No L 272/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 25. 10. 96 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 9/66/EC of 14 October 1996 amending Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concerning additives in feedingstuffs ('), as last amended by Directive 96/51/EC(}), and in particular Article 7 thereof, Whereas Directive 70/524/EEC provides for regular amendment of the content of its Annexes to take account of advances in scientific and technical knowledge; whereas the Annexes have been consolidated by Commis- sion Directive 91/248/EEC (*); Whereas new uses for additives belonging to the group Coccidiostats and other medicinal substances have been successfully tested in certain Member States; whereas the new uses should be authorized provisionally at national level pending their approval at Community level; Whereas the Chernobyl accident caused radioactive caesium fallout which contaminated forage in certain regions of northern Europe; whereas, in order to protect human and animal health and introduce preventive measures to combat pollution by radioactive caesium nuclides, a new group of additives should be established, namely ‘radionuclide binders’; whereas a new additive belonging to this group which allows absorption of caesium nuclides by animals to be substantially reduced has been successfully tested in certain Member States; whereas this new additive should be authorized provi- sionally at national level pending its approval at Commu- nity level; Whereas the investigation of various additives currently listed in Annex II and therefore capable of authorization at national level has not yet been completed; whereas, therefore, the period of authorization of these substances should be extended for a specific period; ] No L 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1. J No L 235, 17. 9. 1996, p. 39. No L 124, 18. 5. 1991, p. 1. Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The Annexes to Directive 70/524/EEC are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive. Article 2 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu- lations and administrative provisions needed to comply with the Annex to this Directive by 31 March 1997 at the latest. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. The provisions adopted by the Member States shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompa- nied by such reference at the time of their official publi- cation. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by the Member States. 2. Member States shall forward to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the subject area governed by this Directive. Article 3 This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 4 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 October 1996. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission