Whereas straight feedingstuffs and raw feed materials are so similar and close, that to ensure a consistent integration of the scope of this Directive they should be placed in one category, namely 'feed materials`;

secondly, a list of materials whose circulation or use as feed materials is prohibited or restricted should be drawn up to replace Commission Decision 91/516/EEC, so that the scope of the prohibitions or restrictions is general and applies both to the use of the feed materials as such as well as to their use in compound feedingstuffs;

The Commission shall examine the feasibility of replacing such substances and materials and shall present proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council in order to extend the scope of Article 4, as appropriate.

"Maintenance organisation exposition" means the document or documents that contain the material specifying the scope of work deemed to constitute approval and showing how the organisation intends to comply with this Part.

whereas processing aids should be excluded from the scope of this Directive insofar as these substances are used in the processing of feed materials or of feedingstuffs and no longer have any effect in the finished product;

Sanitary control measures applicable to raw material for the manufacture of animal feedingstuffs and pharmaceutical or technical products allow the exclusion from the scope of this Decision of channelled imports of such products.

Flavourings falling within the scope of Council Directive 88/388/EEC of 22 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production(10) which contain, consist of or are produced from GMOs should also fall within the scope of this Regulation for the safety assessment of the genetic modification.

Directive 2000/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(4) provided that a list of materials whose circulation or use as feed materials is prohibited should be drawn up on the basis of Directive 96/25/EC to replace Decision 91/516/EEC, so that the scope of the prohibitions is general and applies both to the use of the feed materials as such as well as to their use in compound feedingstuffs.

In order to remedy this situation, it is necessary, firstly, to widen the scope of Council Directive 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the circulation of feed materials, amending Directives 70/524/EEC, 74/63/EEC, 82/471/EEC and 93/74/EEC and repealing Directive 77/101/EEC(8), in order to cover the use of feed materials as well;

Further, when material derived from a plant variety is intended to be used in food falling within the scope of Article 3, or in feed falling within the scope of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed(31), the variety shall be accepted only if it has been approved in accordance with that Regulation."

Further, when material derived from a plant variety is intended to be used in food falling within the scope of Article 3, or in feed falling within the scope of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed(33), the variety shall be accepted only if it has been approved in accordance with that Regulation."

In the case of GMOs to be used as seeds or other plant-propagating materials falling within the scope of this Regulation, the Authority should be under an obligation to delegate the environmental risk assessment to a national competent authority.

Whereas it is desirable to define the concept of raw materials in order to set clear limits to the scope of the measures relating to that class of products, which is also referred to by the term 'ingredients' in other Directives on animal feedingstuffs;

flavourings for use in foodstuffs, falling within the scope of Council Directive 88/388/EEC of 22 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production (13);

The impact of transport costs will usually limit the scope of the geographic market for bulky, low-value products, bearing in mind that a transport disadvantage might also be compensated by a comparative advantage in other costs (labour costs or raw materials).

Where products derived from vine-propagating material are intended to be used as or in food falling within the scope of Article 3 or as or in a feed falling within the scope of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed(35), the vine variety concerned shall be accepted only if it has been authorised pursuant to the said Regulation.

Some exemptions from the prohibition for certain specific materials or components should be limited in their scope and temporal validity, in order to achieve a gradual phase-out of hazardous substances in vehicles, given that the use of those substances in such applications will become avoidable.

Where a traveller's personal baggage contains goods of a non-commercial nature within the limits of the duty-free allowance and there are no material indications to suggest the goods are part of commercial traffic, Member States shall consider such goods to be outside the scope of this Regulation.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issues regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material that include activity limits for the requirements of the regulations, which should provide an appropriate basis for defining high-activity sealed radioactive sources within the scope of this Directive(3).

To avoid disrupting the clearance of goods carried in travellers' personal baggage, it is appropriate, except where certain material indications suggest commercial traffic is involved, to exclude from the scope of this Regulation goods that may be counterfeit, pirated or infringe certain intellectual property rights when imported from third countries within the limits of the duty-free allowance accorded by Community rules.

a copy of the studies including, where available, independent, peer-reviewed studies, which have been carried out and any other material which is available to demonstrate that the feed complies with the criteria referred to in Article 16(1), and, in particular for feed falling within the scope of Directive 82/471/EEC, the information required under Council Directive 83/228/EEC of 18 April 1983 on the fixing of guidelines for the assessment of certain products used in animal nutrition(28);

Unless otherwise specified under the provisions set out in the Annexes to this Agreement, and without prejudice to Article 11, the scope of this Agreement shall exclude sanitary measures related to food additives (all food additives and colours), sanitary stamps, processing aids, flavours, irradiation (ionisation), contaminants (including microbiological standards), transport, chemicals originating from the migration of substances from packaging materials, labelling of foodstuffs, nutritional labelling, animal feedingstuffs, medicated feeds and premixes.

If, notwithstanding the provisions of Article V of this Agreement, nuclear material subject to this Agreement is present within the Community or any part thereof and the Agency has ceased to administer safeguards within the Community or such part thereof under the relevant safeguards agreement referred to in Article V of this Agreement, safeguards shall be applied under an agreement to which the Community and the Agency are parties and which provides safeguards equivalent in scope and effect to those provided by the relevant safeguards agreement referred to in Article V of this Agreement.