Council Directive 1999/29/EC of 22 April 1999 on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition
Date: 1999-04-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: animal nutrition, food additive, food inspection, foodstuffs legislation, toxic substance

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 1999/29/EC

of 22 April 1999

on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition

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 (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

(1) Whereas Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17
December 1973 on the undesirable substances in
animal nutrition (3) has been frequently
and
substantially amended; whereas
reasons of
clarity and rationality the said Directive should be
consolidated;

for

(2) Whereas

livestock production occupies a very
important place
the
Community; whereas satisfactory results depend to
a large extent on the use of appropriate good-
quality feedingstuffs;

agriculture

in the

of

(3) Whereas the existence of rules concerning feeding-
to an increase in agricultural

stuffs is essential
productivity;

(4) Whereas feedingstuffs often contain undesirable
substances or products which can endanger animal
health or, because of their presence in livestock
products, human health;

(5) Whereas it

is impossible to exclude totally the
presence of the substances and products in ques-
tion; whereas it is important that their content in
feedingstuffs should be reduced in order to prevent
undesirable and harmful effects; whereas it is at
present impossible to fix this content below the
levels detectable by methods of analysis to be
defined for the Community;

(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
this Directive should
animal
therefore
other
Community provisions on feedingstuffs, and partic-

feeding; whereas
apply without

prejudice

to

ularly the rules applicable to compound feeding-
stuffs;

(7) Whereas Member States should, however, retain
to allow, under certain conditions,
undesirable
than those

of
and products higher

the power
feedingstuffs
substances
provided for in Annex I;

having

levels

(8) Whereas this Directive must apply to feed ma-
their
terials and feedingstuffs from the date of
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 circulation 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
in
certain undesirable substances or products
complementary feedingstuffs by fixing appropriate
maximum levels;

(11) Whereas Member States should retain the power, if
animal or human health is endangered, to reduce
temporarily the fixed maximum permissible levels
or to fix maximum levels for other substances or
such
products or
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;

the presence of

to prohibit

(1) Opinion delivered on 9 February 1999 (not yet published in

the Official Journal).

(2) OJ C 153, 28.5.1996, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 38, 11.2.1974, p. 31. Directive as last amended by
Commission Directive 98/60/EC (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 50).

(12) Whereas feedingstuffs satisfying the requirements
of this Directive should not be subject, with regard
to their level of undesirable substances and prod-
ucts, to restrictions on their entry into circulation
other than those provided for in this Directive;

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(13) Whereas, in order to ensure that the requirements
laid down in respect of undesirable substances and
products are satisfied during marketing of feeding-
stuffs, Member States must make appropriate
control arrangements;

(d) micro-organisms in feedingsstuffs;

(e) certain products used in animal nutrition;

(f) feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes.

States

(14) Whereas, as part of the information system intro-
duced by this Directive within the official control
departments, Member
should also be
informed by operators of cases where the provi-
sions of
this Directive are not complied with;
whereas, in such cases, Member States are required
to take all measures to enable the use in animal
nutrition of undesirable substances and products to
be excluded; whereas Member States are, where
appropriate, 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
essential
the technical provisions laid
down in Annexes I and II, to developments in
scientific and technical knowledge;

to adjust

(16) Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of
the proposed measures, a procedure should be laid
cooperation between
down to establish close
Member States and the Commission within the
Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs set up by
Decision 70/372/EEC (1);

(17) Whereas this Directive should not affect the obliga-
tions of the Member States concerning the dead-
lines for transposition of the Directives set out in
Annex III, part B,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

This Directive deals with undesirable substances and

1.
products in animal nutrition.

This Directive shall apply without prejudice to the

2.
provisions on:

(a) additives in feedingstuffs;

(b) the marketing of feedingstuffs;

Article 2

For the purposes of this Directive, the following defini-
tions 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
mixtures, whether or not containing additives, for oral
animal feeding;

(b) feed materials: various 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, 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

feeding-
stuffs which have a high content of certain substances
and which, by reason of their composition, are suffi-
cient for a daily ration only if they are used in com-
bination with other feedingstuffs;

(e) compound feedingstuffs: mixtures of feed materials,
whether or not containing additives, which are
intended for oral animal
feeding as complete or
complementary feedingstuffs;

(f) daily ration: the average total quantity of feedingstuffs,
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 nour-
ished 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.

(c) the fixing of maximum permitted levels for pesticide
residues on and in products intended for animal
feeding, where these residues are not listed in Section
B of Annex I;

(1) OJ L 170, 3.8.1970, p. 1.

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.

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In particular, and subject to the provisions in Part A
2.
of Annex II,
feed materials cannot be considered as
sound, genuine and of merchantable quality if the level of
undesirable substances or products is so high as to make
it impossible to respect the maximum levels fixed for
compound feedingstuffs in Annex I.

Article 4

1. Member States shall prescribe that the substances
and products listed in Annex I shall be tolerated in
feedingstuffs only under the conditions therein set out.

authorise

States may

2. Member
the maximum
permitted 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, part (A) may be put into circulation
the undesirable substance or
only if
product mentioned in column 1 of the said Annex does
not exceed the maximum level laid down in column 3 of
that Annex.

their content of

2. Where the content of the undesirable substance or
product listed in column 1 of Annex II, part (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, part (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 of 22
December 1995 laying down the conditions and
arrangements for approving and registering certain
establishments and intermediaries operating in the
animal feed sector (1),

and

(b) it is accompanied by a document stating:

(cid:190) that the feed materials are intended for manufac-
turers of compound feedingstuffs who fulfil the
conditions laid down in paragraph (a),

(cid:190) that the feed materials may not be fed unprocessed

to livestock,

(1) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 15. Directive as amended by Dir-

ective 98/92/EC (OJ L 346, 22.12.1998, p. 49).

(cid:190) the amount of

the undesirable substance or

product contained in the feed material.

3. Member States shall prescribe that paragraph 2(a)
and (b) shall also apply to the feed materials and undesir-
able substances or products listed in Annex II, part (B) the
maximum level of which is not restricted in Annex II,
part
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.

the level of

(A),

if

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
content of an undesirable substance or product higher
than the maximum level fixed in column 3 of the above-
mentioned Annex must not be mixed with other consign-
ments of feed materials or with consignments of feeding-
stuffs.

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 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
Member States and the Commission thereof, giving
reasons for its decision.

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In accordance with the procedure laid down in
2.
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 meas-
ures it has implemented.

Article 10

In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13
and in the light of developments in scientific and tech-
nical 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 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 oper-
ator (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:

(cid:190) 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 constitutes
a serious risk for animal and public health,

(cid:190) 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.

contaminated

Member States shall ensure that the final destination of
the
including possible
consignment,
destruction, cannot have harmful effects on public or
animal health or on the environment.

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 unde-
sirable substances or products in another Member State,
the latter Member State shall immediately give the other
Member States and the Commission any useful informa-
tion concerning that consignment.

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 on 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 deliv-
ered 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 and imple-
ment them forthwith where they are in accordance with
the opinion of the Committee. Where they are not in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no
opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay
propose to the Council the measures to be adopted. The
Council shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority.

the proposal being submitted to it,

If the Council has not adopted any measures within three
the
months of
Commission shall adopt
the proposed measures and
implement them forthwith, except where the Council has
voted by a simple majority against such measures.

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 initia-
tive or at the request of a Member State.

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The representative of the Commission shall submit
2.
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
Member States within the Committee shall be weighted
in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall
not vote.

the representatives of

The Commission shall adopt the measures and imple-
ment them forthwith where they are in accordance with
the opinion of the Committee. Where they are not in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no
opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay
propose to the Council the measures to be adopted. The
Council shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority.

If the Council has not adopted any measures within 15
days of the proposal being submitted to it, the Commis-
sion shall adopt the proposed measures and implement
them forthwith, except where the Council has voted by a
simple majority against such measures.

Article 15

1.
The Member States shall apply at least the provi-
sions 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
fulfil the requirements of this Directives.

Article 16

1.
The Directives listed in Annex III, part A, are
hereby repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of
the Member States concerning the deadlines for transposi-
tion of those Directives, as set out in Annex III, part B.

References

2.
shall be
construed as references to this Directive and should be
read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.

to the repealed Directives

Article 17

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

Article 18

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 22 April 1999.

For the Council

The President

W. M(cid:154)LLER

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ANNEX I

(Article 3(2), Article 4, Article 5(2) and (3), Article 8, Article 12(3))

Substances, products

Feedingstuffs

(1)

(2)

A. Substances (ions or elements)

1. Arsenic

2. Lead

3. Fluorine

4. Mercury

Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and
from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and
dried molasses sugar beet pulp

(cid:190) phosphates and feedingstuffs obtained from the
processing of fish or other marine animals
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for fish
Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) mineral feedingstuffs

Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) green fodder
(cid:190) phosphates
(cid:190) yeasts
Complete feedingstuffs
Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) mineral feedingstuffs

Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) feedingstuffs of animal origin
(cid:190) phosphates
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats

(cid:190) in milk
(cid:190) other

(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for pigs
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for poultry
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for chicks
Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats
Other complementary feedingstuffs

Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) feedingstuffs produced by the processing of fish or

other marine animals

Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats
Complementary feedingstuffs except:
(cid:190) 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
2
4
4
12

10
40
30
5
5
10
30

150
500
2 000
150

30
50
100
350
250
2 000 (1)
125 (2)

0,1

0,5
0,1
0,4
0,2

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Substances, products

Feedingstuffs

Maximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative to
a feedingstuff with a
moisture content of
12 %

(1)

(2)

(3)

5. Nitrites

Fish meal

6. Cadmium

B. Products

1. Aflatoxin B1

2. Hydrocyanic acid

Complete feedingstuffs excluding:

(cid:190) feedingstuffs intended for pets except birds and

aquarium fish

Feed materials of vegetable origin
Feed materials of animal origin except:
(cid:190) feedingstuffs for pets
Phosphates
Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
except:
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for calves, lambs and kids
Other complete feedingstuffs except:
(cid:190) feedingstuffs for pets
Mineral feedingstuffs
Other complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep
and goats

Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) groundnut,

copra, palm-kernel,

cotton seed,
babassu, maize and products derived from the
processing thereof

Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
with the exception of:
(cid:190) dairy cattle
(cid:190) 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
(except young animals)
Other complementary feedingstuffs

Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) linseed
(cid:190) linseed cakes
(cid:190) manioc products and almond cakes
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for chicks

60
(expressed as sodium
nitrite)

15
(expressed as sodium
nitrite)

1
2

10 (3)

1

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

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Substances, products

Feedingstuffs

(1)

(2)

3. Free gossypol

4. Theobromine

5. Volatile mustard oil

Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) cotton-seed cakes
Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying

hens) and calves

(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for rabbits and pigs (except

piglets)

Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for adult cattle

Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) rape-seed cakes

Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of:

(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats

(except young animals)

(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for pigs (except piglets) and

poultry

6. Vinyl

thiooxazolidone

(Vinyloxazolidine

thione)

Complete feedingstuffs for poultry with the exception
of:
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for laying hens

7. Rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea)

All feedingstuffs containing unground cereals

All feedingstuffs

8. Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed
fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other
toxic substances separately or in combination
including
(a) Lolium temulentum L.,
(b) Lolium remotum Schrank,
(c) Datura stramonium L.

9. Castor oil plant (cid:190) Ricinus communis L.

All feedingstuffs

10. Crotalaria spp.

All feedingstuffs

11. Aldrin
12. Dieldrin

singly or combined
expressed as dieldrin

All feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) fats

13. Camphechlor (toxaphene)

All feedingstuffs

14. Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and All feedingstuffs with the exception of:

of oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane)

(cid:190) fats

15. DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE-isomers, All feedingstuffs with the exception of:

expressed as DDT)

(cid:190) fats

Maximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative to
a feedingstuff with a
moisture content of
12 %

(3)

20
1 200
20
500

100

60

300
700

100
4 000
(expressed as allyl
isothiocyanate)
150
(expressed as allyl
isothiocyanate)
1 000
(expressed as allyl
isothiocyanate)
500
(expressed as allyl
isothiocyanate)

1 000
500

1 000

3 000

1 000
1 000
1 000

10
(expressed in terms of
castor-oil plant husks)

100

0,01
0,2

0,1

0,02
0,05

0,05
0,5

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Substances, products

Feedingstuffs

(1)

(2)

16. Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers All feedingstuffs with the exception of:

and of endosulfansulphate expressed as endo- (cid:190) maize
sulfan)

(cid:190) oilseeds
(cid:190) complete feedingstuffs for fish

17. Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoi- All feedingstuffs with the exception of:

endrin, expressed as endrin)

(cid:190) fats

18. Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of hepta- All feedingstuffs with the exception of:

chlorepoxide, expressed as heptachlor)

(cid:190) fats

19. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) fats

20. Hexachlorocyclo-hexane (HCH)

20.1. alpha-isomers

20.2. beta-isomers

20.3. gamma-isomers

All feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) fats
Compound feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) feedingstuffs for dairy cattle
Feed materials with the exception of:
(cid:190) fats
All feedingstuffs with the exception of:
(cid:190) fats

Maximum content in
mg/kg (ppm) relative to
a feedingstuff with a
moisture content of
12 %

(3)

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

21. Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed

Citrus pulp

in international toxic equivalents

500 pg I-TEQ/kg
(upper bound
detection limit) (5)

C. Botanical impurities:

1. Apricots (cid:190) Prunus armeniaca L.

2. Bitter almond (cid:190) Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.
Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (= Prunus
amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke)

3. Unhusked beech mast (cid:190) Fagus silvatica L.

4. Camelina (cid:190) Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz

5. Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca (cid:190) Madhuca long-
ifolia (L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. =
Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica
Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia Roxb.) = Illipe
latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller)

6. Purghera (cid:190) Jatropha curcas L.

7. Croton (cid:190) Croton tiglium L.

8. Indian mustard (cid:190) Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell.

9. Sareptian mustard (cid:190) Brassica juncea (L.)

Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea

10. Chinese mustard (cid:190) Brassica juncea (L.)
Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin

11. Black mustard (cid:190) Brassica nigra (L.) Koch

12. Ethiopian mustard (cid:190) Brassica carinata A.

Braun

All feedingstuffs

Seeds and fruit of
the plant species
listed opposite as
well as their
processed deriva-
tives may only be
present in
feedingstuffs in
trace amounts
not quantitavely
determinable

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(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.
(5) Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of

detection.

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ANNEX II

PART A

(Article 3(2), Article 5, Article 7)

Substances, products

Feed materials

(1)

(2)

1. Aflatoxin B
1

2. Cadmium

3. Arsenic

4. Dioxin (sum of PCDD and
expressed in inter-

PCDF),
national toxic equivalents

Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel,
cotton seed, babassu, maize and
products
from the
derived
processing thereof

Phosphates

Phosphates

Citrus pulp

Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm)
relative to feed materials with a
moisture content of 12 %

(3)

0,2

10 (1)

20

500 pg I-TEQ/kg (upper bound
detection limit) (2)

(1) Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,5 mg per 1 % phosphorus.
(2) Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of different congeners less than the limit of detection

are equal to the limit of detection.

PART B

(Article 5(3))

Substances, products

(1)

Feed materials

(2)

A. Substances (ions or elements)

1. Arsenic

2. Lead

3. Fluorine

4. Mercury

5. Nitrites

6. Cadmium

B. Products

1. Aflatoxin B
1

All feed materials with the exception of:

(cid:190) 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:

(cid:190) feed materials for pets

All feed materials with the exception of:

(cid:190) groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu,
maize and products derived from the processing thereof

2. Hydrocyanid acid

3. Free gossypol

4. Volatile mustard oil

All feed materials

All feed materials

All feed materials

5. Rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea)

Unground cereals

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Substances, products

(1)

Feed materials

(2)

All feed materials

6. Weed seeds

and unground and
uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids,
glucosides or other toxic substances
separately
combination
including
(a) Lolium temulentum L.,
(b) Lolium remotum Schrank,
(c) Datura stramonium L.,

in

or

7. Castor oil plant (cid:190)Rizinus communis

All feed materials

L.

8. Crotalaria ssp.

All feed materials

9. Aldrin

singly or combined

10. Dieldrin

expressed as dieldrin

All feed materials

11. Camphechlor (toxaphene)

All feed materials

12. Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-
isomers and oxychlordane, expressed
as chlordane)

All feed materials

13. DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE-

All feed materials

isomers, expressed as DDT)

14. Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-
sulphate

endosulfan

isomers
and
expressed as endosulfan)

All feed materials

15. Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-
ketoendrin, expressed as endrin)

All feed materials

16. Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of
as

expressed

heptachlor-epoxide,
heptachlor)

All feed materials

17. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)

All feed materials

18. Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)

18.1. alpha-isomer

All feed materials

18.2. beta-isomer

All feed materials

18.3. gamma-isomer

All feed materials

C. Botanical impurities

1. Apricots (cid:190) Prunus armeniaca L.

All feed materials

2. Bitter almond (cid:190) Prunus dulcis (Mill.)
D.A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke (=
Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara
(DC.) Focke)

All feed materials

3. Unhusked beech mast (cid:190) Fagus silva-

All feed materials

tica (L.)

4. Camelina (cid:190) Camelina sativa (L.)

All feed materials

Crantz

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Substances, products

(1)

Feed materials

(2)

Bassia, Madhuca (cid:190)
5. Mowrah,
Madhuca
(L.) Macbr.
longifolia
(=Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe
malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica
Gmelin (=Bassia latifolia (Roscb.)=
Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller)

All feed materials

6. Purghera (cid:190) Jatropha curcas L.

All feed materials

7. Croton (cid:190) Croton tiglium L.

All feed materials

8. Indian mustard (cid:190) Brassica juncea (L.)
Czern. et Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.)
Thell.

All feed materials

9. Sareptian mustard (cid:190) Brassica juncea
(L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea

All feed materials

10. Chinese mustard (cid:190) Brassica juncea
(L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var.
lutea Batalin

All feed materials

11. Blach mustard (cid:190) Brassica nigra (L.)

All feed materials

Koch

12. Ethiopian mustard (cid:190) Brassica cari-

All feed materials

nata A. Braun

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ANNEX III

PART A

Repealed Directives
(referred to by Article 16)

Council Directive 74/63/EEC and its successive
amendments

Commission Directive 76/14/EEC

Commission Directive 76/934/EEC

Council Directive 80/502/EEC

Commission Directive 83/381/EEC

Commission Directive 86/299/EEC

Council Directive 86/354/EEC

only Article 1

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

Commission Directive 98/60/EC

only concerning references made to the provisions of
Directive 74/63/EEC in Article 11(1)

only Article 18

only Article 14(2)

PART B

Deadlines for transposition into national law
(referred to by Article 16)

Directive

Deadline for transposition

Directive 74/63/EEC (OJ L 38, 11.2.1974, p. 31)
Directive 76/14/EEC (OJ L 4, 9.1.1976, p. 24)
Directive 76/934/EEC (OJ L 364, 31.12.1976, p. 20)
Directive 80/502/EEC (OJ L 124, 20.5.1980, p. 17)
Directive 83/381/EEC (OJ L 222, 13.8.1983, p. 31)
Directive 86/299/EEC (OJ L 189, 11.7.1986, p. 40)
Directive 86/354/EEC (OJ L 212, 2.8.1986, p. 27)
Directive 87/238/EEC (OJ L 110, 25.4.1987, p. 25)
Directive 91/126/EEC (OJ L 60, 7.3.1991, p. 16)
Directive 91/132/EEC (OJ L 66, 13.3.1991, p. 16)
Directive 92/63/EEC (OJ L 221, 6.8.1992, p. 49)
Directive 92/88/EEC (OJ L 321, 6.11.1992, p. 24)
Directive 93/74/EEC (OJ L 237, 22.9.1993, p. 23)
Directive 94/16/EC (OJ L 104, 23.4.1994, p. 32)
Directive 95/69/EC (OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 15)
Directive 96/6/EC (OJ L 49, 28.2.1996, p. 29)
Directive 96/25/EC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 35)
Directive 97/8/EC (OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 22)
Directive 98/60/EC (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 50)

1 January 1976
1 April 1976
1 March 1977
1 July 1981
31 December 1983
31 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
31 July 1998

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ANNEX IV

CORRELATION TABLE

Directive 74/63/EEC

This Directive

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(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
(cid:190)
(cid:190)
(cid:190)
Annex I
Annex II
(cid:190)
(cid:190)

Article 1
Article 2(a)
Article 2(b)
Article 2(c)
Article 2(d)
Article 2(e)
(cid:190)
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
(cid:190)
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 III
Annex IV