Commission Directive 2010/6/EU of 9 February 2010 amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards mercury, free gossypol, nitrites and Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2010/6/EU · Directive · 5 articles

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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 by 1 November 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. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered 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 Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Supplementary provisions

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows: 1. Row 4, Mercury, 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) ‘4. Mercury ( *1 ) ( *2 ) Feed materials 0,1 with the exception of: — feedingstuffs produced from fish or by the processing of fish or other aquatic animals, 0,5 — calcium carbonate. 0,3 Compound (complementary and complete) feedingstuffs 0,1 with the exception of: — mineral feed, 0,2 — compound feedingstuffs for fish, 0,2 — compound feedingstuffs for dogs, cats and fur animals. 0,3 2. Row 5, Nitrites, 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) ‘5. Nitrites Feed materials 15 (expressed as sodium nitrite) with the exception of: — fishmeal, 30 (expressed as sodium nitrite) — silage. — Complete feedingstuffs 15 (expressed as sodium nitrite) with the exception of: — complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats with a moisture content exceeding 20 %. —’ 3. Row 9, Free gossypol 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) ‘9. Free gossypol Feed materials 20 with the exception of: — cottonseed, 5 000 — cottonseed cakes and cottonseed meal. 1 200 Complete feedingstuffs 20 with the exception of: — complete feedingstuffs for adult cattle, 500 — complete feedingstuffs for sheep (except lambs and goats (except kids), 300 — complete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves, 100 — complete feedingstuffs for rabbits, lambs, kids and pigs (except piglets). 60 ’ 4. Row 32, ‘ Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca – Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illiped malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia Roxb.) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller)’ is deleted. ( *1 ) The maximum levels refer to total mercury. ( *2 ) Maximum levels refer to an analytical determination of mercury, 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.’

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