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SEVENTEENTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE

OF 16 FEBRUARY 1977

AMENDING THE ANNEXES TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS

( 77/179/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC OF 23 NOVEMBER 1970 CONCERNING ADDITIVES IN FEEDINGSTUFFS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE SIXTEENTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 76/603/EEC ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS THIS DIRECTIVE PROVIDES FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE ANNEXES TO BE REGULARLY AMENDED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE ;

WHEREAS THE USE OF THE GROWTH PROMOTER NITROVIN FOR CALVES AND POULTRY AND THAT OF THE EMULSIFIER GLYCERINE POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL RICINOLEATE , BOTH HITHERTO INCLUDED IN ANNEX II , HAVE BEEN WIDELY TESTED IN SEVERAL MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD THEREFORE BE AUTHORIZED , SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS , AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;

WHEREAS THE USE OF THE ANTIBIOTIC FLAVOPHOSPHOLIPOL FOR CATTLE FOR FATTENING HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED IN CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS , AT LEAST AT NATIONAL LEVEL PENDING PERMISSION AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;

WHEREAS THE EMULSIFIER STEARYL CITRATE IS NO LONGER USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FEEDINGSTUFFS ; WHEREAS IT SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE DELETED ;

WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY TO CORRECT THE WORD " TRUTHAEHNE " USED IN THE ANNEXES TO THE GERMAN VERSION OF THE DIRECTIVE ;

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 DIRECTIVE 70/524/EEC ARE HEREBY AMENDED AS SET OUT IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES .

ARTICLE 2

ANNEX I IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN PART E " EMULSIFIERS , STABILIZERS , THICKENERS AND GELLING AGENTS " , ADD :

EEC NO*ADDITIVES*CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION*SPECIES OF ANIMAL*MAXIMUM AGE*MINIMUM CONTENT*MAXIMUM CONTENT*OTHER PROVISIONS*

*****PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFF**

E 484*GLYCERINE POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL RICINOLEATE*ALL SPECIES OF ANIMALS****ALL FEEDINGSTUFFS*

2 . IN PART J " GROWTH PROMOTERS " , ITEM E 800 " NITROVIN " , ADD :

EEC NO*ADDITIVES*CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION*SPECIES OF ANIMAL*MAXIMUM AGE*MINIMUM CONTENT*MAXIMUM CONTENT*OTHER PROVISIONS*

*****PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFF**

***CALVES*6 MONTHS*20*40**

*****40 ( 1)*80 ( 1 )**

***TURKEYS*26 WEEKS*10*15**

***OTHER POULTRY , EXCEPT DUCKS , GEESE , LAYING HENS , PIGEONS*16 WEEKS*10*15**

ARTICLE 3

ANNEX II IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN PART A " ANTIBIOTICS " , ITEM NO 16 " FLAVOPHOSPHOLIPOL " , ADD :

NO*ADDITIVES*CHEMICAL FORMULA , DESCRIPTION*SPECIES OF ANIMAL*MAXIMUM AGE*MINIMUM CONTENT*MAXIMUM CONTENT*OTHER PROVISIONS*PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION*

*****PPM OF COMPLETE FEEDINGSTUFF***

***CATTLE FOR FATTENING**5*15*MAXIMUM DOSE IN THE DAILY RATION : 50 MG*31 DECEMBER 1978*

2 . IN PART C " EMULSIFIERS , STABILIZERS , THICKENERS AND GELLING AGENTS " , DELETE ITEMS NO 2 " GLYCERINE POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL RICINOLEATE " AND NO 6 " STEARYL CITRATE " .

3 . IN PART F " GROWTH PROMOTERS " , DELETE ITEM NO 1 " NITROVIN " .

ARTICLE 4

IN THE GERMAN VERSION THE WORD " TRUTHAEHNE " , CONTAINED IN THE ANNEXES , SHALL BE AMENDED TO READ " TRUTHUEHNER " .

ARTICLE 5

MEMBER STATES SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 1 OCTOBER 1977 , BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE . THEY SHALL FORTHWITH INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF .

ARTICLE 6

THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 FEBRUARY 1977 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT

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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 364 , 31 . 12 . 1976 , P . 18 .