AGRICULTURE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 11th June 2004. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Amendment to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 2 1 The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5). 2 In Part V (trace elements) of Schedule 3 (permitted additives and provisions relating to their use), the entries relating to Iron-Fe, Cobalt-Co, Copper-Cu, Manganese-Mn and Zinc-Zn shall be omitted. 3 In Part IX (European Community Regulations by which additives are controlled) of Schedule 3 – a the following text shall be inserted immediately after the reference to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 877/2003 – Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group of trace elements (19) ; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1801/2003 provisionally authorising the new use of a certain micro-organism in feedingstuffs (20) ; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1847/2003 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive and the permanent authorisation of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs (21) .?CQ?; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2112/2003 correcting Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group trace elements (22) ; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2154/2003 provisionally authorising certain micro-organisms in feeding stuffs (23) ; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 277/2004 concerning the authorisation without time limit of an additive in feeding stuffs (3-phytase for turkeys for fattening) (24) ; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 278/2004 provisionally authorising a new use of an additive already authorised in feeding stuffs (preparation of endo-1, 4-beta-xylanase and subtilisin for laying hens) (25) ; Commission Regulation (EC) No. 490/2004 provisionally authorising the new use of an additive already authorised in feeding stuffs (saccharomyces cerevisiae) (26) . b the following text shall be inserted at the end – 19 O.J. No. L187, 26.7.2003, p. 11. 20 O.J. No. L264, 15.10.2003, p. 16. 21 O.J. No. L269, 21.10.2003, p. 3. 22 O.J. No. L317, 2.12.2003, p. 22. 23 O.J. No. L324, 11.12.2003, p. 11. 24 O.J. No. L047, 18.2.2004, p. 20. 25 O.J. No. L047, 18.2.2004, p. 22. 26 O.J. No. L079, 17.3.2004, p. 23. . 4 For the entries relating to dioxin (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins ( PCDDs ) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans ( PCDFs ) expressed in World Health Organisation ( WHO ) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 1997)) PCDD /F which are set out in columns 1 to 3 respectively of Part I (feeding stuffs) of Schedule 7 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances) there shall be substituted the entries set out in columns 1 to 3 respectively of Schedule 1. 5 For the entries relating to analogues of methionine which are set out in columns 1 to 7 respectively of Schedule 8 (control of certain protein sources) there shall be substituted the entries set out in columns 1 to 7 respectively of Schedule 2. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 7th May 2004. Noel McCann A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety