Commission Directive 1999/78/EC of 27 July 1999 amending Commission Directive 95/10/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, dietary product, domestic animal, labelling, marketing standard, product quality

L 209/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

7. 8. 1999

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/78/EC

of 27 July 1999

amending Commission Directive 95/10/EC

(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 feedingstuffs (1), as last
amended by Directive 98/87/EC (2), and in particular Article
10(d) thereof,

(1) Whereas Commission Directive 94/39/EC establishing a
list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular
nutritional purposes (3), as amended by Commission
Directive 95/9/EC (4), foresees the compulsory labelling
declaration of the energy value of dog and cat food
intended for some particular nutritional purposes, calcu-
lated according to EC method.

(2) Whereas Commission Directive 95/10/EC of 7 April
1995 fixing the method of calculating the energy value
of dog and cat food intended for particular nutritional
lays down a method for calculating the
purposes (5),
energy value;

(3) Whereas this method is not sufficiently precise and was
therefore adopted only provisionally, pending the avail-
ability of satisfactory method;

(4) Whereas, although some progress

to improve the
current equations has been achieved, this improvement
is still not statistically significant; whereas it is consid-
ered to be necessary to continue the ongoing research;

(5) Whereas, meanwhile, the validity of the equations laid
down in Directive 95/10/EC should be extended for a
defined period;

(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are
the Standing

in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for feedingstuffs;

Article 1

The date of ‘30 June 1998’ in Article 2 of Directive 95/10/EC
shall be replaced by ‘30 March 2002’.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force not later than 30
November 1999 the laws, regulations and administrative provi-
sions necessary to comply with the provisions of this Directive.
They shall

immediately inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied 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 Commission the
text of the provisions of domestic law, which they adopt in the
field governed by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the third 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, 27 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 86, 6.4.1979, p. 30.
(2) OJ L 162, 26.6.1999, p. 67.
(3) OJ L 207, 10.8.1994, p. 20.
(4) OJ L 91, 22.4.1995, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 91, 22.4.1995, p. 39.