02
— fats 0,2
26.2 beta-isomers Compound feedingstuffs with the
exception of:0,01
— feedingstuffs for dairy cattle 0,005
Feed materials with the exception of: 0,01— fats 0,1
26.3 gamma-isomers All feedingstuffs with the exception
of:0,2
— fats 2,0
27.Dioxin (sum of polychlorinated
dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and
polychlorinated dibenzofurans
(PCDFs) expressed in World Health
Organisation (WHO) toxic equiva-
lents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic
equivalency factors, 1997))(a) All feed materials of plant origin
including vegetable oils and by-
products0,75 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (
5)(6)
(b) Minerals in the meaning of the
Annex to Council Directive 96/
25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the
circulation and use of feed mate-rials1,0 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (
5)(6)
(c) Kaolinitic clay, calcium sulphate
dihydrate, vermiculite, natrolite-
phonolite, synthetic calcium
aluminates and clinoptilolite of
sedimentary origin belonging to
the group ‘binders, anti-caking
agents and coagulants’ authorised
under Council Directive 70/524/
EEC0,75 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (5)(6)
(d) Animal fat, including milk fat and
egg fat2,0 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (5)(6)
(e) Other land animal products
including milk and milk products
and eggs and egg products0,75 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (5)(6)
(f) Fish oil 6 ng WHO-PCDD/
F-TEQ/kg (5)(6)
(g) Fish, other aquatic animals, their
products and by-products with
the exception of fish oil and fish
protein hydrolysates containing
more than 20 % fat (7)1,25 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (5)(6)
(h) Compound feedingstuffs, with the
exception of feedingstuffs for fur
animals, pet foods and feeding-
stuffs for fish0,75 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (5)(6)
(i) Feedingstuffs for fish.
Pet foods2,25 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (5)(6)
(j) Fish protein hydrolysates
containing more than 20 % fat2,25 ng WHO-
PCDD/F-TEQ/
kg (5)(6)2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 13
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Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feedMaximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative
to a feedingstuff with
a moisture content of
12 %
(1) (2) (3)
28.Apricots — Prunus armeniaca
L.
All feedingstuffs/C148/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C149/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C150Seeds and fruit
of the plant
species listed
opposite as well
as their
processed deri-
vates may only
be present in
feedingstuffs in
trace amounts
not quantita-
tively determin-
able/C148/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C149/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C147/C15029.Bitter almond — Prunus dulcis
(Mill.) D.A. Webb var. amara
(DC.) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus
Batsch var.amara (DC.) Focke)
30.Unhusked beech mast — Fagus
silvatica L.
31.Camelina — Camelina sativa
(L.) Crantz
32.Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca —
Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr.
(=Bassia longifolia L.=Illiped
malabrorum Engl.)Madhuca indica
Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia
Roxb.) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F.
Mueller)
33.Purghera — Jatropha curcas L.
34.Croton — Croton tiglium L.
35.Indian mustard — Brassica
juncea (L.) Czern. And Coss. ssp.
intergrifolia (West.) Thell.
36.Sareptian mustard — Brassica
juncea (L.) Czern. And Coss. ssp.
juncea
37.Chinese mustard — Brassica
juncea (L.) Czern. And Coss. ssp.
juncea var.lutea Batalin
38.Black mustard — Brassica
nigra (L.) Koch
39.Ethiopian mustard — Brassica
carinata A.Braun
(1) Member States may also prescribe a maximum fluorine content of 1,25 % of the phosphate content.
(2) Fluorine content per 1 % phosphorus.
(3) Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,5 mg per 1 % phosphorus.
(4) Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,75 mg per 1 % phosphorus.
►M1 (5) Upper-bound concentrations; upper-bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the
different congeners less than the limit of quantification are equal to the limit of quantification.
(6) These maximum limits shall be reviewed for the first time before 31 December 2004 in the light of new data on
the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, in particular with a view to the inclusion of dioxin-like PCBs in
the levels to be set and will be further reviewed before 31 December 2006 with the aim of significantly reducing
of the maximum levels.
(7) Fresh fish directly delivered and used without intermediate processing for the production of feedingstuffs for fur
animals is exempted from the maximum limit and a maximum level of 4,0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg product isapplicable to fresh fish used for the direct feeding of pet animals, zoo and circus animals.The products,
processed animal proteins produced from these animals (fur animals, pet animals, zoo and circus animals)
cannot enter the food chain and the feeding thereof is prohibited to farmed animals which are kept, fattened orbred for the production of food. ◄
►
M2 (8) The maximum levels refer to total arsenic.
(9) Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that
the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm.This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed
speciesHizikia fusiforme .◄2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 14
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ANNEX II
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ANNEX III
CORRELATIONTABLE
Directive 1999/29/EC This Directive
Article 1 Article 1
Article 2(a) Article 2(a)
Article 2(b) Article 2(b)Article 2(c) Article 2(g)Article 2(d) Article 2(f)
Article 2(e) Article 2(e)
Article 2(f) Article 2(i)Article 2(g) Article 2(j)Article 2(h) —
— Article 2(c)
— Article 2(d)— Article 2(h)— Article 2(k)— Article 2(l)
Article 3 Article 3
Article 4(1) Article 4(1)Article 4(2) —— Article 4(2)
Article 5 —
Article 6 —Article 7 Article 5Article 8 Article 6
Article 9 Article 7
Article 10 Article 8Article 11 Article 9Article 12 —
— Article 10
Article 13 Article 11Article 14 Article 12Article 15 Article 13Article 16 —2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 16
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Directive 1999/29/EC This Directive
— Article 14
— Article 15Article 17 Article 16
Article 18 Article 17
Annex I Annex IAnnex II —Annex III —
Annex IV Annex II2002L0032 — EN — 21.11.2003 — 002.001 — 17