No L 257/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 9. 81 NINTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 31 July 1981 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (81/715/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- pean Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 70/373/EEC of 20 July 1970 on the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas that Directive requires that official control of feedingstuffs for the purpose of checking compli- ance with requirements under the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action concerning the quality and composition of feeding- stuffs be carried out using Community methods of sampling and analysis: Whereas Commission Directives 71/250/EEC (2), 71/393/EEC (3), 72/199/EEC (*), 73/46/EEC (%), 74/203/EEC (¢), 75/84/EEC (?), 76/372/EEC (%) and 78/633/EEC (®), as last amended by the Direc- tive of 30 July 1981, have already established a num- ber of Community methods of analysis; whereas the progress of work since then makes it advisable to adopt a ninth set of methods; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are.in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs, (1) OJ No L 170, 3. 8. 1970, p. 2. () OJ No L 155,12.7.1971, p. 13. (}) OJ No L279,20.12.1971,p.7. (*) OJNo L 123,29.5.1972,p. 6. (°) OJ No L 83,30.3.1973, p. 21. (®) OJ No L 108,22.4.1974,p.7. . - (7)) OFNoL32,5.2.1975, p. 26. (!) OJ No L 102, 15. 4. 1976, p. 8. (°) OJ No L 206, 29.7. 1978, p. 43. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article ] Member States shall require that analyses for official controls of feedingstuffs, as regards their content of avoparcin and monensin sodium, be car- ried out in accordance with the methods described in the Annex. Article 2 Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu- lations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive on 1 December 1981 and shall forthwith inform the Community thereof. Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 July 1981. For the Commission The President Gaston THORN