L 261/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 24.9.98 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/67/EC of 7 September 1998 amending Directives 80/511/EEC, 82/475/EEC, 91/357/EEC and Council Directive 96/25/EC and repealing Directive 92/87/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 79/373/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the marketing of compound feeding- stuffs (*), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/ 47/EC (%), and in particular Articles 4(2) and 10(a) thereof, Having regard to 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 (%), and in particular Article 11(b) thereof, Whereas the introduction of Directive 96/25/EC entails deletion of the terms ‘straight feedingstuffs’ and ‘raw materials’; whereas those terms are being replaced in Community feedingstuffs legislation, ie. in Council Directives 70/524/EEC (*), as last amended by Commis- sion Directive 98/19/EC (%), 74/63/EEC (¢), as last amended by Commission Directive 98/60/EC (7), 82/ 471/EEC (%), as last amended by Directive 96/25/EC, and 93/74/EEC (°), as last amended by Directive 96/25/EC, by the term ‘feed materials’ whereas the definition of the term ‘feed materials’ is also replaced where necessary by the definition in Directive 96/25/EC; whereas this also has an impact on the definition of compound feeding- stuffs; whereas Commission Directives 80/511/EEC (*9), 82/475/EEC (''), as last amended by Directive 91/ 334/EEC ('?) and 91/357/EEC (*}), as last amended by Directive 97/47/EC, should be amended for the same reason; Whereas Commission Directive 92/87/EEC of 26 October 1992 establishing a non-exclusive list of the main ingredients normally used and marketed for the preparation of compound feedingstuffs intended for 86, 6. 4. 1979, p. 30. 211, 5. 8. 1997, p. 45. 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 35. 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1. 96, 28. 3. 1998, p. 39. 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31. 209, 25. 7. 1998, p. 50. 213, 21. 7. 1982, p. 8. 237, 22. 9. 1993, p. 23. 126, 21. 5. 1980, p. 14. 213, 21. 7. 1982, p. 27. 184, 10. 7. 1991, p. 27. 193, 17. 7. 1991, p. 34. Lol S D) 3 3 TS NN NN 000000000 S S S e Sl e e e e N i alaial ol 0000 S animals other than pets('") draws up for labelling purposes a list of ingredients of compound feedingstuffs; whereas, however, Directive 96/25/EC groups straight feedingstuffs and raw materials together in a single category, that of feed materials, and lays down a non- exclusive list of the main feed materials which may only be put into circulation using the terms indicated therein and on condition that they conform with the descriptions laid down there; whereas Directive 92/87/EEC thus becomes obsolete and should therefore be repealed; Whereas it is necessary to ensure that the Annexes to Directive 96/25/EC are continually adjusted to take account of the latest developments in scientific or tech- nical knowledge; whereas such adjustments will have to be made swiftly using the procedure laid down in this Directive to establish close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs; Whereas the provisions regarding the designation and description of feed materials as laid down in this Dir- ective must apply without prejudice to the rules laid down by veterinary legislation, in particular Council Directive 90/667/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down the veter- inary 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 or fish origin and amending Directive 90/425/EEC ("), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; Whereas, in order to protect ruminants from the health risk resulting from the fact that methods of treating protein cannot always guarantee total inactivation of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agents, the Commis- sion adopted Decision 94/381/EC of 27 June 1994 concerning certain protection measures with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the feeding of mammalian derived protein (*¢), as amended by Decision 95/60/EC (') which prohibits the feeding to ruminants of 319, 4. 11. 1992, p. 19. 363, 27. 12. 1990, p. 51. 172, 7. 7. 1994, p. 23. 55, 11. 3. 1995, p. 43. ol onll enllon)