Commission Directive 96/66/EC of 14 October 1996 amending Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION  DIRECTIVE 96/66/EC of 14 October 1996 amending Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in  feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in  feedingstuffs  (1), as last amended by Directive 96/51/EC  (2), and in particular Article 7  thereof,
Whereas Directive 70/524/EEC provides for regular amendment of the content of its Annexes to take  account of advances in scientific and technical knowledge; whereas the Annexes have been  consolidated by Commission Directive 91/248/EEC  (3);
Whereas new uses for additives belonging to the group Coccidiostats and other medicinal substances  have been successfully tested in certain Member States; whereas the new uses should be authorized  provisionally at national level pending their approval at Community level;
Whereas the Chernobyl accident caused radioactive caesium fallout which contaminated forage in  certain regions of northern Europe; whereas, in order to protect human and animal health and  introduce preventive measures to combat pollution by radioactive caesium nuclides, a new group of  additives should be established, namely 'radionuclide binders`; whereas a new additive belonging to  this group which allows absorption of caesium nuclides by animals to be substantially reduced has  been successfully tested in certain Member States; whereas this new additive should be authorized  provisionally at national level pending its approval at Community level;
Whereas the investigation of various additives currently listed in Annex II and therefore capable  of authorization at national level has not yet been completed; whereas, therefore, the period of  authorization of these substances should be extended for a specific period;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs,