r-COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(93) 250 final 
Brussels, 07 July 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
laying down the groups of additives used in animal nutrition 
being the subject of an authorization linked to the person 
responsible for marketing them 
(presented by the Commission) 
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Explanatory memorandum 
The proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 70/524/EEC provides 
that, for the safety of animal and human health and to protect the 
environment, authorization of additives belonging to certain groups will, in 
future, be linked to the person responsible for marketing them. 
This proposal for a Decision lists the said groups. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
laying down the groups of additives used in animal nutrition 
being the subject of an authorization linked to the person 
responsible for marketing them 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
and in particular Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the commission*, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament^, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee3, 
Whereas Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning 
additives in feedingstuffs4, as last amended by council Directive 
../../EEC^, provides for a definition of the additives which must be 
granted an authorization linked to the person responsible for marketing 
them; whereas the groups of additives subject to such authorization must be 
specified; 
Whereas these groups cover high-technology additives with a very specific 
composition; 
Whereas, in order to make it possible to adapt this Decision, provision 
should be made for a procedure introducing close cooperation between the 
Member States and the Commission within the standing Committee for 
Feedingstuffs established by Decision 70/372/EEC, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
Additives belonging to the groups set out in the Annex to this Decision 
shall be governed by the procedure laid down in Directive 70/524/EEC for 
the purposes of obtaining an authorization linked to the person responsible 
for marketing them. 
Article 2 
Amendments to be made to the Annex as a result of advances in scientific 
and technical knowledge shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 3. 
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4 OJ No L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1. 
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Article 3 
Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be applied, the 
Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs, 
set up by Council Decision 70/372/EEC of 20 July 197 0, hereinafter referred 
to as "the committee". 
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 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. 
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 referral to the council, the Council has not acted, 
the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission. 
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at , 
For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
The groups of additives being the subject of an authorization linked to the 
person responsible for marketing them are as follows : 
-antibiotics; 
-coccidiostats and other medicinal substances; 
-growth promoters. 
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