CELEX: 31976L0603
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Fifteenth Commission Directive 76/603/EEC of 21 June 1976 amending the Annexes to the Council Directive of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs

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31976L0603

Fifteenth Commission Directive 76/603/EEC of 21 June 1976 amending the Annexes to the Council Directive of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs  

Official Journal L 198 , 23/07/1976 P. 0010 - 0021 Greek special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 16 P. 0022 

+++++( 1 ) OJ NO L 270 , 14 . 12 . 1970 , P . 1 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 160 , 22 . 6 . 1976 , P . 11 .  FIFTEENTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE OF 21 JUNE 1976 AMENDING THE ANNEXES TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS ( 76/603/EEC )  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE FOURTEENTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE OF 8 JUNE 1976 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 THEREOF ,  WHEREAS THIS DIRECTIVE PROVIDES FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE ANNEXES TO BE REGULARLY AMENDED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ;  WHEREAS IN A PREVIOUS AMENDMENT OF THE DIRECTIVE AN ERROR OCCURRED REGARDING THE CONDITION OF USE OF OLEANDOMYCIN FOR POULTRY ; WHEREAS THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED ;  WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS OF THE ANNEXES RELATING TO ANTI-OXIDANTS , EMULSIFIERS AND STABILIZERS NEED TO BE ADAPTED TO THE COMMUNITY PROVISIONS ADOPTED IN THIS REGARD IN THE FIELD OF FOODSTUFFS ;  WHEREAS THE USE OF THE COCCIDIOSTATS DECOQUINATE AND MONENSIN SODIUM FOR CHICKENS AND ROBENIDINE FOR CHICKENS AND TURKEYS , INCLUDED HITHERTO IN ANNEX II HAVE BEEN WIDELY TESTED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD THEREFORE BE AUTHORIZED , SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS , AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;  WHEREAS MOST OF THE PRESERVATIVES COVERED BY COMMUNITY PROVISIONS IN THE FIELD OF FOODSTUFFS ARE ALSO USED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PRESERVING ANIMAL FEEDINGSTUFFS ; WHEREAS THEY SHOULD THEREFORE BE INCLUDED IN THE ANNEXES ;  WHEREAS THE USE OF CERTAIN ADDITIVES BELONGING TO THE GROUPS OF ANTIBIOTICS , COCCIDIOSTATS AND OTHER MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES , EMULSIFIERS , STABILIZERS , THICKENERS AND GELLING AGENTS , COLOURING MATTERS , GROWTH PROMOTERS AND MANUFACTURING AIDS , ALREADY INCLUDED IN ANNEX II , REQUIRES FURTHER EXAMINATION ; WHEREAS THEIR PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXTENDED ;  WHEREAS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION CONDITIONS FOR YOUNG ANIMALS IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES REQUIRE THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN ANNEX I AT HIGHER LEVELS THAN THOSE LAID DOWN THEREIN ; WHEREAS THIS USE SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED AT NATIONAL LEVEL UNDER RESTRICTED CONDITIONS WHICH CANNOT INVOLVE RISKS FOR ANIMAL OR HUMAN HEALTH ;  WHEREAS THE USE OF THE ANTIBIOTIC AVOPARCIN FOR CHICKENS AND SWINE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED , SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS , AT LEAST AT NATIONAL LEVEL , PENDING ITS ADMISSION AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;  WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DIRECTIVE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR FEEDINGSTUFFS ,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :  ARTICLE 1  THE ANNEXES TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS ARE HEREBY AMENDED AS SET OUT IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES .  ARTICLE 2  ANNEX I SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :  1 . PART A " ANTIBIOTICS " .  FOR THE ADDITIVE E 704 " OLEANDOMYCIN " , THE FIGURE " 5 " IN THE COLUMN HEADED " MINIMUM CONTENT " AND THE FIGURE " 20 " IN THE COLUMN HEADED " MAXIMUM CONTENT " , RELATING TO " TURKEYS " AND " OTHER POULTRY EXCLUDING DUCKS , GEESE , LAYING HENS , PIGEONS " SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FIGURES " 2 " AND " 10 " RESPECTIVELY .  2 . PART B " ANTI-OXIDANTS " .  THE EXISTING PROVISIONS SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT :  ( SEE OJ NO L 198 OF 23 . 7 . 1976 )  3 . PART D " COCCIDIOSTATS AND OTHER MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES " .  THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE ADDED : ( SEE OJ )  4 . PART E " EMULSIFIERS " SHALL BE DELETED AND REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT : ( SEE OJ )  5 . PART G " STABILIZERS " SHALL BE DELETED AND REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT : ( SEE OJ )  ARTICLE 3  ANNEX II SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :  1 . PART A " ANTIBIOTICS " .  1.1 FOR ITEM NO 2 " ERYTHROMYCIN " THERE SHALL BE ADDED THE WORDS " CHICKENS FOR FATTENING , SWINE " IN THE COLUMN HEADED " SPECIES OF ANIMAL " AND THE FIGURES " 5 " AND " 20 " RESPECTIVELY IN THE COLUMNS HEADED " MINIMUM CONTENT " AND " MAXIMUM CONTENT " RELATING TO THESE SPECIES .  1.2 FOR ITEMS NO 2 " ERYTHROMYCIN " , NO 6 " TYLOSIN " , NO 17 " LINCOMYCIN " , NO 18 " BACITRACIN-METHYLENE-DISALICYLATE " AND FOR THE USE OF ADDITIVE NO 15 " ZINC-BACITRACIN " FOR DUCKS , THE DATE " 30 JUNE 1976 " IN THE COLUMN HEADED " PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION " SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE DATE " 31 DECEMBER 1977 " .  1.3 FOR ITEM NO 3 " HYGROMYCIN B " THE DATE " 30 JUNE 1976 " IN THE COLUMN HEADED " PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION " SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE DATE " 31 DECEMBER 1976 " .  1.4 THERE SHALL BE ADDED TO ITEM NO 15 " ZINC-BACITRACIN " THE FOLLOWING : ( SEE OJ )  1.5 THE FOLLOWING ITEMS SHALL BE ADDED : ( SEE OJ )  2 . PART B " COCCIDIOSTATS AND OTHER MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES " .  2.1 THE DATE " 30 JUNE 1976 " IN THE COLUMN HEADED " PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION " SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE DATE " 31 DECEMBER 1977 " FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS :  NO 2 " DIMETRIDAZOLE "  NO 4 " FURAZOLIDONE "  NO 6 " NICARBAZIN "  NO 7 " NITROFURAZONE "  NO 8 " SULPHAQUINOXALINE "  NO 9 " SULPHAQUINOXALINE + PYRIMETHAMINE "  NO 10 " SULPHAQUINOXALINE + DIAVERIDINE "  NO 11 " SULPHADIMETHOXINE + DIAVERIDINE "  NO 12 " RONIDAZOL "  NO 13 " BIFURAN ( NITROFURAZONE + FURAZOLIDONE ) "  NO 19 " 3 , 5-DINITROSALICYLIC ACID ( 5-NITROFURFURYLIDENE ) HYDRAZIDE "  NO 20 " AMPROLIUM + SULPHAQUINOXALINE + ETHOPABATE "  NO 21 " AMPROLIUM + SULPHAQUINOXALINE + ETHOPABATE + PYRIMETHAMINE "  2.2 THE DATE " 30 JUNE 1976 " IN THE COLUMN HEADED " PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION " SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE DATE " 31 DECEMBER 1978 " FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS :  NO 14 " METHYLBENZOQUATE "  NO 16 " METICLORPINDOL + METHYLBENZOQUATE "  2.3 ITEMS NO 1 " DECOQUINATE " , NO 17 " MONENSIN-SODIUM " AND NO 18 " ROBENIDINE " SHALL BE DELETED .  3 . PART C " EMULSIFIERS " SHALL DE DELETED AND REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT : ( SEE OJ )  4 . PART D " STABILIZERS " SHALL BE DELETED AND REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT : ( SEE OJ )  5 . PART E " OTHER ADDITIVES " SHALL BE DELETED AND REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT : ( SEE OJ )  6 . THE FOLLOWING TEXT SHALL BE ADDED : ( SEE OJ )  ARTICLE 4  THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 31 DECEMBER 1976 , BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE . THEY SHALL FORTHWITH INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF .  ARTICLE 5  THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .  DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 JUNE 1976 .  FOR THE COMMISSION  P . J . LARDINOIS  MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION