Commission Directive 98/87/EC of 13 November 1998 amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-11-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, fish, labelling, manufactured feedingstuffs, marketing, phosphorus

27. 11. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 318/43

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/87/EC

of 13 November 1998

amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound
feedingstuffs

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 79/373/EEC of 2
April 1979 on the marketing of compound feeding-
stuffs (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/
47/EC (2), and in particular Article 10(e) thereof,

Whereas, under point VII.E.4 of Annex XV to the Act of
Accession, the Kingdom of Sweden may maintain its
national
legislation making it compulsory to state the
phosphorus content on the labelling of compound
feedingstuffs intended for fish until 31 December 1997;

Whereas, under Annex XV of the abovementioned Act,
Sweden is required to accompany requests for the adapta-
tion of
the mineral
concerned by a detailed scientific statement of reasons;

the Community legislation for

Whereas Sweden transmitted a statement of reasons on 5
June 1997;

Whereas Directive 79/373/EEC provides for the regular
updating of the Annex thereto in the light of scientific
and technical knowledge;

Whereas enrichment with phosphorus is disturbing the
ecological balance of lakes and seas; whereas eutrophica-
tion effects frequently observed in inland lakes are blue-
green algae blooms, oxygen deficiency, high fish
mortality and reduced biodiversity;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to restrict phosphorus
emissions to an absolute minimum; whereas the compul-
sory indication of phosphorus content on the labelling of
compound feedingstuffs for fish would make a significant
contribution to that objective by facilitating good feeding
practice;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Standing
Committee on Feedingstuffs,

Article 1

The Annex to Directive 79/373/EEC is hereby amended
in accordance with the Annex hereto.

Article 2

1. Member States shall adopt and publish not later than
30 June 1999 the laws, regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this
Directive. They shall immediately inform the Commis-
sion thereof.

They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 1999.

When Member States adopt the provisions they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompa-
nied by such reference on the occasion of their official
publication. The methods of making such reference shall
be laid down by the Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commis-
sion the text of the main provisions of domestic law
which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 13 November 1998.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 86, 6. 4. 1979, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 211, 5. 8. 1997, p. 45.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 11. 98

In Part B of the Annex, the section ‘Complete feedingstuffs' is replaced by the following:

ANNEX

Animals except pets
other than dogs and
cats

Pets other than dogs
and cats

‘Complete feedingstuffs — Crude protein

— Crude oils and fats
— Crude fibre
— Crude ash

— Lysine

— Methionine

— Cystine
— Threonine
— Tryptophan

Pigs

Poultry

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Animals other
pigs
Animals other
poultry

than

than

All animals

Poultry (according to
EC method)

Pigs and ruminants
(according to national
official methods)

All animals

Animals other
fish
except
mental fish'

than
orna-

— Energy value

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

— Starch
— Total

sucrose)

sugar

(as

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

plus

sugar

— Total
starch
— Calcium
— Sodium
— Magnesium
— Potassium

— Phosphorus

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fish except orna-
mental fish