'13. 8. 83 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 222/31 THIRD COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 28 July 1983 amending the Annex to Council Directive 74/63/EEC on the fixing of maximum permitted levels for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs (83/381/EEQ) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 on the fixing of maximum permitted levels for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs ('), as last amended by Council Directive 80/502/EEC (3, and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas Directive 74/63/EEC provides for regular amendment of its Annex to take account of advances in scientific and technical knowledge ; HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : Whereas, it would seem necessary to reduce the afla- toxin B: content of complementary feedingstuffs for dairy chttle in order to prevent as far as possible resi- dues of this product to be present in milk; Whereas a special mercury content should be fixed for complete feedingstuffs for certain pet animals; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in ‘accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs, Article 1 The Annex to Directive 74/63/EEC is amended as follows : 1. In part A ‘Substances (ions or elements), the text of item 4 ‘Mercury’ is replaced by the following : Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) Subsz‘ances, Feedingstuffs of feedingstuff, at a moisture products content of 12 % (a) 4. Mercury | Straight feedingstuffs with the exception of : 0,1 — feedingstuffs produced by the proces- sing of fish or other marine animals 0,5 Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of : 0,1 — complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats 0,4 2. In part B ‘Products’, against item 1 ‘Aflatoxin B/, the figure ‘0,02’ shown in the column headed ‘Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) of unadulterated matter’ opposite ‘Comple- mentary feedingstuffs for dairy cattle’ is replaced by the figure ‘0,01’ o L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31. o L 124, 20. 5. 1980, p. 17. ZZ