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THIRTY-EIGHTH COMMISSION DIRECTIVE

of 16 July 1981

amending the Annexes to Council Directive 70/524/EEC concerning additives in feedingstuffs

(81/632/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 Thirty-seventh Commission Directive 81/332/EEC (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,

Whereas Directive 70/524/EEC provides that the content of the Annexes must be regularly amended in order to keep abreast of developments in scientific and technical knowledge;

Whereas tests on certain uses of virginiamycine and carbadox, which are provided for in Annex II and may therefore be authorized at national level, have not yet been completed; whereas it is therefore desirable to extend the period of authorization of these additives for a finite period;

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

Annex II to Directive 70/524/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. In part A 'Antibiotics', the text of item No 21 'Virginiamycine' is replaced by the following:

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9 // // // // // // // // // // 21 // Virginiamycine // I. C28H35N3O7 // piglets // 4 months // 5 // 50 // // 30 June 1981 // // // II. C43H49N7O10 // calves // 16 weeks // 5 // 50 // // 30 June 1982 // // // // // // // // //

2. In part F 'growth promotors', for item No 2 'Carbadox', '30 June 1981' in the column headed 'Period of authorization' is replaced by '30 November 1981.'

Article 2

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 July 1981.

For the Commission

The President

Gaston THORN

(1) OJ No L 270, 14. 12. 1970, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 131, 18. 5. 1981, p. 1.