No L 102/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 15.4.76 SEVENTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 1 March 1976 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (76/372/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Council Directive 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 (2), 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 provisions 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 (), 71/393/EEC of 18 November 1971 (%), 72/199/EEC  of 27 Aprl 1972 (%), 73/46/EEC of 5 December 1972 (%), 74/203/EEC of 25 March 1974 (") and 75/84/EEC of 20 December 1974 (8) have already established a number of Com- munity methods of analysis; whereas the progress of work since then makes it advisable to adopt a seventh set of methods; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs, O] No L 170, 3. 8. 1970, p. 2. O] No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14. O] No L 155, 12. 7. 1971, p. 13. O] No L 279, 20. 12. 1971, p. 7. O] No L 123, 29. 5. 1972, p. 6. O] No L 83, 30. 3. 1973, p. 21. O] No L 108, 22. 4. 1974, p. 7. O] No L 32, 5. 2. 1975, p. 26. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The Member States shall require that analyses for official controls of feedingstuffs, as regards theit content of aflatoxin Bi1, be carried out in accordance with the methods described in the Annex to this Directive. The general provisions set out in Part 1 (Intro- duction) of the Annex to first Commission Directive 71/250/EEC of 15 June 1971, with the exception of the part dealing with preparation of the sample to be analyzed, shall be applicable to the methods described in the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 The Member States shall, not later than 1 October 1976, 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, 1 March 1976. For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission