Commission Directive 2006/77/EC of 29 September 2006 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for organochlorine compounds in animal feed  (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal nutrition, food inspection, foodstuffs legislation, health risk, toxic substance

30.9.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 271/53

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2006/77/EC

of 29 September 2006

amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as
regards maximum levels for organochlorine compounds in animal feed

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Fish feed, containing relatively high proportion of fish oil
in the formulation, was found to contain significant
levels of aldrin/dieldrin.
is therefore appropriate to
amend the existing provisions, based on the conclusions
of the scientific opinion and available monitoring data.

It

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Directive 2002/32/EC of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable
feed (1), and in particular Article 8(1)
substances in animal
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 2002/32/EC provides that the use of products
intended for animal feed which contain levels of unde-
sirable substances exceeding the maximum levels laid
down in Annex I to that Directive is prohibited.

(2) When Directive

2002/32/EC was

adopted,
the
Commission stated that Annex I
to that Directive
would be reviewed on the basis of updated scientific
risk assessments and taking into account the prohibition
of any dilution of contaminated non-complying products
intended for animal feed.

(3)

On a request from the Commission, the European Food
Safety Authority (EFSA) adopted an opinion relating to
aldrin and dieldrin on 9 November 2005 (2).

(1) OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2006/13/EC (OJ L 32, 4.2.2006, p. 44).
(2) Opinion of the Scientific Panel on contaminants in the Food Chain
of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on a request from the
Commission related to aldrin and dieldrin as undesirable substance
in animal feed, adopted on 9 November 2005
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/etc/medialib/efsa/science/contam/
contam_opinions/1251.Par.0001.File.dat/contam_op_ej285_
aldrinanddieldrin_en1.pdf

(5)

On a request from the Commission, EFSA adopted an
opinion relating to endosulfan on 20 June 2005 (3).

(6)

(7)

(8)

Based on the conclusions of the scientific opinion and
available monitoring data, it is appropriate to amend the
maximum level for endosulfan in crude vegetable oil in
order to take into account to a certain extent the concen-
tration of endosulfan in the crude vegetable oil compared
to the level in the oilseed.

On a request from the Commission, EFSA adopted an
opinion relating to hexachlorocyclohexanes (α, β, γ HCH)
on 4 July 2005 (4) and an opinion on endrin on
9 November 2005 (5).

Based on the conclusions of the scientific opinions and
available monitoring data, no modifications
to the
existing maximum levels as regards hexachlorocyclo-
hexanes and endrin are necessary.

(3) Opinion of the Scientific Panel on contaminants in the Food Chain
of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on a request from the
Commission related to endosulfan as undesirable substance in
animal feed, adopted on 20 June 2005
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/etc/medialib/efsa/science/contam/
contam_opinions/1025.Par.0001.File.dat/contam_op_ej234_
endosulfan_en_updated21.pdf

(4) Opinion of the Scientific Panel on contaminants in the Food Chain
of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on a request from the
Commission related to gamma-HCH and other hexachlorocyclo-
feed, adopted on
hexanes as undesirable substance in animal
4 July 2005
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/etc/medialib/efsa/science/contam/
contam_opinions/1039.Par.0001.File.dat/contam_op_ej250_
hexachlorocyclohexanes_en2.pdf

(5) Opinion of the Scientific Panel on contaminants in the Food Chain
of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on a request from the
Commission related to endrin as undesirable substance in animal
feed, adopted on 9 November 2005
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/etc/medialib/efsa/science/contam/
contam_opinions/1252.Par.0001.File.dat/contam_op_ej286_
endrin_en1.pdf

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(9)

regards aldrin, dieldrin, chlordane, DDT, endrin,
As
heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene
and hexachlorocyclo-
hexanes (HCH), the term ‘fats’ should be replaced by
the terms ‘fats and oils’ to indicate clearly that all fats
and oils, including animal fat, vegetable oils, fish oil, are
covered.

(10) Directive 2002/32/EC should therefore be amended

accordingly.

(11)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Directive are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

Directive 12 months after the entry into force at the latest.
They shall
forthwith communicate to the Commission the
text of those provisions and a correlation table between those
provisions and this Directive.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a
reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 3

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 4

Article 1

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Directive.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2006.

Article 2

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
to comply with this
administrative provisions necessary

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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Rows 17 to 26 of Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC are replaced by the following:

ANNEX

Undesirable substances

Products intended for animal feed

(1)

(2)

‘17. Aldrin (*)

18. Dieldrin (*)

19. Camphechlor

(toxaphene) — sum of
indicator congeners CHB 26, 50 and
62 (***)

20. Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers
as
oxychlordane,

expressed

of

and
chlordane)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— fats and oils
— fish feed
— Fish, other aquatic animals, their products
and by-products with the exception of fish
oil

— Fish oil (****)
— Feedingstuffs for fish (****)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— fats and oils

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

isomers, expressed as DDT)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— fats and oils

22. Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-
endosulfansulphate
of

isomers
and
expressed as endosulfan)

23. Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoi-

endrin, expressed as endrin)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— maize and maize products derived from

the processing thereof

— oilseeds and products derived from the
processing thereof with the exception of
crude vegetable oil
— crude vegetable oil
— complete feedingstuffs for fish
All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— fats and oils

24. Heptachlor

(sum of heptachlor and of
heptachlorepoxide, expressed as hepta-
chlor)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— fats and oils

25. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)

26. Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)

26.1. alpha-isomers

26.2. beta-isomers

All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— fats and oils

All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— fats and oils
All feed materials with the exception of
— fats and oils
All
compound
exception of
— compound feedingstuffs for dairy cattle

feedingstuffs with

the

26.3. gamma-isomers

All feedingstuffs with the exception of
— fats and oils

(*) Singly or combined expressed as dieldrin.
(**) Maximum level for aldrin and dieldrin, singly or combined, expressed as dieldrin.
(***) Numbering system according to Parlar, prefixed by either “CHB” or “Parlar”:
— CHB 26: 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo, 6-exo, 8,8,10,10-octochlorobornane,
— CHB 50: 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo, 6-exo, 8,8,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane,
— CHB 62: 2,2,5,5,8,9,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane.

(****) The levels shall be reviewed by 31 December 2007 with the aim of reducing the maximum levels.’

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

(3)

0,01 (**)

0,1 (**)

0,02 (**)

0,02

0,2

0,05

0,02

0,05

0,05

0,5

0,1

0,2

0,5

1,0

0,005

0,01

0,05

0,01

0,2

0,01

0,2

0,02

0,2

0,01

0,1

0,01

0,005

0,2

2,0