COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 17.07.1998 
COM(1998) 453 final 
95/0299 (CNS) 
Amended proposal for a 
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition 
(consolidated version^ 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2) 
of the EC-Treaty) 

Explanatory memorandum 
1. On 6 December 1995, the Commission presented a proposal for a Council Directive codifying Council Directive 
74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 on the undesirable substances in animal nutrition ('). 
2. In view of the outcome of the work already carried out in the Council on the proposal referred to at point 1., the 
Commission has decided to present - in accordance with Article 189a (2) of the EC Treaty - an amended proposal 
for codification of the Directive in question, as set out in the attached text (Annex I). 
This amended proposal also takes account of amendments purely of form or wording by the Consultative Working 
Party of Legal Services set up under the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 on an accelerated 
working method for official consolidation of legislative texts, where these are considered justified (2). 
3. To facilitate reading and examination, the full text of the amended proposal for codification is also attached 
(Annex II). 
(') COM(95)598 final of 6. 12. 1995 
(2) Cf. the abovemcntioncd opinion of the Consultative Working Party of 16 April 1996, transmuted to 
the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 7 May 1996. 
ANNEXI 
3 ^ *.. .. 
AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 
on the undesirable substances in animal nutrition 
consolidated versjop 
The proposal for a Council Directive — consolidated version COM(95)598 final 
of 6. 12. 1995 - 95/0299 (CNS) is amended as follows: 
1. Footnote 3 relating to recital 1 shall be replaced by the following text: 
'3. OJ No L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 97/8/EC 
(OJ No L 48, 19. 2. 1997, p. 22).' 
2. In all cases, the term 'straight feedingstuffs' shall be replaced by the term Meed materials' 
and the reference '96/25/EC - Art 14 (2) (a)' shall be inserted into the right-hand margin. 
3. In all cases, the term 'raw material' shall be replaced by the term 'feed materials' and the 
reference '96/25/EC - Art 14. (2) (e)' shall be inserted into the right-hand margin. 
4. Article 2 (b) shall be replaced by the following text: 
'(b) "feed materials": various products of vegetable or ani­
mal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, 
and products derived from the industrial processing 
thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether 
or not containing additives, which arc intended for 
use in oral animal feeding, either directly as such or 
after processing, in the preparation of compound 
feedingstuffs or as carriers of premixtures;' 96/25/EC-Art. 14 (2) (b) 
5. Article 2 (e) shall be replaced by the following text: 
'(e) "compound feedingstuffs": mixtures of feed materials, 
whether or not containing additives, which are in­
tended for oral animal feeding as complete or com­
plementary feedingstuffs;' 96/25/EC Art. 14(2) (c) 
6. Article 2 (f) shall be deleted. 
7. Article 5 (2) (a) shall be replaced by the following text: 
'(a) it is intended for use by establishments which meet 
the conditions of Council Directive 95/69/EC ('). 
(') OJ No L 332, 30. 12. 1995, p. 15.' 95/69/EC Art. 18 
(adapted) 
8. In Articles 13 (2) and 14 (2), the reference 'Act of Accession, AT, H, Sl\' appearing m the 
right-hand margin shall be replaced by the reference '95/1/EC, Euratom, liCSC. 
9. Annexes I, II, III and IV shall be replaced by the following text: 
ANNEX I 
(Article 3 (2), Article 4, Article 5 (2) and (3), Article 8, Article 12 (3)) 
Substances, products 
(1) 
A. Substances (ions or elements) 
1. Arsenic 
2. Lead 
3. Fluorine 
4. Mercury Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
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 
— phosphates and feedingstuffs obtained from the 
processing of fish or other marine animals 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for fish 
Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— Mineral feedingstuffs 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— green fodder 
— phosphates 
— yeasts 
Complete feedingstuffs 
Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— Mineral feedingstuffs 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— feedingstuffs of animal origin 
— phosphates 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats 
— in milk 
— other 
— complete feedingstuffs for pigs 
— complete feedingstuffs for poultry 
— complete feedingstuffs for chicks 
Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats 
Other complementary feedingstuffs 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— feedingstuffs produced by the processing of fish or 
other marine animals 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats 
Complementary feedingstuffs except: 
— complementary feedingstuffs for dogs and cats Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
2 
4 
10 
4 
4 
12 
to 
40 
30 
5 
5 
10 
30 
150 
51» 
2 000 
150 
30 
50 
100 
350 
250 
2 000(1) 
125(2) 
0,1 
0,5 
0.1 
0,4 
0,2 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
Substances, products 
(1) 
5. Nitrites 
6. Cadmium 
B. Products 
1. Aflatoxin Bi 
2. Hydrocyanic acid Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
Fish meal 
Complete feedingstuffs excluding: 
— feedingstuffs intended for pets except birds and 
aquarium fish 
Feed materials of vegetable origin 
Feed materials of animal origin except: 
— feedingstuffs for pets 
Phosphates 
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats ex­
cept: 
— complete feedingstuffs for calves, lambs and kids 
Other complete feedingstuffs except: 
— feedingstuffs for pets 
Mineral feedingstuffs 
Other complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep 
and goats 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, ba-
bassu, maize and products derived from the pro­
cessing thereof 
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats 
with the exception of: 
— dairy cattle 
— calves and lambs 
Complete feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (except 
young animals) 
Other complete feedingstuffs 
Complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and 
goats (except complementary feedingstuffs for dairy 
animals, calves and lambs) 
Complementary feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (ex­
cept young animals) 
Other complementary feedingstuffs 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— linseed 
— linseed cakes 
— manioc products and almond cakes 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for chicks Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
60 
(expressed as sodium ni­
trite) 
15 
(expressed as sodium ni­
trite) 
1 
2 
10 (3) 
I 
0.5 
5(4) 
0.5 
0,05 
0,02 
0.05 
0.005 
0.01 
0,02 
0,01 
0,05 
0,03 
0.005 
50 
250 
350 
100 
50 
10 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
Substances, products 
(1) 
3. Free Gossypol 
4. Theobromine 
5. Volatile mustard oil 
6. Vinyl thiooxazolidone 
(Vinyloxazolidine thione) 
7. Rye Ergot (Claviceps pur­
purea) 
8. Weed seeds and unground 
and uncrushed fruits con­
taining alkaloids, gluco-
sides or other toxic sub­
stances separately or in 
combination including 
(a) Lolium temulentum L., 
(b) Lolium remotum 
Schrank, 
(c) Datura stramonium L. 
9. Castor oil plant — Ricinus 
communis L. 
10. Crotalaria spp. Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— cotton-seed cakes 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats 
— complete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying 
hens and calves) 
— complete feedingstuffs for rabbits and pigs (except 
piglets) 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for adult cattle 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— rape-seed cakes 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats 
(except young animals) 
— complete feedingstuffs for pigs (except piglets) 
and poultry 
Complete feedingstuffs for poultry with the exception 
of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for laying hens 
All feedingstuffs containing unground cereals Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
All feedingstuffs 
All feedingstuffs 
All feedingstuffs 20 
1200 
20 
500 
100 
60 
300 
700 
.KH) 
4 IKK) 
(expressed as allyl 
isothiocyanate) 
150 
(expressed as allyl 
isothiocyanate) 
1000 
(expressed as allyl isothio­
cyanate) 
500 
(expressed as allyl 
isothiocyanate) 
1000 
500 
I IKK) 
3 (KK) •97/8/EC - Art. 1 
1000 
1000 
1000 
10 
(expressed in terms of cas­
tor-oil plant husks) 
100 
Substances, products 
(1) 
11. Aldrin 
12. Dieldrin singly or com­
bined express­
ed as dieldrin 
13. Camphechlor (Toxaphene) 
14. Chlordane (sum of cis-
and trans-isomers and of 
oxychlordane, expressed as 
chlordane) 
15. DDT (sum of DDT-, 
TDE- and DDE-isomers, 
expressed as DDT) 
16. Endosulfan (sum of alpha-
and beta-isomers and of 
endosulfansulphate ex­
pressed as endosulfan) 
17. Endrin (sum of endrin and 
of delta-ketoi-endrin, ex­
pressed as endrin) 
18. Heptachlor (sum of hep-
tachlor and of heptachlor-
epoxide, expressed as hep­
tachlor) 
19. Hexachiorobenzene (HCB) 
20. Hexachlorocyclo-hexane 
(HCH) 
20.1. alpha-isomers 
20.2. beta-isomers 
20.3 gamma-isomers Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— maize 
— oilseeds 
— complete feedingstuffs for fish 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
Compound feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— feedingstuffs for dairy cattle 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
0,01 
0,2 
0,1 
0,02 
0,05 
0,05 
0.5 
0.1 
0.2 
0.5 
0.005 
0.01 
0.05 
0.01 
0.2 
0,01 
0.2 
0,02 
0,2 
0,01 
0,005 
0,01 
0,1 
0,2 
2,0 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
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Substances, products 
(1) 
C. Botanical impurities: 
1. Apricots — Prunus arme-
niaca L. 
2. Bitter almond — Prunus 
dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb 
var. amara (DC.) Focke 
(= Prunus amygdalus Batsch 
var. amara (DC.) Focke) 
3. Unhusked beech mast — 
Fagus silvatica L. 
4. Camelina — Camelina sati-
va (L.) Crantz 
5. Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca 
— Madhuca longifolia (L.) 
Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia 
L. — lllipe malabrorum 
Engl.) Madhuca indica 
Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia 
Roxb. = lllipe latifolia 
(Roscb.) F. Mueller) 
6. Purghera — Jatropha cur-
cas L. 
7. Croton — Croton tiglium 
L. 
8. Indian mustard — Brassica 
juncea (L.) Czern. and 
Coss. ssp. integrifolia 
(West.) Thell. 
9. Sareptian mustard — Bras 
ska juncea (L.) Czern. and 
Coss. ssp. juncea 
10. Chinese mustard — Brassi­
ca juncea (L.) Czern. and 
Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea 
Batalin 
11. Black mustard — Brassica 
nigra (L.) Koch 
12. Ethiopian mustard — Bras­
sica carinata A. Braun Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
All feedingstuffs Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
Seeds and fruit of the 
plant species listed op­
posite as well as their 
processed derivatives 
may only be present in 
feedingstuffs in trace 
amounts not quantita-
vely determinable 
( ) 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. 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
ANNEX II 
PART A 
(Article 3 (2), Article 5, Article 7) 
Maximum content in mg/kg 
c u . A . c A . i (PPm) relative to feed ma-
Substances, products Feed materials ,vrr . ' ... 
K tenais with a moisture con­
tent of 12 % 
(1) (2) (3) ~ 
1. Aflatoxin Bi Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, 0,2 
maize and products derived from the processing 
thereof 
2. Cadmium Phosphates 10(') 
3. Arsenic Phosphates 20 
( ' ) Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,5 mg pet 1 % phosphorus. 
Substances, products 
(1) 
A. Substances (ions or elements) 
1. Arsenic 
2. Lead 
3. Fluorine 
4. Mercury 
5. Nitrites 
6. Cadmium 
B. Products 
1. Aflatoxin Bi 
2 Hydrocyanic acid 
3. Free Gossypol 
4. Volatile mustard oil 
5. Rye Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) PARTB 
(Article 5 (3)) 
Feed materials 
(2) 
All feed materials with the exception of: 
- phosphates 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
Fish meal 
All feed materials of vegetable origin 
All feed materials of animal origin with the exception of: 
- feed materials for pets 
All feed materials with the exception of: 
- Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, 
maize and products derived from the processing thereof 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
Unground cereals 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
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X •* • ••. - . 
Substances, products 
(1) 
6. Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits 
containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic 
substances separately or in combination includ­
ing 
a) Lolium temulentum L., 
b) Lolium remotum Schrank, 
c) Datura stramonium L, 
7. Castor oil plant - Rizinus communis L. 
8. Crotalaria spp 
9. Aldrin 
singly or combined 
expressed as dieldrin 
10. Dieldrin 
11. Camphechlor (Toxaphene) 
12. Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and 
oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane) 
13. DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE-isomers, 
expressed as DDT) 
14. Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers and 
endosulfan sulphate expressed as endosulfan) 
15. Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoendrin, 
expressed as endrin) 
16. Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptach-
lor-epoxide, expressed as heptachlor) 
17. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) 
18. Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) 
lH.l.alpha-isomer 
18.2.beta-isomer 
18.3. gamma-isomer 
C. Botanical impurities 
1. Apricots - Prunus armeniaca L. 
2. Bitter almond - Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. 
Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (= Prunus amyg-
dalus Balsch var. amara (DC.) Focke) 
3. Unhusked beech mast - Fagus silvatka (L.) 
4. Camelina - Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz 
5. Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca - Madhuca longifolia 
(L) Maebr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = IMpr mal-
ahrorum Engl.) Madhuca induct Gmelin ( = Bas­
sia latifolia (Roscb.) = lllipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. 
Mueller) Feed materials 
(2) 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
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Substances, products Feed materials 
(D (2) 
6. Purghera - Jatropha curcas L. All feed materials 
7. Croton - Croton tiglium L. All feed materials 
8. Indian mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. All feed materials 
and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell. 
9. Sareptian mustard - Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. All feed materials 
and Coss. ssp. juncea 
10. Chinese mustard - Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. All feed materials 
and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin 
11. Black mustard - Brassica nigra (L.) Koch All feed materials 
12. Ethiopian mustard - Brassica carinata A. Braun All feed materials 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
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Part A 
Repealed Directives 
(referred to by Article 16) 
Council Directive 74/63/EEC and its suc­
cessive amendments 
Commission Directive 76/14/EEC 
Commission Directive 76/934/EEC 
Council Directive 80/502/EEC 
Commission Directive 83/381/EEC 
Commission Directive 867299/EEC 
Council Directive 86/534/EEC 
Commission Directive 87/238/EEC 
Commission Directive 91/126/EEC 
Council Directive 91/132/EEC 
Council Directive 92/63/EEC 
Council Directive 92/88/EEC 
Council Directive 93/74/EEC 
Commission Directive 94/16/EC 
Council Directive 95/69/EC 
Commission Directive 96/6/EC 
Council Directive 96/25/EC 
Commission Directive 97/8/EC only Article 1 
only concerning references made to the provisions of 
Directive 74/63/EEC in Article 11(1) 
only Article 18 
only Article 14 (2) 
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Part B 
Deadlines for transposition into national law 
(referred to by Article 16) 
Directive Deadline for transposition 
Directive 74/63/EEC (OJ No L 38,11. 2. 1974, p. 31) 
directive 76/14/EEC (OJ No L 4, 9.1. 1976, p. 24) 
directive 76/934/EEC (OJ No L 364, 31.12. 1976, p. 20) 
directive 80/502/EEC (OJ No L124, 20. 5. 1980, p. 17) 
directive 83/381/EEC (OJ No L 222,13. 8. 1983, p. 31) 
directive 86/299/EEC (OJ No L 189, 11. 7. 1986, p. 40) 
directive 86/354/EEC (OJ No L 212, 2. 8. 1986, p. 27) 
directive 87/238/EEC (OJ No L 110, 25. 4. 1987, p. 25) 
directive 91/126/EEC (OJ No L 60,7. 3.1991, p. 16) 
directive 91/132/EEC (OJ No L 66,13. 3. 1991, p. 16) 
directive 92/63/EEC (OJ No L 221,6. 8. 1992, p. 49) 
directive 92/88/EEC (OJ No L 321, 6. 11. 1992, p. 24) 
directive 93/74/EEC (OJ No L 237,22. 9. 1993, p. 23) 
directive 94/16/EC (OJ No L104, 23. 4. 1994, p. 32) 
directive 95/69/EC (OJ No L 332, 30. 12. 1995, p. 15) 
directive 96/6/EC (OJ No L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 29) 
directive 96/25/EC (OJ No L 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 35) 
directive 97/8/EC (OJ No L 48,19. 2. 1997, p. 22) 1 January 1976 
1 April 1976 
1 March 1977 
1 July 1981 
31 December 1983 
3 December 1987 
3 December 1988 
3 December 1988 
30 November 1991 
1 August 1991 
31 March 1993 
31 December 1993 
30 June 1995 
1 March 1995 
1 April 1998 
31 July 1996 
30 June 1998 
30 June 1998 
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ANNEX IV 
CORRELATION TABLE 
Directive 74/63/EEC 
Article 1 
Article 2 (a) 
Article 2 (b) 
Article 2 (d) 
Article 2 (e) 
Article 2 (h) 
Article 2 (i) 
Article 2 (c) 
Article 2 (0 
Article 2 (g) 
Article 2a 
Article 3 
Article 3a 
Article 3b 
Article 3c 
Article 4 
Article 5 
Article 6 
Article 6a 
Article 7 
Article 8 (1) 
Article 8 (2) 
Article 8 (2a) 
Article 8 (3) 
Article 9 
Article 10 
Article 11 
ANNEX I 
ANNEX II This Directive 
Article 1 
Article 2 (a) 
Article 2 (b) 
Article 2 (c) 
Article 2 (d) 
Article 2 (e) 
Article 2 (0 
Article 2 (g) 
Article 2 (h) 
Article 3 
Article 4 
Article 5 
Article 6 
Article 7 
Article 8 
Article 9 
Article 10 
Article 11 
Article 12(1) 
Article 12 (2) 
Article 12 (3) 
Article 12 (4) 
Article 13 
Article 14 
Article 15 
Article 16 
Article 17 
Article 18 
ANNEX I 
ANNEX II 
ANNEX HI 
ANNEX IV. 
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Amended proposal for a 
Council Directive 
of 
on the undesirable substances in animal nutrition 86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (1). 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof; 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; 
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­
ment (*); 
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and So­
cial Committee (2); 
(1) Whereas Council Directive 74/63/lWC of 17 December 
1973 on the undesirable substances in animal nutri­
tion (•*) has been frequently and substantially amended; 
whereas for reasons of clarity and rationality the said 
Directive should be consolidated; 
(2) Whereas livestock production occupies a very important 
place in the agriculture of the Community; whereas satis­
factory results depend to a large extent on the use of 
appropriate good-quality feedingstuffs; 
(3) Whereas the existence of rules concerning feedingstuffs 
is essential to an increase in agricultural productivity; 
(4) Whereas feedingstuffs often contain undesirable sub­
stances or products which can endanger animal health 
or, because of their presence in livestock products, hu­
man health; 
(5) Whereas it is impossible to exclude totally the presence 
of the substances and products in question; whereas it is 
important that their content in feedingstuffs should be 
reduced in order to prevent undesirable and harmful ef­
fects; whereas it is at present impossible to fix this con­
tent below the levels detectable by methods of analysis 
to be defined for the Community; 2. 
3. 
4. 74/63/EEC 
() 
() 
(3) OJ No C 
OJNoC 
OJ No L 38,11.2.1974, p. 31 ; Directive as last amended by Com­
mission Directive 97/8/EC (OJ No L 48, 19. 2. 1997, p. 22). 
17 
IV. A. 
(6) Whereas undesirable substances and products may be 
present in feedingstuffs 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
ing; whereas this Directive should therefore apply with­
out prejudice to other Community provisions on feeding­
stuffs, and particularly the rules applicable to compound 
feedingstuffs; 
(7) Whereas Member States should, however, retain the 
power to allow, under certain conditions, feedingstuffs 
having levels of undesirable substances and products 
higher than those provided for in Annexes I and II; 
(8) Whereas this Directive must apply to feed materials and 
feedingstuffs from the date of their introduction into the 
Community; whereas it should therefore be stipulated 
that the maximum levels of undesirable substances or 
products set apply in general from the date on which the 
feed materials and feedingstuffs are put into circulation, 
including all stages of marketing, and in particular from 
the date of their importation; 
(9) Whereas it is advisable to establish the principle that 
raw materials used in animal nutrition must be sound, 
genuine and of merchantable quality; whereas, therefore, 
it is necessary to prohibit the use or putting into circula­
tion of feed materials which, because they contain too 
high a level of undesirable substances or products, result 
in the maximum levels for compound feedingstuffs laid 
down in Annex I being exceeded; 
(10) Whereas it is proper to limit the presence of certain un­
desirable substances or products in complementary feed­
ingstuffs by fixing appropriate maximum levels; 
(11) Whereas Member States should retain the power, if ani­
mal or human health is endangered, to reduce tempo­
rarily the fixed maximum permissible levels or to fix 
maximum levels for other substances or products or to 
prohibit the presence of such substances or products in 
feedingstuffs; whereas in order that a Member State 
should not abuse that power, possible amendments to 
Annexes I and II based on supporting documents should 
be decided on by emergency Community procedure; 
(12) Whereas feedingstuffs satisfying the requirements of this 
Directive should not be subject, with regard to their lev­
el of undesirable substances and products, to restrictions 
on their entry into circulation other than those provided 
for in this Directive; 5. 
+ 
6. 
5. 
13. 93/74/EEC 
74/63/EEC 
92/88/EEC - %/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC- Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
86/299/EEC 
(adapted) 
74/63/EEC 
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• Us ... 
(13) Whereas, in order to ensure that the requirements laid 
down in respect of undesirable substances and products 
are satisfied during marketing of feedingstuffs, Member 
States must make appropriate control arrangements; 
(14) Whereas, as part of the information system introduced 
by this Directive within the official control departments, 
Member States should also be informed by operators of 
cases where the provisions of this Directive are not com­
plied with; whereas, in such cases, Member States are 
required to take all measures to enable the use in ani­
mal nutrition of undesirable substances and products to 
be excluded; whereas Member States are, where ap­
propriate, obliged to ensure that consignments of feed 
materials or feedingstuffs are destroyed, if this has been 
decided by its owner; 
(15) Whereas an appropriate Community procedure is essen­
tial to adjust the technical provisions laid down in An­
nexes I and II, to developments in scientific and techni­
cal knowledge; 
(16) Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the 
proposed measures, a procedure should be laid down to 
establish close cooperation between Member States and 
the Commission within the Standing Committee for 
Feedingstuffs set up by Council Decision 
70/372/EEC(1); 
(17) Whereas this Directive should not affect the obligations 
of the Member States concerning the deadlines for 
transposition of the Directives set out in Annex III, 
part B, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 12. 
7. 
10. 
14. 92/88/EEC 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
74/63/EEC 
(') OJ No L 170, 3. 8. 1970, p. 1. 
19 
1*. 
Article 1 
1. This Directive deals with undesirable substances and 
products in animal nutrition. 
2. This Directive shall apply without prejudice to the 
provisions on: 
(a) additives in feedingstuffs; 
(b) the marketing of feedingstuffs; 
(c) the fixing of maximum permitted levels for pesticide 
residues on and in products intended for animal feed­
ing, where these residues are not listed in Part B of 
Annex I; 
(d) micro-organisms in feedingstuffs; 
(e) certain products used in animal nutrition; 
(f) feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes. 
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions 
shall apply: 
(a) feedingstuffs: products of vegetable or animal origin, 
in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products 
derived from the industrial processing thereof, and 
organic or inorganic substances, used singly or in mix­
tures, whether or not containing additives, for oral 
animal feeding; 
(b) "feed materials": various products of vegetable or ani­
mal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, 
and products derived from the industrial processing 
thereof, and organic or inorganic 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 or as carriers of premixtures; 
(c) complete feedingstuffs: mixtures of feedingstuffs 
which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient 
for a daily ration; 
(d) complementary feedingstuffs: 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 they are used in combination 
with other feedingstuffs; 
(e) "compound feedingstuffs": mixtures of feed materials, 
whether or not containing additives, which are in­
tended for oral animal feeding as complete or com­
plementary feedingstuffs; 86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (2) (a) 
74/63/EEC 
91/132/EEC - Art. 1 (1) 
80/502/EEC - Art. 1 (1) 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (2) (b) 
93/74/EEC-Art. 11(1) 
74/63/EEC 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (3) (a) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (b) 
74/63/EEC 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (c) 
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(f) daily ration: the average total quantity of feeding­
stuffs, calculated on a moisture content of 12 %, 
required daily by an animal of a given species, age 
category and yield, to satisfy all its needs; 
(g) animals: animals belonging to species normally 
nourished and kept or consumed by man as well as 
animals living freely in the wild in cases where they 
are nourished with feedingstuffs; 
(h) pet animals: animals belonging to species normally 
nourished and kept but not consumed by man, except 
animals bred for fur production; 74/63/EEC 
92/88/EEC - Art. 1 (1) 
80/502/EEC - Art. 1 (3) 
Article 3 
1. Member States shall prescribe that feed materials may 
only be put into circulation in the Community if they are 
sound, genuine and of merchantable quality. 
2. In particular, and subject to the provisions in Part A 
of Annex II, feed materials cannot be considered as sound, 
genuine and of merchantable quality if the level of un­
desirable substances or products is so high as to make it 
impossible to respect the maximum levels fixed for com­
pound feedingstuffs in Annex I. 
Article 4 
1. Member States shall prescribe that the substances and 
products listed in Annex I shall be tolerated in feeding­
stuffs only under the conditions therein set out. 
2. Member States may authorize the maximum per­
mitted levels provided for in Annex I in respect of 
feedingstuffs to be exceeded in the case of fodder which is 
produced and used in the same state on the same agricul­
tural holding, where this is necessary for particular local 
reasons. The Member States concerned shall ensure that 
neither animal nor human health can suffer harm thereby. 
Article 5 
1. Member States shall prescribe that the feed materials 
listed in Annex II (A) may be put into circulation only if 
their content of the undesirable substance or product men­
tioned in column 1 of the said Annex does not exceed the 
maximum level laid down in column 3 of that Annex. Article 2a 
92/88/EEC - Art. 1 (2) - 96/25/EC 
- Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
Artiste o 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (4) 
Article 3a 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (5) - 96/25/EC 
- Art. 14 (2) (e) - 92/88/EEC - Art. 1 (3) 
21 
lf 
2. Where the content of the undesirable substance or 
product listed in column 1 of Annex II (A) exceeds the 
level laid down in column 3 of Annex I in respect of feed 
materials, the feed materials listed in column 2 of Annex 
II (A) may, without prejudice to paragraph 1, be put into 
circulation only if: 
(a) it is intended for use by establishments which meet 
the conditions of Council Directive 95/69/EC (J), 
and 
(b) it is accompanied by a document stating: 
— that the feed materials are intended for manufac­
turers of compound feedingstuffs who fulfil the 
conditions laid down in paragraph (a), 
— that the feed materials may not be fed unpro­
cessed to livestock, 
— the amount of the undesirable substance or 
product contained in the raw material. 
3. Member States shall prescribe that paragraph 2 (a) 
and (b) shall also apply to the feed materials and un­
desirable substances or products listed in Annex II (B) the 
maximum level of which is not restricted in Annex II (A), 
if the level of the undesirable substance or product present 
in the feed materials exceeds that laid down in column 3 
of Annex I for the corresponding feed materials. 
Article 6 
Member States may restrict the application of Article 5 (2) 
(a) to those manufacturers of compound feedingstuffs who 
use the materials in question for the production and the 
putting into circulation of compound feedingstuffs. 
Article 7 
Member States shall prescribe that a consignment of a 
feed material detailed in Part A of Annex II with a con­
tent of an undesirable substance or product higher than 
the maximum level fixed in column 3 of the abovemen-
tioned Annex must not be mixed with other consignments 
of feed materials or with consignments of feedingstuffs. 86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (5) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (a) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
92/88/EEC - Art. 1 (3) 
95/69/EC - Art. 18 
(adapted) 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (5) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (a) 
Allkk .*ft 
Artiçk k 
(») OJ No L 332,30.12. 1995, p. 15. 92/88/EEC - Art. I (4) - %/25 EC 
-Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
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Article 8 
Member States shall prescribe that in so far as there are 
no special provisions for complementary feedingstuffs, 
these may not — allowing for the dilutions prescribed for 
their use — contain levels of the substances and products 
listed in Annex I in excess of those fixed for complete 
feedingstuffs. Article 4 
74/63/EEC 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (6) 
Article 9 
1. Where a Member State, as a result of new informa­
tion or of a reassessment of existing information made 
since the provisions in question were adopted, has detailed 
grounds for establishing that a maximum content fixed in 
Annex I or II or a substance or product not listed therein 
constitutes a danger to animal or human health or the 
environment, that Member State may provisionally reduce 
that content, fix a maximum content or prohibit the 
presence of that substance or product in feedingstuffs or 
feed materials. It shall immediately inform the other Mem­
ber States and the Commission thereof, giving reasons for 
its decision. 
2. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
14, an immediate decision shall be made as to whether the 
Annexes should be modified. So long as no decision has 
been made by either the Council or the Commission the 
Member State may maintain the measures it has 
implemented. 
Article 10 
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 
and in the light of developments in scientific and technical 
knowledge: 
(a) the amendments to be made to the Annexes shall be 
adopted; 
(b) a consolidated version of the Annexes shall be drawn 
up periodically incorporating the successive amend­
ments made pursuant to (a); 
(c) criteria for the acceptability of feed materials which 
have undergone certain decontamination processes 
may be defined. 
Article 11 
Member States shall ensure that feedingstuffs and feed 
materials which conform to this Directive are not subject 
to any other restrictions on their circulation as regards the 
presence of undesirable substances and products. Article 5 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (7) (a) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
74/63/EEC 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (7) (b) 
Article 6 
86/354/EEC - Art. 1 (8) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
Article 7 
74/63/EEC - 96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
92/88/EEC - Art. 1 (5) 
23 
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Article 12 
1. Member States shall take all necessary measures to 
ensure that feedingstuffs and feed materials are officially 
controlled, at least by random sampling, to verify whether 
the conditions laid down in this Directive are satisfied. 
2. Member States shall inform the other Member States 
and the Commission of the name of the departments 
appointed to carry out this control. 
3. Member States shall prescribe that where an operator 
(importer, producer, etc.) or a person who, by virtue of his 
professional activities, possesses, or has possessed, or has 
had direct contact with a consignment of feed materials or 
of feedingstuffs and has knowledge to the effect that: 
— the consignment of feed materials is unsuitable for 
any use in animal feedingstuffs because of contamina­
tion by an undesirable substance or product listed in 
Annexes I and II, and therefore does not meet the 
provisions of Article 3 (1) and consequently consti­
tutes a serious risk for animal and public health; 
— the consignment of feedingstuffs does not meet the 
provisions of Annex I, and therefore constitutes a 
serious risk for animal and public health; 
such a person or operator shall immediately inform the 
official authorities even if the destruction of the consign­
ment is envisaged. 
After verifying the information received, Member States 
shall ensure that, in the case of a contaminated consign­
ment, the measures necessary are taken to ensure that the 
consignment is not used in animal nutrition. 
Member States shall ensure that the final destination of 
the contaminated consignment, including possible destruc­
tion, cannot have harmful effects on public or animal 
health or on the environment. Article 8 
86/354/EEC-Art. 1(11) (a) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
74/63/EEC 
92/88/EEC - Art. 1 (6) (a) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
4. If a consignment of feed materials or a consignment 
of feedingstuffs is likely to be sent to a Member State 
after it has been judged not to comply with the provisions 
of this Directive on account of an excessive content of 
undesirable substances or products in another Member 
State, the latter Member State shall immediately give the 
other Member States and the Commission any useful in­
formation concerning that consignment. 92/88/EEC - Art. 1 (6) (b) 
- 96/25/EC - Art. 14 (2) (e) 
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Article 13 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to 
be followed, matters shall be referred without delay by the 
Chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of 
a Member State, to the Standing Committee for Feeding­
stuffs, hereinafter called the 'Committee'. 
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to 
the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The 
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a 
time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to 
the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered 
by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty 
in the case of decisions which the Council is required to 
adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of 
the representatives of the Member States within the Com­
mittee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Ar­
ticle. The Chairman shall not vote. 
The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if 
they are in accordance with the opinion of the committee. 
If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the 
opinion of the committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the 
Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a 
proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council 
shall act by a qualified majority. 
If, on the expiry of a period to be laid down in each act to 
be adopted by the Council under this paragraph but which 
may in no case exceed three months from the date of re­
ferral to the Council, the Council has not acted, the pro­
posed measures shall be adopted by the Commission, save 
where the Council has decided against the said measures 
by a simple majority. Article 9 
74/63/EEC 
95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC 
87/373/EEC 
Article 14 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to 
be followed, matters shall be referred to the Committee 
without delay by the Chairman, either on his own initiative 
or at the request of a Member State. 
2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to 
the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The 
Committee shall deliver its opinion within two days. The 
opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in 
Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which 
the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the 
Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Mem­
ber States within the Committee shall be weighted in the 
manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not 
vote. 
The Commission shall adopt the measures envisaged if 
they are in accordance with the opinion of the committee. 
If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with the 
opinion of the committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the 
Commission shall, without delay, submit to the Council a 
proposal relating to the measures to be taken. The Council 
shall act by a qualified majority. 
25 74/63/EEC Ankle. Ji) 
95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC 
74/63/EEC 
If, on the expiry of a period to be laid down in each act to 
be adopted by the Council under this paragraph but which 
may in no case exceed 15 days from the date of referral to 
the Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed mea­
sures shall be adopted by the Commission, save where the 
Council has decided against the said measures by a simple 
majority. 
Article 15 
1. The Member States shall apply at least the provisions 
of this Directive to feedingstuffs intended for export to 
third countries. 
2. Paragraph 1 does not affect the right of Member 
States to allow the re-exportation to the exporting third 
country of consignments of feedingstuffs which do not ful­
fil the requirements of this Directive. 87/373/EEC 
Article 1J 
92/88/EEC - Art. 1 (7) 
Article 16 
1. The Directives listed in Annex III Part A, are hereby 
repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Mem­
ber States concerning the deadlines for transposition of 
those Directives, as set out in Annex III Part B. 
2. References to the repealed Directives shall be con­
strued as references to this Directive and should be read 
in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV. 
Article 17 
This Directive shall enter into force the twentieth day fol­
lowing that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
Article 18 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
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xy.^. ~.m 
ANNEX I 
(Article 3 (2), Article 4, Article 5 (2) and (3), Article 8, Article 12 (3)) 97/8/EC - Art. 
Substances, products 
(1) 
A. Substances (ions or elements) 
1. Arsenic 
2. Lead 
3. Fluorine 
4. Mercury Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
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 
— phosphates and feedingstuffs obtained from the 
processing of fish or other marine animals 
Complete feedingstviffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for fish 
Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— Mineral feedingstuffs 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— green fodder 
— phosphates 
— yeasts 
Complete feedingstuffs 
Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— Mineral feedingstuffs 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— feedingstuffs of animal origin 
— phosphates 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats 
— in milk 
— other 
— complete feedingstuffs for pigs 
— complete feedingstuffs for poultry 
— complete feedingstuffs for chicks 
Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats 
Other complementary feedingstuffs 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— feedingstuffs produced by the processing of fish or 
other marine animals 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats 
Complementary feedingstuffs except: 
— complementary feedingstuffs for dogs and cats Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
2 
4 
10 
4 
4 
12 
10 
40 
30 
5 
5 
10 
30 
150 
500 
2 000 
150 
30 
50 
100 
350 
250 
2 000 (!) 
125(2) 
0.1 
0,5 
0,1 
0,4 
0,2 
27 
Substances, products 
(1) 
5. Nitrites 
6. Cadmium 
B. Products 
1. Aflatoxin B] 
2. Hydrocyanic acid Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
Fish meal 
Complete feedingstuffs excluding: 
— feedingstuffs intended for pets except birds and 
aquarium fish 
Feed materials of vegetable origin 
Feed materials of animal origin except: 
— feedingstuffs for pets 
Phosphates 
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats ex­
cept: 
— complete feedingstuffs for calves, lambs and kids 
Other complete feedingstuffs except: 
— feedingstuffs for pets 
Mineral feedingstuffs 
Other complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep 
and goats 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, ba­
bassu, maize and products derived from the pro­
cessing thereof 
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats 
with the exception of: 
— dairy cattle 
— calves and lambs 
Complete feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (except 
young animals) 
Other complete feedingstuffs 
Complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and 
goats (except complementary feedingstuffs for dairy 
animals, calves and lambs) 
Complementary feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (ex­
cept young animals) 
Other complementary feedingstuffs 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— linseed 
— linseed cakes 
— manioc products and almond cakes 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for chicks Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
60 
(expressed as sodium ni­
trite) 
15 
(expressed as sodium ni­
trite) 
1 
2 
|0(-') 
I 
0.5 
5(4) 
0,5 
0.05 
0.02 
0.05 
0.005 
0.01 
0.02 
0,01 
0,05 
0,03 
0,005 
50 
250 
350 
100 
50 
10 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
28 
Substances, products 
(1) 
3. Free Gossypol 
4. Theobromine 
5. Volatile mustard oil 
6. Vinyl thiooxazolidone 
(Vinyloxazolidine thione) 
7. Rye Ergot (Claviceps pur­
purea) 
8. Weed seeds and unground 
and uncrushed fruits con­
taining alkaloids, gluco-
sides or other toxic sub­
stances separately or in 
combination including 
(a) Lolium temulentum L, 
(b) Lolium remotum 
Schrank, 
(c) Datura stramonium L. 
9. Castor oil plant 
communis L. 
10. Crotalaria spp. Ricinus Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— cotton-seed cakes 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats 
— complete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying 
hens) and calves 
— complete feedingstuffs for rabbits and pigs (except 
piglets) 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for adult cattle 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— rape-seed cakes 
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats 
(except young animals) 
complete feedingstuffs for pigs (except piglets) 
and poultry 
Complete feedingstuffs for poultry with the exception 
of: 
— complete feedingstuffs for laying hens 
AH feedingstuffs containing unground cereals 
All feedingstuffs 
All feedingstuffs 
All feedingstuffs Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
20 
1200 
20 
500 
100 
60 
300 
700 
100 
4000 
(expressed as allyl 
isothiocyanate) 
150 
(expressed as allyl 
isothiocyanate) 
I 000 
(expressed as allyl isothio­
cyanate) 
500 
(expressed as allyl 
isothiocyanate) 
1000 
500 
1000 
3 000 
1000 
1000 
1 OCX) 
10 
(expressed in terms of cas­
tor-oil plant husks) 
100 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
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Substances, products 
(1) 
11. Aldrtn 
12. Dieldrin singly or 
combined 
expressed as 
dieldrin 
13. Camphechlor (Toxaphene) 
14. Chlordane (sum of cis-
and trans-isomers and of 
oxychlordane, expressed as 
chlordane) 
15. DDT (sum of DDT-, 
TDE- and DDE-isomers, 
expressed as DDT) 
16. Endosulfan (sum of alpha-
and beta-isomers and of 
endosulfansulphate ex­
pressed as endosulfan) 
17. Endrin (sum of endrin and 
of delta-ketoi-endrin, ex­
pressed as endrin) 
18. Heptachlor (sum of hep­
tachlor and of heptachlor-
epoxide, expressed as hep­
tachlor) 
19. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) 
20. Hexachlorocyclo-hexane 
(HCH) 
20.1. alpha-isomers 
20.2. beta-isomers 
20.3 gamma-isomers Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— maize 
— oilseeds 
— complete feedingstuffs for fish 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
AU feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats 
Compound feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— feedingstuffs for dairy cattle 
Feed materials with the exception of: 
— fats 
All feedingstuffs with the exception of: 
— fats Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
0,01 
0,2 
0,1 
0,02 
0,05 
0.05 
0.5 
0.1 
0.2 
0.5 
0.005 
0.01 
0.05 
0.01 
0.2 
0.01 
0.2 
0.02 
0.2 
0.01 
0.005 
0,01 
0,1 
0,2 
2,0 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
30 
Substances, products 
(1) 
C. Botanical impurities: 
1. Apricots — Prunus arme-
niaca L. 
2. Bitter almond — Prunus 
dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb 
var. amara (DC.) Focke 
(= Prunus amygdalus Batsch 
var. amara (DC.) Focke) 
3. Unhusked beech mast — 
Fagus silvatica L. 
4. Camelina — Camelina sati-
va (L) Crantz 
5. Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca 
— Madhuca longifolia (L.) 
Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia 
L. = lllipe malabrorum 
Engl.) Madhuca indica 
Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia 
Roxb. = lllipe latifolia 
(Roscb.) F. Mueller) 
Purghera -
cas L. 
Croton — 
L. Jatropha cur-
Croton tiglium 
8. Indian mustard — Brassica 
juncea (L.) Czern. and 
Coss. ssp. integrifolia 
(West.) Thell. 
9. Sareptian mustard — Bras­
sica juncea (L.) Czern. and 
Coss. ssp. juncea 
10. Chinese mustard — Brassi 
ca juncea (L.) Czern. and 
Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea 
Batalin 
11. Black mustard — Brassica 
nigra (L.) Koch 
12. Ethiopian mustard — Bras­
sica carinata A. Braun Feedingstuffs 
(2) 
All feedingstuffs Maximum content in mg/kg 
(ppm) relative to a feedingstuff 
with a moisture content of 
12% 
(3) 
Seeds and fruit of the 
plant species listed op­
posite- as well as their 
processed derivatives 
may only be present in 
feedingstuffs in trace 
amounts not quantita-
vely determinable 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
(') Member States may also prescribe a maximum fluorine content of 1,25 % of the phosphate content. 
(2) Fluorine content per 1 % phosphorus. 
r) 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. 
31 
ANNEX II 
PART A 
(Article 3 (2), Article 5, Article 7) 
Maximum content in mg/kg 
„ , . . . _ , . . . (ppm) relative to feed ma-Substances, products Feed matenals >rr. , ... _ . . 
r tenais with a moisture con­
tent of 12% 
(!) (2) ~ (3) 
1. Aflatoxin Bi Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, 0,2 
maize and products derived from the processing 
thereof 
2. Cadmium Phosphates 10(') 
3. Arsenic Phosphates 20 
(') Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,5 mg per I % phosphorus. 
PARTB 
(Article 5 (3)) 
Substances, products 
(1) 
A. Substances (ions or elements) 
1. Arsenic 
2. Lead 
3. Fluorine 
4. Mercury 
5. Nitrites 
6. Cadmium 
B. Products 
1. Aflatoxin Bj 
2 Hydrocyanic acid 
3. Free Gossypol 
4. Volatile mustard oil 
5. Rye Ergot (Claviceps purpurea) Feed materials 
(2) 
All feed materials with the exception of: 
- phosphates 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
Fish meal 
All feed materials of vegetable origin 
AH feed materials of animal origin with the exception of. 
- feed materials for pets 
All feed materials with the exception of: 
- Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, 
maize and products derived from the processing thereof 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
Unground cereals 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
32 
Substances, products 
(1) 
6. Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits 
containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic 
substances separately or in combination includ­
ing 
a) Lolium temulentum L, 
b) Lolium remotum Schrank, 
c) Datura stramonium L, 
7. Castor oil plant — Rizinus communis L. 
8. Crotalaria spp. 
9. Aldrin 
singly or combined 
expressed as dieldrin 
10. Dieldrin 
11. Camphechlor (Toxaphene) 
12. Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and 
oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane) 
13. DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE-isomers, 
expressed as DDT) 
14. Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers and 
endosulfan sulphate expressed as endosulfan) 
15. Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoendrin, 
expressed as endrin) 
16. Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptach-
lor-epoxide, expressed as heptachlor) 
17. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) 
18. Hcxachlorocyclohexanc (HCH) 
18.1.alpha-isomer 
18.2.beta-isomer 
18.3. gamma-isomer 
C. Botanical impurities 
1. Apricots - Prunus armeniaca L 
2. Bitter almond - Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. 
Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (= Prunus amyg-
dalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke) 
3. Unhusked beech mast - Fagus silvatica (L.) 
4. Camelina - Camelina saliva (L.) Crantz 
5. Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca - Madhuca longifolia 
(L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = lllipe mal-
ahrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin ( = Bas­
sia latifolia (Roscb.) = lllipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. 
Mueller) Feed materials 
(2) 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All Iced materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 
All feed materials 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
33 
,r>UM 
Substances, products Feed materials 
_ _ _ . _ 
6. Purghera - Jatropha curcas L. All feed materials 
7. Croton - Croton tiglium L. All feed materials 
8. Indian mustard — Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. All feed materials 
and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell. 
9. Sareptian mustard - Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. All feed materials 
and Coss. ssp. juncea 
10. Chinese mustard - Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. All feed materials 
and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin 
11. Black mustard - Brassica nigra (L.) Koch All feed materials 
12. Ethiopian mustard - Brassica carinata A. Braun All feed materials 97/8/EC - Art. 1 
34 
ANNEX III 
Part A 
Repealed Directives 
(referred to by Article 16) 
Council Directive 74/63/EEC and its suc­
cessive amendments 
Commission Directive 76/14/F.I-X' 
Commission Directive 76/934/1 • I •;<• 
Council Directive 80/502/1W 
Commission Directive 83/381/EEC 
Commission Directive 86/299/EEC 
Council Directive 86/534/EEC 
Commission Directive 87/238/EEC 
Commission Directive 91/126/EEC 
Council Directive 91/132/EEC 
Council Directive 92/63/EEC 
Council Directive 92/88/EEC 
Council Directive 93/74/EEC 
Commission Directive 94/16/EC 
Council Directive 95/69/EC 
Commission Directive 96/6/EC 
Council Directive 96/25/EC 
Commission Directive 97/8/EC only Article 1 
only concerning references made to the provisions of 
Directive 74/63/EEC in Article 11 (1) 
only Article 18 
only Article 14.(2) 
35 
Part B 
Deadlines for transposition into national law 
(referred to by Article 16) 
Directive Deadline for transposition 
Directive 74/63/EEC (OJ No L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31) 
Directive 76/14/EEC (OJ No L 4, 9. 1. 1976, p. 24) 
Directive 76/934/EEC (OJ No L 364. 31. 12. 1976, p. 20) 
Directive 80/502/EEC (OJ No L 124, 20. 5. 1980, p. 17) 
Directive 83/381/EEC (OJ No L 222, 13. 8. 1983, p. 31) 
Directive 86/299/EEC (OJ No L 189, 11. 7. 1986, p. 40) 
Directive 86/354/EEC (OJ No L 212, 2. 8. 1986, p. 27) 
Directive 87/238/EEC (OJ No L 110, 25. 4. 1987, p. 25) 
Directive 91/126/EEC (OJ No L 60, 7. 3. 1991, p. 16) 
Directive 91/132/EEC (OJ No L 66, 13. 3. 1991, p. 16) 
Directive 92/63/EEC (OJ No L 221, 6. 8. 1992, p. 49) 
Directive 92/88/EEC (OJ No L 321, 6. 11. 1992, p. 24) 
Directive 93/74/EEC (OJ No L 237, 22. 9. 1993, p. 23) 
Directive 94/16/EC (OJ No L 104, 23. 4.1994, p. 32) 
Directive 95/69/EC (OJ No L 332, 30. 12. 1995, p. 15) 
Directive 96/6/EC (OJ No L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 29) 
Directive 96/25/EC (OJ No L 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 35) 
Directive 97/8/EC (OJ No L 48, 19. 2. 1997, p. 22) 1 January 1976 
1 April 1976 
1 March 1977 
1 July 1981 
31 December 1983 
3 December 1987 
3 December 1988 
3 December 1988 
30 November 1991 
1 August 1991 
31 March 1993 
31 December 1993 
30 June 1995 
1 March 1995 
1 April 1998 
31 July 1996 
30 June 1998 
30 June 1998 
36 
ANNEX IV 
CORRELATION TABLE 
Directive 74/63/EEC This Directive 
Article 1 
Article 2 (a) 
Article 2 (b) 
Article 2 (d) 
Article 2 (c) 
Article 2 (h) 
Article 2 (i) 
Article 2 (c) 
Article 2 (f) 
Article 2 (g) 
Article 2a 
Article 3 
Article 3a 
Article 3b 
Article 3c 
Article 4 
Article 5 
Article 6 
Article 6a 
Article 7 
Article 8(1) 
Article 8 (2) 
Article 8 (2a) 
Article 8 (3) 
Article 9 
Article 10 
Article 11 
ANNEX I 
ANNEX II Article 1 
Article 2 (a) 
Article 2 (b) 
Article 2 (c) 
Article 2 (d) 
Article 2 (e) 
Article 2 (f) 
Article 2 (g) 
Article 2 (h) 
Article 3 
Article .4 
Article 5 
Article 6 
Article 7 
Article 8 
Article 9 
Article 10 
Article 11 
Article 12(1) 
Article 12(2) 
Article 12(3) 
Article 12 (4) 
Article 13 
Article 14 
Article 15 
Article 16 
Article 17 
Articlel8 
ANNEX! 
ANNEX II 
ANNEXIII 
ANNEX IV 
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