29.7.78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 206/43 EIGHT COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 15 June 1978 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (78/633/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Ac- cession, and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas that Directive requires that official control of feedingstuffs be carried out using Community methods of sampling and analysis for the purpose of checking compliance with requirements arising under the pro- visions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action concerning the quality and composition of feedingstuffs; Whereas Commission Directives 71/250/EEC of 15 June 1971 (3), 71/393/EEC of 18 November 1971 (3), 72/199/EEC of 27" April 1972 (%), 73/46/EEC of § December 1972 (5), 74/203/EEC of 25 March 1974 (5), 75/84/EEC of 20 December 1974 (7) and 76/372/EEC of 1 March 1976 (8) have already established a number of Community methods of analysis; whereas the pro- gress of work since then makes it advisable to adopt an eighth set of methods; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Com- mittee for Feedingstuffs, / = OJ No L 170, 3. 8. 1970, p. 2. OJ No L 155, 12. 7. 1971, p. 13. O] No L 279, 20. 12. 1971, p. 7. OJ No L 123, 29. 5. 1972, p. 6. O] No L 83, 30. 3. 1973, p. 21. OJ No L 108, 22. 4. 1974, p. 7. OJ No L 32, 5. 2. 1975, p. 26. OJ No L 102, 15. 4. 1976, p. 8. ~ o~~~ wn w ~ o~ o~~~ =)} & N N N~ e e e e N ® HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 1. Member States shall require that analyses for of- ficial controls of feedingstuffs, as regards their content of zinc bacitracin, flavophospholipol, iron, copper, manganese and zinc, be carried out in accordance with the methods described in the Annex to this Directive. 2. The general provisions set out in Part 1 ‘Introduc- tion’ of the Annex to First Directive 71/250/EEC, with the exception of the part dealing with preparation of the sample to be analyzed, shall apply to the methods de- scribed in the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 Member States shall, on 1 January 1979, bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith notify the Commission thereof. Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 15 June 1978. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President