STRAIGHT FEEDINGSTUFFS;

Applicable to straight feedingstuffs of animal origin as well as to feedingstuffs mentioned under point 1.1 as being exceptions for method A.

Compound feedingstuffs containing more than 4 % of sucrose or lactose: straight feedingstuffs such as locust beans, hydrolized cereal products, malt seeds, dried beet chips, fish and sugar solubles;

Whereas, in order to achieve that objective, Directive 96/25/EC should be included in the list of legislation to which Directive 95/53/EC applies; whereas the reference to Council Directive 77/101/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (9) should be deleted from that list, as it has since been repealed by Directive 96/25/EC;

It does not cover the analysis of milk products as straight feedingstuffs, the analysis of mineral substances and mixtures composed predominantly of mineral substances or the analysis of the oil seeds and oleaginous fruit defined in Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC1 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in oils and fats.

Council Directive 86/354/EEC of 21 July 1986 amending Directive 74/63/EEC on the fixing of maximum permitted levels for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs, Directive 77/101/EEC on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs and Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs

Straight feedingstuffs:

straight feedingstuffs:

A ) STRAIGHT FEEDINGSTUFFS ;

the words 'of straight feedingstuffs and` in point (d) shall be deleted;

Whereas Council Directive 77/101/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (4), lays down rules for the marketing of straight feedingstuffs;

Labelling of straight feedingstuffs comprising protein derived from mammalian tissue.

in all cases the term 'straight feedingstuffs` shall be replaced by the term 'feed materials`;

Council Directive 77/101/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (4),

in Article 1 (2) (a) the term 'straight feedingstuffs` shall be replaced by the term 'feed materials`;

Whereas several basic Community regulations provide for lists of ingredients and straight feedingstuffs;

Whereas the result of these derogations is that in some Member States Directive 77/101/EEC governs the marketing of both straight feedingstuffs and raw feed materials and in other Member States only the marketing of straight feedingstuffs, which allows straight feedingstuffs to be sold as raw feed materials not subject to rules;

The method makes it possible to determine the level of aflatoxin B1 in raw materials and straight feedingstuffs.

Whereas the introduction of Directive 96/25/EC entails deletion of the terms 'straight feedingstuffs` and 'raw materials`;

Council Directive 77/101/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (OJ L 32, 3.2.1977, p. 1), as amended by:

whereas, to that end, it introduces a common term 'feed materials` and a definition of that term which covers straight feedingstuffs and raw materials;

Whereas Directive 96/25/EC aims, in particular, to remove differences between the national legislations concerning straight feedingstuffs and raw materials;

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 21 July 1986 amending Directive 74/63/EEC on the fixing of maximum permitted levels for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs, Directive 77/101/EEC on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs and Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs

The labelling of straight feedingstuffs comprising protein derived from mammalian tissue must contain the following statement: "This straight feedingstuff comprises protein derived from mammalian tissue the feeding of which to ruminants is prohibited".

the marketing of straight and compound feedingstuffs;

Whereas the introduction of this Directive entails deletion of the terms 'straight feedingstuffs`, 'raw materials (ingredients)`, 'raw materials` and 'ingredients`;

Member States shall, in particular, ensure that additives may be incorporated in straight feedingstuffs only as long as their use is expressly provided for in Annex I or Annex II.

Member States shall, in particular, ensure that additives are added to feed materials and to straight feedingstuffs only where their use is expressly provided for in the authorization regulation.

Having regard to Council Directive 77/101/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (1), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas the provisions in question apply exclusively to raw materials intended for animal feed which are to be entered into circulation in the form of straight feedingstuffs or as carriers of premixtures of additives or, after being mixed with other products, as compound feedingstuffs;

Whereas the minimum conditions laid down in Annex III to Council Directive 70/524/EEC for a person to be entered on a national list of manufacturers of compound feedingstuffs must also be applied to manufacturers of compound feedingstuffs using raw materials which contain a level of undesirable substances and products higher than that permitted in straight feedingstuffs;

Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs (27), Council Directive 82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982 on certain products used in animal nutrition (28) and Council Directive 77/101/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (29),

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`;

Whereas Council Directive 77/101/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (19), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/47/EC, and Directive 79/373/EEC lay down what labelling straight and compound feedingstuffs respectively consisting of or containing protein derived from mammalian tissue must have to prevent users from feeding them to ruminants in ignorance of the provisions of feedingstuffs and veterinary legislation; whereas Directive 96/25/EC should be supplemented with appropriate measures;

In relation to the control of undesirable substances or products likely to be distributed non-uniformly throughout the feedingstuff, such as aflatoxins, rye ergot, castor-oil plant and crotalaria in straight feedingstuffs

Whereas the definitions of straight feedingstuffs and the various types of compound feedingstuffs in Directives 74/63/EEC (4), 77/101/EEC (5) and 79/373/EEC (6), as last amended by Directives 86/299/EEC (7), 83/87/EEC (8) and 82/957/EEC (9) respectively, should be aligned on the new definitions in Council Directive 84/587/EEC of 29 November 1984 amending Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs (10);

various products of vegetable or animal origin in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, which are intended to be entered for circulation as straight feedingstuffs or for the preparation of compound feedingstuffs or as carriers of premixtures.'

various products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, which are intended to be entered for circulation as straight feedingstuffs or for the preparation of compound feedingstuffs or as carriers of premixtures;'

in all cases the terms 'straight feedingstuff(s)` shall be replaced by the term 'feed material(s)`;

Whereas Council Directive 77/101/EEC of 23 November 1976 on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs (4) has been repealed by 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 (5);

For the purposes of this Directive, straight feedingstuffs shall mean the various vegetable or animal products in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, as well as various organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, intended as such for oral animal feeding.'

Whereas, for certain raw materials whose level of undesirable substances and products is not restricted in Annex II (A), provision should be made for the possibility of imposing appropriate labelling provisions if the quantity of the undesirable substance or product present in the raw materials exceeds the maximum level laid down for the corresponding straight feedingstuffs;

Member States shall prescribe that paragraph 2 (a) and (b) shall also apply to the raw materials and undesirable substances or products listed in Annex II (B) the maximum level of which is not restricted in Annex II (A), if the level of the undesirable substance or product present in the raw material exceeds that laid down in column 3 of Annex I for the corresponding straight feedingstuffs.

"It does not cover the analysis of milk products as straight feedingstuffs, the analysis of mineral substances and mixtures composed predominantly of mineral substances, the analysis of animal and vegetable fats and oils or the analysis of the oil seeds and oleaginous fruit defined in Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats."

Whereas, in addition, Directives 77/101/EEC and 79/373/EEC should be adopted to better facilitate the marketing of straight and compound feedingstuffs;

Whereas Directives 77/101/EEC and 79/373/EEC lay down general and specific rules for the marketing and labelling of straight and compound feedingstuffs;

Whereas feed materials containing levels of undesirable substances and products higher than those indicated for straight feedingstuffs in Annex I to Directive 74/63/EEC should be supplied only to compound feed manufacturers approved in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 95/69/EC of 22 December 1995 laying down the conditions and arrangements for approving and registering certain establishments and intermediaries operating in the animal feed sector (7);

Without prejudice to the labelling provisions applicable to straight and compound feedingstuffs, Member States shall prescribe that the products listed in the Annex may not be marketed as feedingstuffs or incorporated in feedingstuffs unless any particulars laid down in the Annex appear in the package or container or on a label attached thereto.

Where the content of the undesirable substance or product listed in column 1 of Annex II (A) exceeds the level laid down in column 3 of Annex I in respect of the straight feedingstuff, the raw material listed in column 2 of Annex II (A) may, without prejudice to paragraph 1, be marketed only if: