Commission Directive of 23 June 1982 laying down the categories of feed materials which may be used for the purposes of labelling compound feedingstuffs for pet animals (82/475/EEC)

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE

of 23 June 1982

laying down the categories of feed materials ◄ which may be used for the purposes of labelling compound feedingstuffs for pet animals

(82/475/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 79/373/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the marketing of compound feedindstuffs ( 1 ), as last amended by Commission Directive 80/695/EEC ( 2 ), and in particular Article 10 (b) thereof,

Whereas the abovementioned Directive lays down that Member States may require or allow the ingredients used in the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs to be declared; whereas, pending the adoption of Community provisions, Member States may allow the declaration of ingredients to be replaced by the declaration of categories comprising several ingredients;

Whereas some Member States' national provisions permit the grouping of ingredients in different categories; whereas identical provisions concerning labelling should therefore be laid down so as to facilitate trade between Member States;

Whereas these rules should only apply to compound feedingstuffs for pet animals;

Whereas rules relating to the labelling of compound feedingstuffs must primarily ensure adequate information for users of the products;

Whereas a category may be indicated only where the ingredient or ingredients used are covered by the definition of the category in question;

Whereas, by analogy with the provisions laid down for the declaration of ingredients, the list of categories should be given, depending on the provisions laid down by the Member States, either by indicating the amount of each category present or in descending order of their proportion by weight in the compound feedingstuff;

Whereas, however, it is not possible to establish categories covering all the ingredients of compound feedingstuffs; whereas, therefore, the manufacturer must indicate in addition any ingredients not belonging to any of the categories listed in the Annex;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Where, pursuant to Article 5c (3) of Directive 79/373/EEC, the indication of the specific name of the feed material ◄ can be replaced by the name of the category to which the feed material ◄ belongs, only the categories listed in the Annex hereto may be indicated on the packaging, container or label of compound feedingstuffs for pet animals.

Article 2

The Member States shall bring into force not later than 1 January 1985 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

ANNEX

Categories of feed materials ◄ which may be indicated in place of individual feed materials ◄

Description of the category	Definition
1.Meat and animal derivatives	All the fleshy parts of slaughtered warm-blooded land animals, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment, and all products and derivatives of the processing of the carcase or parts of the carcase of warm-blooded land animals
2.Milk and milk derivatives	All milk products, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment, and derivatives from the processing thereof
3.Eggs and egg derivatives	All egg products fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment and derivatives from the processing thereof
4.Oils and fats	All animal and vegetable oils and fats
5.Yeasts	All yeasts, the cells of which have been killed and dried
6.Fish and fish derivatives	Fish or parts of fish, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment, and derivatives from the processing thereof
7.Cereals	All types of cereal, regardless of their presentation, or products made from the starchy endosperm
8.Vegetables	All types of vegetables and legumes, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment
9.Derivatives of vegetable origin	Derivatives resulting from the treatment of vegetable products, in particular cereals, vegetables, legumes and oil seeds
10.Vegetable protein extracts	All products of vegetable origin in which the proteins have been concentrated by an adequate process to contain at least 50% crude protein, as related to the dry matter, and which may be restructured (textured)
11.Minerals	All inorganic substances suitable for animal feed
12.Various sugars	All types of sugar
13.Fruit	All types of fruit, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment
14.Nuts	All kernels from shells
15.Seeds	All types of seeds as such or roughly crushed
16.Algae	Algae, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment
17.Molluscs and crustaceans	All types of molluscs, crustaceans, shellfish, fresh or preserved by appropriate treatment, and their processing derivatives
18.Insects	All types of insects and their stages of development
19.Bakery products	All bread, cakes, biscuits and pasta products

( 1 ) OJ No L 86, 6. 4. 1979, p. 30.

( 2 ) OJ No L 188, 22. 7. 1980, p. 23.