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( 1 ) OJ NO L 270 , 14 . 12 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 347 , 7 . 12 . 1982 , P . 16 .

FORTY-SECOND COMMISSION DIRECTIVE OF 16 MAY 1983 AMENDING THE ANNEXES TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS ( 83/266/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE FORTY-FIRST COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 82/822/EEC ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC PROVIDES FOR REGULAR AMENDMENT OF THE CONTENT OF ITS ANNEXES TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF ADVANCES IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ;

WHEREAS THE USE OF THE COCCIDIOSTATS " METICLORPINDOL/METHYLBENZOQUATE " AND " ARPRINOCIDE " , HITHERTO AUTHORIZED AT NATIONAL LEVEL , HAS BEEN WIDELY TESTED ; WHEREAS THE EXPERIENCE GAINED AND THE STUDIES CARRIED OUT INDICATE THAT THE USE OF THESE ADDITIVES MAY NOW BE AUTHORIZED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS NEW USES FOR THE ANTIBIOTIC " VIRGINIAMYCIN " , THE COCCIDIOSTAT " HALOFUGINONE " AND THE COLOURING AGENT " CANTHAXANTHIN " HAVE BEEN TESTED SUCCESSFULLY IN SOME MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THESE NEW USES SHOULD BE PERMITTED AT NATIONAL LEVEL AT LEAST , PROVISIONALLY , UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY ARE PERMITTED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DIRECTIVE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR FEEDINGSTUFFS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :

ARTICLE 1

THE ANNEXES TO DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC ARE HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN PART OF ANNEX I " COCCIDIOSTATS AND OTHER MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES " , THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ADDED :

EEC NO * ADDITIVES * CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION * SPECIES OF ANIMAL * MAXIMUM AGE * MINIMUM CONTENT * MAXIMUM CONTENT * OTHER PROVISIONS

* * * * * PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFF

E 761 * METICLORPINDOL/METHYL-BENZOQUATE MIXTURE OF 100 PARTS OF ( A ) AND 8,35 PARTS OF ( B ) * ( A ) 3,5-DICHLORO-2,6-DIMETHYL-4-PYRIDINOL * CHICKENS FOR FATTENING * - * 110 * 110 * USE PROHIBITED AT LEAST FIVE DAYS BEFORE SLAUGHTER

* * ( B ) 7-BENZYLOXY-6 , N-BUTYL-3-METHOXY-CARBONYL-4-QUINOLONE * CHICKENS REARED FOR LAYING * 16 WEEKS * 110 * 110 * -

E 762 * ARPRINOCID * 9 - ( 2-CHLORO-6-FLUORO-PHENYLMETHYL ) -9H-PURINE-6-AMINE * CHICKENS FOR FATTENING * - * 60 * 60 * USE PROHIBITED AT LEAST FIVE DAYS BEFORE SLAUGHTER

* * * CHICKENS REARED FOR LAYING * 16 WEEKS * 60 * 60 * -

2 . IN ANNEX II :

( A ) IN PART A " ANTIBIOTICS " , ITEM NO 21 " VIRGINIAMYCIN " IS SUPPLEMENTED AS FOLLOWS :

EEC NO * ADDITIVES * CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION * SPECIES OF ANIMAL * MAXIMUM AGE * MINIMUM CONTENT * MAXIMUM CONTENT * OTHER PROVISIONS * PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION

* * * * * PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFF

* * * LAYING HENS * * 10 * 20 * * 30 NOVEMBER 1985

( B ) IN PART B " COCCIDIOSTATS AND OTHER MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES " , ITEM NO 22 " HALOFUGINONE " IS SUPPLEMENTED AS FOLLOWS :

EEC NO * ADDITIVES * CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION * SPECIES OF ANIMAL * MAXIMUM AGE * MINIMUM CONTENT * MAXIMUM CONTENT * OTHER PROVISIONS * PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION

* * * * * PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFF

* * * TURKEYS * 12 WEEKS * 2 * 3 * USE PROHIBITED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS BEFORE SLAUGHTER * 30 NOVEMBER 1983

( C ) IN PART E " COLOURING MATTERS INCLUDING PIGMENTS " , THE FOLLOWING ITEM SHALL BE ADDED :

EEC NO * ADDITIVES * CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION * SPECIES OF ANIMAL * MAXIMUM AGE * MINIMUM CONTENT * MAXIMUM CONTENT * OTHER PROVISIONS * PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION

* * * * * PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFF

2 * CANTHAXANTHIN * C40H52O2 * SALMON , TROUT * - * * 200 * * 30 NOVEMBER 1985

ARTICLE 2

MEMBER STATES SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 30 NOVEMBER 1983 , BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) . THEY SHALL FORTHWITH INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 MAY 1983 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION