CELEX: 31977L0471
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Eighteenth Commission Directive 77/471/EEC of 11 July 1977 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs

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31977L0471

Eighteenth Commission Directive 77/471/EEC of 11 July 1977 amending the Annexes to Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs  

Official Journal L 180 , 20/07/1977 P. 0027 - 0028 Greek special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 18 P. 0217 

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 270 , 14 . 12 . 1970 , P . 1 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 60 , 5 . 3 . 1977 , P . 15 .   EIGHTEENTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE   OF 11 JULY 1977   AMENDING THE ANNEXES TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS  ( 77/471/EEC )   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,   HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY THE SEVENTEENTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 77/179/EEC ( 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 THE MANUFACTURING AIDS GELATINE , DEXTRANS , LIGNOSULPHONATES , SILICIC ACID , CALCIUM SILICATES , SODIUM , POTASSIUM AND CALCIUM STEARATES , INCLUDED IN ANNEX II , ARE WIDELY USED IN THE MEMBER STATES AND ARE FREE FROM HARMFUL EFFECTS FOR ANIMAL AND HUMAN HEALTH ; WHEREAS THEY SHOULD THEREFORE BE AUTHORIZED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL AND IN THIS RESPECT BE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR SPECIFIC EFFECTS ;   WHEREAS THE PRESERVATIVE CITRIC ACID , INCLUDED IN ANNEX I , IS ALSO USED AS A COAGULANT AGENT FOR THE PREPARATION OF FEEDINGSTUFFS ;   WHEREAS THE USE OF THE ANTIBIOTICS ZINC BACITRACIN AND FLAVOPHOSPHOLIPOL FOR LAYING HENS , INCLUDED IN ANNEX II , REQUIRES FURTHER EXAMINATION ; WHEREAS THEIR PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXTENDED ;   WHEREAS THE SAME IS TRUE OF THE USE OF THE MANUFACTURING AIDS SILICA AND SILICATES , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CALCIUM SILICATES ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , IT SHOULD BE SPECIFIED WITH REGARD TO THEIR CLASSIFICATION THAT THEY BELONG TO THE GROUP OF BINDERS , ANTI-CAKING AGENTS AND COAGULANTS ;   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 IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :   1 . IN PART 3 ' EMULSIFIERS , STABILIZERS , THICKENERS AND GELLING AGENTS ' , ADD :     //   // EEC NO  //  ADDITIVES //  CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION //  SPECIES OF ANIMAL //  MAXIMUM AGE //  MINIMUM CONTENT //  MAXIMUM CONTENT //  OTHER PROVISIONS //   //  //  PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFFS //   // E 485 //  GELATINE // E 486 //  DEXTRANS // ****   2 . ADD THE FOLLOWING TEXT :   //   // EEC NO  //  ADDITIVES //  CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION //  SPECIES OF ANIMAL //  MAXIMUM AGE //  MINIMUM CONTENT //  MAXIMUM CONTENT //  OTHER PROVISIONS //   //  //  PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFFS //   //  //   E 550 //  LIGNOSULPHONATES //   E 551 //  SILICIC ACID , PRECIPITATED AND DRIED //   E 552 //  CALCIUM SILICATES , FREE OF ASBESTOS // EX E 470 //  SODIUM , POTASSIUM AND CALCIUM STEARATES //   E 330 //  CITRIC ACID //  //   ARTICLE 3   ANNEX II IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :   1 . IN PART A ' ANTIBIOTICS '  FOR ' 30 JUNE 1977 '  IN THE COLUMN HEADED ' PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION '  READ ' 31 DECEMBER 1977 '  FOR THE ITEMS NO 15 ' ZINC BACITRACIN '  AND NO 16  ' FLAVOPHOSPHOLIPOL '  WITH REGARD TO LAYING HENS .   2 . DELETE PART G ' MANUFACTURING AIDS '  AND INSERT THE FOLLOWING :   //   // EEC NO  //  ADDITIVES //  CHEMICAL FORMULA DESCRIPTION //  SPECIES OF ANIMAL //  MAXIMUM AGE  //  MINIMUM CONTENT //  MAXIMUM CONTENT //  OTHER PROVISIONS //  PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION //   //  //  PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFFS //   //  // 1 . //  SILICA // 2 . //  SILICATES , FREE OF ASBESTOS , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CALCIUM SILICATES //   ARTICLE 4   THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 1 DECEMBER 1977 , 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 , 11 JULY 1977 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   FINN GUNDELACH   VICE-PRESIDENT ****   ALL SPECIES   OF ANIMALS    ALL   FEEDINGSTUFFS    L . BINDERS , ANTI-CAKING AGENTS AND COAGULANTS    ALL SPECIES   OF ANIMALS    ALL   FEEDINGSTUFFS    COMPLIANCE WITH   PROVISIONS OF   ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) ( B )    G . BINDERS , ANTI-CAKING AGENTS AND COAGULANTS    ALL SPECIES   OF ANIMALS    ALL   FEEDINGSTUFFS    31 DECEMBER 1978   31 DECEMBER   1978