Commission Directive 2006/77/EC of 29 September 2006 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for organochlorine compounds in animal feed (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Directive 2006/77/EC
• Articles: 5

Article 1

Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive 12 months after the entry into force at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

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.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Rows 17 to 26 of Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC are replaced by the following:

Undesirable substances

Products intended for animal feed

Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %

(1)

(2)

(3)

‘17.

Aldrin  ( *1 )

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,01  ( *2 )

18.

Dieldrin  ( *1 )

—

fats and oils

0,1  ( *2 )

—

fish feed

0,02  ( *2 )

19.

Camphechlor (toxaphene) — sum of indicator congeners CHB 26, 50 and 62  ( *3 )

—

Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products with the exception of fish oil

0,02

—

Fish oil  ( *4 )

0,2

—

Feedingstuffs for fish  ( *4 )

0,05

20.

Chlordane (sum of cis- and trans-isomers and of oxychlordane, expressed as chlordane)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,02

—

fats and oils

0,05

21.

DDT (sum of DDT-, TDE- and DDE-isomers, expressed as DDT)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,05

—

fats and oils

0,5

22.

Endosulfan (sum of alpha- and beta-isomers and of endosulfansulphate expressed as endosulfan)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,1

—

maize and maize products derived from the processing thereof

0,2

—

oilseeds and products derived from the processing thereof with the exception of crude vegetable oil

0,5

—

crude vegetable oil

1,0

—

complete feedingstuffs for fish

0,005

23.

Endrin (sum of endrin and of delta-ketoi-endrin, expressed as endrin)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,01

—

fats and oils

0,05

24.

Heptachlor (sum of heptachlor and of heptachlorepoxide, expressed as heptachlor)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,01

—

fats and oils

0,2

25.

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,01

—

fats and oils

0,2

26.    Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)

26.1.

alpha-isomers

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,02

—

fats and oils

0,2

26.2.

beta-isomers

All feed materials with the exception of

0,01

—

fats and oils

0,1

All compound feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,01

—

compound feedingstuffs for dairy cattle

0,005

26.3.

gamma-isomers

All feedingstuffs with the exception of

0,2

—

fats and oils

2,0

( *1 )   Singly or combined expressed as dieldrin.

( *2 )   Maximum level for aldrin and dieldrin, singly or combined, expressed as dieldrin.

( *3 )   Numbering system according to Parlar, prefixed by either “CHB” or “Parlar”:

—

CHB 26: 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo, 6-exo, 8,8,10,10-octochlorobornane,

—

CHB 50: 2-endo,3-exo,5-endo, 6-exo, 8,8,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane,

—

CHB 62: 2,2,5,5,8,9,9,10,10-nonachlorobornane.

( *4 )   The levels shall be reviewed by 31 December 2007 with the aim of reducing the maximum levels.’