Article 1
Open ↗Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Source
Commission Directive 2009/141/EC of 23 November 2009 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, theobromine, Datura sp., Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L. (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Directive 2009/141/EC of 23 November 2009 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, theobromine, Datura sp., Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L. (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 2
Open ↗Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 July 2010 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
Open ↗This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 4
Open ↗This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
Open ↗ANNEX Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows: 1. Row 1, Arsenic, is 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) ‘1. Arsenic ( *1 ) ( *2 ) Feed materials with the exception of: 2 — meal made from grass, from dried lucerne and from dried clover, and dried sugar beet pulp and dried molasses sugar beet pulp, 4 — palm kernel expeller, 4 ( *3 ) — phosphates and calcareous marine algae, 10 — calcium carbonate, 15 — magnesium oxide, 20 — feedingstuffs obtained from the processing of fish or other marine animals, including fish, 25 ( *3 ) — seaweed meal and feed materials derived from seaweed, 40 ( *3 ) Iron particles used as tracer. 50 Additives belonging to the functional group of compounds of trace elements except: 30 — copper sulphate pentahydrate and copper carbonate, 50 — zinc oxide, manganese oxide and copper oxide, 100 Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 2 — complete feedingstuffs for fish and complete feedingstuffs for fur animals, 10 ( *3 ) Complementary feedingstuffs with the exception of: 4 — mineral feedingstuffs, 12 2. Row 10, theobromine, is 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) ‘10. Theobromine Complete feedingstuffs with the exception of: 300 — complete feedingstuffs for pigs, 200 — complete feedingstuffs for dogs, rabbits, horses and fur animals, 50 ’ 3. Row 14, Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances, is 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) ‘14. Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances separately or in combination including. All feedingstuffs 3 000 Datura sp. 1 000 ’ 4. Row 15, Castor oil plant – Ricinus communis L., is 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) ‘15. Seeds and husks from Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L. as well as their processed derivatives ( *4 ) , separately or in combination. All feedingstuffs 10 5. Row 34, Croton – Croton tiglium L., is deleted. ( *1 ) The maximum levels refer to total arsenic. ( *2 ) Maximum levels refer to an analytical determination of arsenic, whereby extraction is performed in nitric acid (5 % w/w) for 30 minutes at boiling temperature. Equivalent extraction procedures can be applied for which it can be demonstrated that the used extraction procedure has an equal extraction efficiency. ( *3 ) Upon request of the competent authorities, the responsible operator must perform an analysis to demonstrate that the content of inorganic arsenic is lower than 2 ppm. This analysis is of particular importance for the seaweed species Hizikia fusiforme .’ ( *4 ) In so far determinable by analytical microscopy.’
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