91/516/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 September 1991 establishing a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in compound feedingstuffs

COMMISSION DECISION  of 9 September 1991  establishing a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in compound feedingstuffs  (91/516/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 90/654/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10 (c) thereof,
Whereas Directive 79/373/EEC applies without prejudice to, inter alia, Council Directive 82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982 concerning certain products used in animal nutrition (3), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC; whereas this latter Directive provides that such products which fulfil its requirements may be marketed as feedingstuffs or incorporated in feedingstuffs;
Whereas Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 concerning undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition (4), as last amended by Directive 91/126/EEC (5), is concerned only with those substances and products whose presence it is impossible to exclude totally from feedingstuffs and its constituents; whereas this Directive applies without prejudice to other Community provisions on feedingstuffs;
Whereas Member States were, until now, able to require that compound feedingstuffs marketed on their territories be free of certain ingredients;
Whereas it is necessary to remove the barriers to intra-Community trade resulting from such restrictions by adopting, at Community level, a list of ingredients whose use as such should be prohibited;
Whereas the use in feedingstuffs of protein products obtained from Candida yeasts cultivated on n-alkanes has already been prohibited by Commission Decision 85/382/EEC (6);
Whereas veterinary legislation regulates the eradication and control of certain animal diseases within the Community; in particular Council Directive 90/667/EEC (7), veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedingstuffs of animal origin; whereas Member States are still authorized to take, on a provisional basis, certain eradication measures at national level;
Whereas Directive 79/373/EEC provides that a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited for animal and public health reasons shall be established in the light of advances in scientific and technical knowledge;
Whereas this list reflects the situation at the moment of its establishment and remains open to later amendments and additions;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,