2. 8. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 212/27 \ (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 21 July 1986 amending Directive 74/63/EEC on the fixing of maximum permitted levels for undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs, Directive 77/101/EEC on the marketing of straight feedingstuffs and Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs (86/354/EEC) ‘THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas the definitions of straight feedingstuffs and the various types of compound feedingstuffs in Directives 74/63/EEC (), 77/101/EEC (*) and 79/373/EEC (¥), as last amended by Directives 86/299/EEC (’), 83/87/EEC (*) and 82/957/EEC (°) respectively, should be aligned on the new definitions in Council Directive 84/587/EEC of 29 November 1984 amending Directive 70/524/EEC concer- ning additives in feedingstuffs (') ; whereas ‘milk replacer feeds’ should also be defined; Whereas it should be made clear that the provisions of Directives 74/63/EEC, 77/101/EEC and 79/373/EEC are without prejudice to the provisions of Council Directive () OJ No C 258, 26. 9. 1984, p. 7. () OJ No C 175, 15. 7. 1985, p. 21. () OJ No C 87, 9. 4. 1985, p. 4. () OJ No L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31. () O No L 32, 3. 2. 1977, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 86, 6. 4. 1979, p. 30. () OJ No L 189, 11. 7. 1986, p. 40. () OJ No L 56, 3. 3. 1983, p. 31. () OJ No L 386, 31. 12. 1982, p. 42. (%) OJ No L 319, 29. 11. 1984, p. 13, 82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982 concerning cettain products used in animal nutrition ("); Whereas Directive 74/63/EEC concerns undesirable substances and products in feedingstuffs ; whereas, there- fore, the maximum permitted levels laid down in the Annex to that Directive do not apply to the raw materials used for ‘preparing compound feedingstuffs ; Whereas the fixing of maximum levels or the limiting of the presence of certain undesirable substances and products in raw materials is at the moment governed by divergent provisions in the Member States ; ' Whereas the consequences of the presence, above a certain level, of these substances or products are likely to prove harmful to human health and whereas it is there- fore necessary to guarantee, in an appropriate and uniform mannerthe safe use of these products and substances throughout the Community ; Whereas, moreover, the divergent provisions in the national legislation of Member States leads to substantial barriers in intra-Community trade and whereas it is desi- rable to adopt appropriate measures within the context of Directive 74/63/EEC; Whereas, in addition, Directives 77/101/EEC and 79/373/EEC should be adopted to better facilitate the marketing of straight and compound feedingstuffs ; Whereas it is desirable to define the concept of raw mate- rials in order to set clear limits to the scope of the measures relating to that class of products, which is also referred to by the term ‘ingredients’ in other Directives on animal feedingstuffs ; (') OJ No L 213, 21. 7. 1982, p. 8.