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THIRD COMMISSION DIRECTIVE

OF 13 DECEMBER 1973

AMENDING THE ANNEXES OF THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 ON ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS

( 74/7/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 ( 1 ) ON ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE SECOND COMMISSION DIRECTIVE OF 27 JULY 1973 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) , ( A ) THEREOF ;

WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED DIRECTIVE PROVIDE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE ANNEXES TO BE CONSTANTLY AMENDED DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ;

WHEREAS IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT DIMETICLORPINDOL , CURRENTLY APPEARING IN ANNEX II AND WHICH THEREFORE MAY ONLY BE USED AT NATIONAL LEVEL ; CORRESPONDS , IN ALL RESPECTS , TO THE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIVES AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;

WHEREAS IT IS ADVISIBLE TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THIS ADDITIVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY BY TRANSFERRING IT FROM ANNEX II TO ANNEX I OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED DIRECTIVE ;

WHEREAS IT IS NEVERTHELESS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF USE , WITH REGARD TO THIS ADDITIVE , IN ORDER TO AVOID ALL INAPPROPRIATE USES ;

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

THE ANNEXES TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 ON ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS SHALL BE AMENDED AS STIPULATED IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES .

ARTICLE 2

IN ANNEX I PART D " COCCIDIOSTATS AND OTHER MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES " , THE FOLLOWING PROVISION SHALL BE ADDED :

EEC NO*ADDITIVES*CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION*SPECIES OF ANIMAL*MAXIMUM AGE*PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFFS*OTHER PROVISIONS*

*****MINIMUM CONTENT*MAXIMUM CONTENT**

E 755*METICLORPINDOL*3,5-DICHLORO-2,6-DIMETHYL - 4-PYRIDINOL*CHICKENS FOR FATTENING , GUINEAFOUL* - *125*125*USE PROHIBITED FROM LAYING AGE ONWARDS AND AT LEAST THREE DAYS BEFORE SLAUGHTER RESPECTIVELY*

ARTICLE 3

IN ANNEX II PART B " COCCIDIOSTATS AND OTHER MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES " , ADDITIVE NO 5 SHALL BE DELETED .

ARTICLE 4

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 1 MARCH 1974 , BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE . THEY SHALL FORTHWITH INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF .

ARTICLE 5

THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 13 DECEMBER 1973 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

FRANCOIS-XAVIER ORTOLI

( 1 ) OJ NO L 270 , 14 . 12 . 1970 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 254 , 11 . 9 . 1973 , P . 16 .