Council Directive 1999/29/EC of 22 April 1999 on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition
L 115/32 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 1999 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 1999/29/EC of 22 April 1999 on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- ment (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), (1) Whereas Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 on the undesirable substances in animal nutrition (3) has been frequently and substantially amended; whereas reasons of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be consolidated; for (2) Whereas livestock production occupies a very important place the Community; whereas satisfactory results depend to a large extent on the use of appropriate good- quality feedingstuffs; agriculture in the of (3) Whereas the existence of rules concerning feeding- to an increase in agricultural stuffs is essential productivity; (4) Whereas feedingstuffs often contain undesirable substances or products which can endanger animal health or, because of their presence in livestock products, human health; (5) Whereas it is impossible to exclude totally the presence of the substances and products in ques- tion; whereas it is important that their content in feedingstuffs should be reduced in order to prevent undesirable and harmful effects; whereas it is at present impossible to fix this content below the levels detectable by methods of analysis to be defined for the Community; (6) Whereas undesirable substances and products may be present in feedingstuffs only in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Directive and may not be used in any other way for the purposes of this Directive should animal therefore other Community provisions on feedingstuffs, and partic- feeding; whereas apply without prejudice to ularly the rules applicable to compound feeding- stuffs; (7) Whereas Member States should, however, retain to allow, under certain conditions, undesirable than those of and products higher the power feedingstuffs substances provided for in Annex I; having levels (8) Whereas this Directive must apply to feed ma- their terials and feedingstuffs from the date of introduction into the Community; whereas it should therefore be stipulated that the maximum levels of undesirable substances or products set apply in general from the date on which the feed materials and feedingstuffs are put into circulation, including all stages of marketing, and in particular from the date of their importation; (9) Whereas it is advisable to establish the principle that raw materials used in animal nutrition must be sound, genuine and of merchantable quality; whereas, therefore, it is necessary to prohibit the use or putting into circulation of feed materials which, because they contain too high a level of undesirable substances or products, result in the maximum levels for compound feedingstuffs laid down in Annex I being exceeded; (10) Whereas it is proper to limit the presence of in certain undesirable substances or products complementary feedingstuffs by fixing appropriate maximum levels; (11) Whereas Member States should retain the power, if animal or human health is endangered, to reduce temporarily the fixed maximum permissible levels or to fix maximum levels for other substances or such products or substances or products in feedingstuffs; whereas in order that a Member State should not abuse that power, possible amendments to Annexes I and II based on supporting documents should be decided on by emergency Community procedure; the presence of to prohibit (1) Opinion delivered on 9 February 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ C 153, 28. 5. 1996, p. 49. (3) OJ L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 98/60/EC (OJ L 209, 25. 7. 1998, p. 50). (12) Whereas feedingstuffs satisfying the requirements of this Directive should not be subject, with regard to their level of undesirable substances and prod- ucts, to restrictions on their entry into circulation other than those provided for in this Directive; 4. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 115/33 (13) Whereas, in order to ensure that the requirements laid down in respect of undesirable substances and products are satisfied during marketing of feeding- stuffs, Member States must make appropriate control arrangements; (d) micro-organisms in feedingsstuffs; (e) certain products used in animal nutrition; (f) feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes. States (14) Whereas, as part of the information system intro- duced by this Directive within the official control departments, Member should also be informed by operators of cases where the provi- sions of this Directive are not complied with; whereas, in such cases, Member States are required to take all measures to enable the use in animal nutrition of undesirable substances and products to be excluded; whereas Member States are, where appropriate, obliged to ensure that consignments of feed materials or feedingstuffs are destroyed, if this has been decided by its owner; (15) Whereas an appropriate Community procedure is essential the technical provisions laid down in Annexes I and II, to developments in scientific and technical knowledge; to adjust (16) Whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the proposed measures, a procedure should be laid cooperation between down to establish close Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs set up by Decision 70/372/EEC (1); (17) Whereas this Directive should not affect the obliga- tions of the Member States concerning the dead- lines for transposition of the Directives set out in Annex III, part B, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 This Directive deals with undesirable substances and 1. products in animal nutrition. This Directive shall apply without prejudice to the 2. provisions on: (a) additives in feedingstuffs; (b) the marketing of feedingstuffs; Article 2 For the purposes of this Directive, the following defini- tions shall apply: (a) feedingstuffs: products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, used singly or in mixtures, whether or not containing additives, for oral animal feeding; (b) feed materials: various products of vegetable or animal origin, in their natural state, fresh or preserved, and products derived from the industrial processing thereof, and organic or inorganic substances, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for use in oral animal feeding, either directly as such or after processing, in the preparation of compound feedingstuffs or as carriers of premixtures; (c) complete feedingstuffs: mixtures of feedingstuffs which, by reason of their composition, are sufficient for a daily ration; (d) complementary feedingstuffs: mixtures of feeding- stuffs which have a high content of certain substances and which, by reason of their composition, are suffi- cient for a daily ration only if they are used in com- bination with other feedingstuffs; (e) compound feedingstuffs: mixtures of feed materials, whether or not containing additives, which are intended for oral animal feeding as complete or complementary feedingstuffs; (f) daily ration: the average total quantity of feedingstuffs, calculated on a moisture content of 12 %, required daily by an animal of a given species, age category and yield, to satisfy all its needs; (g) animals: animals belonging to species normally nour- ished and kept or consumed by man as well as animals living freely in the wild in cases where they are nourished with feedingstuffs; (h) pet animals: animals belonging to species normally nourished and kept but not consumed by man, except animals bred for fur production. (c) the fixing of maximum permitted levels for pesticide residues on and in products intended for animal feeding, where these residues are not listed in Section B of Annex I; (1) OJ L 170, 3. 8. 1970, p. 1. Article 3 1. Member States shall prescribe that feed materials may only be put into circulation in the Community if they are sound, genuine and of merchantable quality. L 115/34 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 1999 In particular, and subject to the provisions in Part A 2. of Annex II, feed materials cannot be considered as sound, genuine and of merchantable quality if the level of undesirable substances or products is so high as to make it impossible to respect the maximum levels fixed for compound feedingstuffs in Annex I. Article 4 1. Member States shall prescribe that the substances and products listed in Annex I shall be tolerated in feedingstuffs only under the conditions therein set out. authorise States may 2. Member the maximum permitted levels provided for in Annex I in respect of feedingstuffs to be exceeded in the case of fodder which is produced and used in the same state on the same agricul- tural holding, where this is necessary for particular local reasons. The Member States concerned shall ensure that neither animal nor human health can suffer harm thereby. Article 5 1. Member States shall prescribe that the feed materials listed in Annex II, part (A) may be put into circulation the undesirable substance or only if product mentioned in column 1 of the said Annex does not exceed the maximum level laid down in column 3 of that Annex. their content of 2. Where the content of the undesirable substance or product listed in column 1 of Annex II, part (A) exceeds the level laid down in column 3 of Annex I in respect of feed materials, the feed materials listed in column 2 of Annex II, part (A) may, without prejudice to paragraph 1, be put into circulation only if: (a) it is intended for use by establishments which meet the conditions of Council Directive 95/69/EC of 22 December 1995 laying down the conditions and arrangements for approving and registering certain establishments and intermediaries operating in the animal feed sector (1), and (b) it is accompanied by a document stating: ü that the feed materials are intended for manufac- turers of compound feedingstuffs who fulfil the conditions laid down in paragraph (a), ü that the feed materials may not be fed unprocessed to livestock, (1) OJ L 332, 30. 12. 1995, p. 15. Directive as amended by Dir- ective 98/92/EC (OJ L 346, 22. 12. 1998, p. 49). ü the amount of the undesirable substance or product contained in the feed material. 3. Member States shall prescribe that paragraph 2(a) and (b) shall also apply to the feed materials and undesir- able substances or products listed in Annex II, part (B) the maximum level of which is not restricted in Annex II, part the undesirable substance or product present in the feed materials exceeds that laid down in column 3 of Annex I for the corresponding feed materials. the level of (A), if Article 6 Member States may restrict the application of Article 5(2)(a) to those manufacturers of compound feedingstuffs who use the materials in question for the production and the putting into circulation of compound feedingstuffs. Article 7 Member States shall prescribe that a consignment of a feed material detailed in part A of Annex II with a content of an undesirable substance or product higher than the maximum level fixed in column 3 of the above- mentioned Annex must not be mixed with other consign- ments of feed materials or with consignments of feeding- stuffs. Article 8 Member States shall prescribe that in so far as there are no special provisions for complementary feedingstuffs, these may not, allowing for the dilutions prescribed for their use, contain levels of the substances and products listed in Annex I in excess of those fixed for complete feedingstuffs. Article 9 1. Where a Member State, as a result of new informa- tion or of a reassessment of existing information made since the provisions in question were adopted, has detailed grounds for establishing that a maximum content fixed in Annex I or II or a substance or product not listed therein constitutes a danger to animal or human health or the environment, that Member State may provisionally reduce that content, fix a maximum content or prohibit the presence of that substance or product in feedingstuffs or feed materials. It shall immediately inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof, giving reasons for its decision. 4. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 115/35 In accordance with the procedure laid down in 2. Article 14, an immediate decision shall be made as to whether the Annexes should be modified. So long as no decision has been made by either the Council or the Commission the Member State may maintain the meas- ures it has implemented. Article 10 In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 and in the light of developments in scientific and tech- nical knowledge: (a) the amendments to be made to the Annexes shall be adopted; (b) a consolidated version of the Annexes shall be drawn up periodically incorporating the successive amend- ments made pursuant to (a); (c) criteria for the acceptability of feed materials which have undergone certain decontamination processes may be defined. Article 11 Member States shall ensure that feedingstuffs and feed materials which conform to this Directive are not subject to any other restrictions on their circulation as regards the presence of undesirable substances and products. Article 12 1. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that feedingstuffs and feed materials are officially controlled, at least by random sampling, to verify whether the conditions laid down in this Directive are satisfied. 2. Member States shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of the name of the departments appointed to carry out this control. 3. Member States shall prescribe that where an oper- ator (importer, producer, etc. ) or a person who, by virtue of his professional activities, possesses, or has possessed, or has had direct contact with a consignment of feed materials or of feedingstuffs and has knowledge to the effect that: ü the consignment of feed materials is unsuitable for any use in animal feedingstuffs because of contamina- tion by an undesirable substance or product listed in Annexes I and II, and therefore does not meet the provisions of Article 3(1) and consequently constitutes a serious risk for animal and public health, ü the consignment of feedingstuffs does not meet the provisions of Annex I, and therefore constitutes a serious risk for animal and public health, such a person or operator shall immediately inform the official authorities even if the destruction of the consign- ment is envisaged. After verifying the information received, Member States shall ensure that, in the case of a contaminated consign- ment, the measures necessary are taken to ensure that the consignment is not used in animal nutrition. contaminated Member States shall ensure that the final destination of the including possible consignment, destruction, cannot have harmful effects on public or animal health or on the environment. 4. If a consignment of feed materials or a consignment of feedingstuffs is likely to be sent to a Member State after it has been judged not to comply with the provisions of this Directive on account of an excessive content of unde- sirable substances or products in another Member State, the latter Member State shall immediately give the other Member States and the Commission any useful informa- tion concerning that consignment. Article 13 1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, matters shall be referred without delay by the Chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State, to the Standing Committee on Feeding- stuffs, hereinafter called the ‘Committee'. 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be deliv- ered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures and imple- ment them forthwith where they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. Where they are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay propose to the Council the measures to be adopted. The Council shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority. the proposal being submitted to it, If the Council has not adopted any measures within three the months of Commission shall adopt the proposed measures and implement them forthwith, except where the Council has voted by a simple majority against such measures. Article 14 1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be followed, matters shall be referred to the Committee without delay by the Chairman, either on his own initia- tive or at the request of a Member State. L 115/36 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 1999 The representative of the Commission shall submit 2. to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion within two days. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote. the representatives of The Commission shall adopt the measures and imple- ment them forthwith where they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. Where they are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without delay propose to the Council the measures to be adopted. The Council shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority. If the Council has not adopted any measures within 15 days of the proposal being submitted to it, the Commis- sion shall adopt the proposed measures and implement them forthwith, except where the Council has voted by a simple majority against such measures. Article 15 1. The Member States shall apply at least the provi- sions of this Directive to feedingstuffs intended for export to third countries. 2. Paragraph 1 does not affect the right of Member States to allow the re-exportation to the exporting third country of consignments of feedingstuffs which do not fulfil the requirements of this Directives. Article 16 1. The Directives listed in Annex III, part A, are hereby repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States concerning the deadlines for transposi- tion of those Directives, as set out in Annex III, part B. References 2. shall be construed as references to this Directive and should be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV. to the repealed Directives Article 17 This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 18 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 22 April 1999. For the Council The President W. MÜLLER 4. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 115/37 ANNEX I (Article 3(2), Article 4, Article 5(2) and (3), Article 8, Article 12(3)) Substances, products Feedingstuffs (1) (2) A. Substances (ions or elements) 1. Arsenic 2. Lead 3. Fluorine 4. Mercury Feed materials with the exception of: ü meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp ü phosphates and feedingstuffs obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü complete feedingstuffs for fish Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü mineral feedingstuffs Feed materials with the exception of: ü green fodder ü phosphates ü yeasts Complete feedingstuffs Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü mineral feedingstuffs Feed materials with the exception of: ü feedingstuffs of animal origin ü phosphates Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats ü in milk ü other ü complete feedingstuffs for pigs ü complete feedingstuffs for poultry ü complete feedingstuffs for chicks Mineral mixtures for cattle, sheep and goats Other complementary feedingstuffs Feed materials with the exception of: ü feedingstuffs produced by the processing of fish or other marine animals Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats Complementary feedingstuffs except: ü complementary feedingstuffs for dogs and cats Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % (3) 2 4 10 2 4 4 12 10 40 30 5 5 10 30 150 500 2 000 150 30 50 100 350 250 2 000 (1) 125 (2) 0,1 0,5 0,1 0,4 0,2 L 115/38 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 1999 Substances, products Feedingstuffs Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % (1) (2) (3) 5. Nitrites Fish meal 6. Cadmium B. Products 1. Aflatoxin B1 2. Hydrocyanic acid Complete feedingstuffs excluding: ü feedingstuffs intended for pets except birds and aquarium fish Feed materials of vegetable origin Feed materials of animal origin except: ü feedingstuffs for pets Phosphates Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats except: ü complete feedingstuffs for calves, lambs and kids Other complete feedingstuffs except: ü feedingstuffs for pets Mineral feedingstuffs Other complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats Feed materials with the exception of: ü groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof Complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats with the exception of: ü dairy cattle ü calves and lambs Complete feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals) Other complete feedingstuffs Complementary feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except complementary feedingstuffs for dairy animals, calves and lambs) Complementary feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry (except young animals) Other complementary feedingstuffs Feed materials with the exception of: ü linseed ü linseed cakes ü manioc products and almond cakes Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü complete feedingstuffs for chicks 60 (expressed as sodium nitrite) 15 (expressed as sodium nitrite) 1 2 10 (3) 1 0,5 5 (4) 0,5 0,05 0,02 0,05 0,005 0,01 0,02 0,01 0,05 0,03 0,005 50 250 350 100 50 10 4. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 115/39 Substances, products Feedingstuffs (1) (2) 3. Free gossypol 4. Theobromine 5. Volatile mustard oil Feed materials with the exception of: ü cotton-seed cakes Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats ü complete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves ü complete feedingstuffs for rabbits and pigs (except piglets) Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü complete feedingstuffs for adult cattle Feed materials with the exception of: ü rape-seed cakes Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü complete feedingstuffs for cattle, sheep and goats (except young animals) ü complete feedingstuffs for pigs (except piglets) and poultry 6. Vinyl thiooxazolidone (Vinyloxazolidine thione) Complete feedingstuffs for poultry with the exception of: ü complete feedingstuffs for laying hens 7. Rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea) All feedingstuffs containing unground cereals All feedingstuffs 8. Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including (a) Lolium temulentum L. , (b) Lolium remotum Schrank, (c) Datura stramonium L. 9. Castor oil plant ü Ricinus communis L. All feedingstuffs 10. Crotalaria spp. All feedingstuffs 11. Aldrin 12. Dieldrin singly or combined expressed as dieldrin All feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü fats 13. Camphechlor (toxaphene) All feedingstuffs 14. Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and All feedingstuffs with the exception of: of oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane) ü fats 15. DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE-isomers, All feedingstuffs with the exception of: expressed as DDT) ü fats Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % (3) 20 1 200 20 500 100 60 300 700 100 4 000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) 150 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) 1 000 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) 500 (expressed as allyl isothiocyanate) 1 000 500 1 000 3 000 1 000 1 000 1 000 10 (expressed in terms of castor-oil plant husks) 100 0,01 0,2 0,1 0,02 0,05 0,05 0,5 L 115/40 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 1999 Substances, products Feedingstuffs (1) (2) 16. Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers All feedingstuffs with the exception of: and of endosulfansulphate expressed as endo- ü maize sulfan) ü oilseeds ü complete feedingstuffs for fish 17. Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoi- All feedingstuffs with the exception of: endrin, expressed as endrin) ü fats 18. Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of hepta- All feedingstuffs with the exception of: chlorepoxide, expressed as heptachlor) ü fats 19. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) All feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü fats 20. Hexachlorocyclo-hexane (HCH) 20. 1. alpha-isomers 20. 2. beta-isomers 20. 3. gamma-isomers All feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü fats Compound feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü feedingstuffs for dairy cattle Feed materials with the exception of: ü fats All feedingstuffs with the exception of: ü fats Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % (3) 0,1 0,2 0,5 0,005 0,01 0,05 0,01 0,2 0,01 0,2 0,02 0,2 0,01 0,005 0,01 0,1 0,2 2,0 21. Dioxin (sum of PCDD and PCDF), expressed Citrus pulp in international toxic equivalents 500 pg I-TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit) (5) C. Botanical impurities: 1. Apricots ü Prunus armeniaca L. 2. Bitter almond ü Prunus dulcis (Mill. ) D. A. Webb var. amara (DC. ) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC. ) Focke) 3. Unhusked beech mast ü Fagus silvatica L. 4. Camelina ü Camelina sativa (L. ) Crantz 5. Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca ü Madhuca long- ifolia (L. ) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe malabrorum Engl. ) Madhuca indica Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia Roxb. ) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb. ) F. Mueller) 6. Purghera ü Jatropha curcas L. 7. Croton ü Croton tiglium L. 8. Indian mustard ü Brassica juncea (L. ) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West. ) Thell. 9. Sareptian mustard ü Brassica juncea (L. ) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea 10. Chinese mustard ü Brassica juncea (L. ) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin 11. Black mustard ü Brassica nigra (L. ) Koch 12. Ethiopian mustard ü Brassica carinata A. Braun All feedingstuffs Seeds and fruit of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed deriva- tives may only be present in feedingstuffs in trace amounts not quantitavely determinable 4. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 115/41 (1) Member States may also prescribe a maximum fluorine content of 1,25 % of the phosphate content. (2) Fluorine content per 1 % phosphorus. (3) Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,5 mg per 1 % phosphorus. (4) Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,75 mg per 1 % phosphorus. (5) Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection. L 115/42 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 1999 ANNEX II PART A (Article 3(2), Article 5, Article 7) Substances, products Feed materials (1) (2) 1. Aflatoxin B 1 2. Cadmium 3. Arsenic 4. Dioxin (sum of PCDD and expressed in inter- PCDF), national toxic equivalents Groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products from the derived processing thereof Phosphates Phosphates Citrus pulp Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to feed materials with a moisture content of 12 % (3) 0,2 10 (1) 20 500 pg I-TEQ/kg (upper bound detection limit) (2) (1) Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0,5 mg per 1 % phosphorus. (2) Upper bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of different congeners less than the limit of detection are equal to the limit of detection. PART B (Article 5(3)) Substances, products (1) Feed materials (2) A. Substances (ions or elements) 1. Arsenic 2. Lead 3. Fluorine 4. Mercury 5. Nitrites 6. Cadmium B. Products 1. Aflatoxin B 1 All feed materials with the exception of: ü phosphates All feed materials All feed materials All feed materials Fish meal All feed materials of vegetable origin All feed materials of animal origin with the exception of: ü feed materials for pets All feed materials with the exception of: ü groundnut, copra, palm-kernel, cotton seed, babassu, maize and products derived from the processing thereof 2. Hydrocyanid acid 3. Free gossypol 4. Volatile mustard oil All feed materials All feed materials All feed materials 5. Rye ergot (Claviceps purpurea) Unground cereals 4. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 115/43 Substances, products (1) Feed materials (2) All feed materials 6. Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately combination including (a) Lolium temulentum L. , (b) Lolium remotum Schrank, (c) Datura stramonium L. , in or 7. Castor oil plant Rizinus communis All feed materials L. 8. Crotalaria ssp. All feed materials 9. Aldrin singly or combined 10. Dieldrin expressed as dieldrin All feed materials 11. Camphechlor (toxaphene) All feed materials 12. Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans- isomers and oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane) All feed materials 13. DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE- All feed materials isomers, expressed as DDT) 14. Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta- sulphate endosulfan isomers and expressed as endosulfan) All feed materials 15. Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta- ketoendrin, expressed as endrin) All feed materials 16. Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of as expressed heptachlor-epoxide, heptachlor) All feed materials 17. Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) All feed materials 18. Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) 18. 1. alpha-isomer All feed materials 18. 2. beta-isomer All feed materials 18. 3. gamma-isomer All feed materials C. Botanical impurities 1. Apricots ü Prunus armeniaca L. All feed materials 2. Bitter almond ü Prunus dulcis (Mill. ) D. A. Webb var. amara (DC. ) Focke (= Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC. ) Focke) All feed materials 3. Unhusked beech mast ü Fagus silva- All feed materials tica (L. ) 4. Camelina ü Camelina sativa (L. ) All feed materials Crantz L 115/44 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 1999 Substances, products (1) Feed materials (2) Bassia, Madhuca ü 5. Mowrah, Madhuca (L. ) Macbr. longifolia (=Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe malabrorum Engl. ) Madhuca indica Gmelin (=Bassia latifolia (Roscb. )= Illipe latifolia (Roscb. ) F. Mueller) All feed materials 6. Purghera ü Jatropha curcas L. All feed materials 7. Croton ü Croton tiglium L. All feed materials 8. Indian mustard ü Brassica juncea (L. ) Czern. et Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West. ) Thell. All feed materials 9. Sareptian mustard ü Brassica juncea (L. ) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea All feed materials 10. Chinese mustard ü Brassica juncea (L. ) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin All feed materials 11. Blach mustard ü Brassica nigra (L. ) All feed materials Koch 12. Ethiopian mustard ü Brassica cari- All feed materials nata A. Braun 4. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 115/45 ANNEX III PART A Repealed Directives (referred to by Article 16) Council Directive 74/63/EEC and its successive amendments Commission Directive 76/14/EEC Commission Directive 76/934/EEC Council Directive 80/502/EEC Commission Directive 83/381/EEC Commission Directive 86/299/EEC Council Directive 86/354/EEC only Article 1 Commission Directive 87/238/EEC Commission Directive 91/126/EEC Council Directive 91/132/EEC Council Directive 92/63/EEC Council Directive 92/88/EEC Council Directive 93/74/EEC Commission Directive 94/16/EC Council Directive 95/69/EC Commission Directive 96/6/EC Council Directive 96/25/EC Commission Directive 97/8/EC Commission Directive 98/60/EC only concerning references made to the provisions of Directive 74/63/EEC in Article 11(1) only Article 18 only Article 14(2) PART B Deadlines for transposition into national law (referred to by Article 16) Directive Deadline for transposition Directive 74/63/EEC (OJ L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31) Directive 76/14/EEC (OJ L 4, 9. 1. 1976, p. 24) Directive 76/934/EEC (OJ L 364, 31. 12. 1976, p. 20) Directive 80/502/EEC (OJ L 124, 20. 5. 1980, p. 17) Directive 83/381/EEC (OJ L 222, 13. 8. 1983, p. 31) Directive 86/299/EEC (OJ L 189, 11. 7. 1986, p. 40) Directive 86/354/EEC (OJ L 212, 2. 8. 1986, p. 27) Directive 87/238/EEC (OJ L 110, 25. 4. 1987, p. 25) Directive 91/126/EEC (OJ L 60, 7. 3. 1991, p. 16) Directive 91/132/EEC (OJ L 66, 13. 3. 1991, p. 16) Directive 92/63/EEC (OJ L 221, 6. 8. 1992, p. 49) Directive 92/88/EEC (OJ L 321, 6. 11. 1992, p. 24) Directive 93/74/EEC (OJ L 237, 22. 9. 1993, p. 23) Directive 94/16/EC (OJ L 104, 23. 4. 1994, p. 32) Directive 95/69/EC (OJ L 332, 30. 12. 1995, p. 15) Directive 96/6/EC (OJ L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 29) Directive 96/25/EC (OJ L 125, 23. 5. 1996, p. 35) Directive 97/8/EC (OJ L 48, 19. 2. 1997, p. 22) Directive 98/60/EC (OJ L 209, 25. 7. 1998, p. 50) 1 January 1976 1 April 1976 1 March 1977 1 July 1981 31 December 1983 31 December 1987 3 December 1988 3 December 1988 30 November 1991 1 August 1991 31 March 1993 31 December 1993 30 June 1995 1 March 1995 1 April 1998 31 July 1996 30 June 1998 30 June 1998 31 July 1998 L 115/46 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 5. 1999 ANNEX IV CORRELATION TABLE Directive 74/63/EEC This Directive Article 1 Article 2(a) Article 2(b) Article 2(d) Article 2(e) Article 2(h) Article 2(i) Article 2(c) Article 2(f) Article 2(g) Article 2a Article 3 Article 3a Article 3b Article 3c Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Article 6a Article 7 Article 8(1) Article 8(2) Article 8(2a) Article 8(3) Article 9 Article 10 Article 11 ü ü ü Annex I Annex II ü ü Article 1 Article 2(a) Article 2(b) Article 2(c) Article 2(d) Article 2(e) ü Article 2(f) Article 2(g) Article 2(h) Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Article 7 Article 8 Article 9 Article 10 ü Article 11 Article 12(1) Article 12(2) Article 12(3) Article 12(4) Article 13 Article 14 Article 15 Article 16 Article 17 Article 18 Annex I Annex II Annex III Annex IV