Article 1
Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003 amending Directive 2002/ 32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feedText with EEA relevance
Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003 amending Directive 2002/ 32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feedText with EEA relevance
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Article 2
1. With exception of the provisions concerning the entries (c) and (j) in the list of products in the table annexed to this Directive, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 July 2003 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply these provisions from 1 August 2003. With regard to the provisions concerning the entries (c) and (j) in the list of products in the table annexed to this Directive, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 29 February 2004 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply these provisions from 1 March 2004. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2439/1999 of 17 November 1999 on the conditions for the authorisation of additives belonging to the group "binders, anti-caking agents and coagulants" in feedingstuffs shall be repealed with effect from 1 March 2004.
Article 4
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 5
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 June 2003. For the Commission David Byrne Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10. (2) OJ L 115, 4.5.1999, p. 32. (3) OJ L 6, 10.1.2002, p. 45. (4) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 35. (5) OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 55. (6) OJ L 297, 18.11.1999, p. 8. (7) OJ L 87, 8.4.2000, p. 14.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows: (a) in the table, point 27 shall be replaced by the following: ">TABLE>" (b) at the end of Annex I, footnote (5) is deleted and the following footnotes shall be added: "(5) Upper-bound concentrations; upper-bound concentrations are calculated assuming that all values of the different congeners less than the limit of quantification are equal to the limit of quantification. (6) These maximum limits shall be reviewed for the first time before 31 December 2004 in the light of new data on the presence of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, in particular with a view to the inclusion of dioxin-like PCBs in the levels to be set and will be further reviewed before 31 December 2006 with the aim of significantly reducing of the maximum levels. (7) Fresh fish directly delivered and used without intermediate processing for the production of feedingstuffs for fur animals is exempted from the maximum limit and a maximum level of 4,0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg product is applicable to fresh fish used for the direct feeding of pet animals, zoo and circus animals. The products, processed animal proteins produced from these animals (fur animals, pet animals, zoo and circus animals) cannot enter the food chain and the feeding thereof is prohibited to farmed animals which are kept, fattened or bred for the production of food."
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