1.9.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 229/1 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EC) No 767/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74[/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 37 and 152(4)(b) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Having consulted the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3), Whereas: 1) The pursuit of a high level of protection of human and animal health is one of the fundamental objectives of food law, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (°). That Regulation also established the farm-to-fork approach designating feed as a sensitive stage at the beginning of the food chain. To ensure a high level of protection of public health is one of the fundamental objectives of this Regu- lation. (") O] C 77, 31.3.2009, p. 84. (%) Opinion of the European Parliament of 5 February 2009 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 22 June 2009. () O] L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. ) S The production of feed is an important end for European agricultural products, given that most of the materials used for the production of feed are agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty. Furthermore, feed is of crucial significance for the 5 million livestock farmers in the Community because it represents the greatest expense. Feed may take the form of feed materials, compound feed, feed additives, premixtures or medicated feed- ingstuffs. The rules for the marketing of feed additives are set out in Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (¥) and for medicated feedingstuffs in Council Directive 90/167/EEC of 26 March 1990 laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs in the Community (°). The existing legislation on the circulation and use of feed materials and compound feed, which includes pet food, namely Council Directive 79/373[EEC of 2 April 1979 on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs (°), Council Directive 93/74/EEC of 13 September 1993 on feed- ingstuffs intended for particular nutritional purposes (7) (dietetic feed), Council Directive 96/25[EC of 29 April 1996 on the circulation and use of feed materials (%) and Council Directive 82/471[/EEC of 30 June 1982 concerning certain products used in animal nutrition (°) (bio-proteins), needs to be updated and replaced by a 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29. 92, 7.4.1990, p. 42. 86, 6.4.1979, p. 30. 125, 23.5.1996, p. 35. 213, 21.7.1982, p. 8. () O L () O] L () O L ) OJ L 237, 22.9.1993, p. 23. () O] L () oL