Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed - Council statement
Modified by
  • Commission Directive 2003/57/ECof 17 June 2003amending Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed(Text with EEA relevance), 32003L0057, June 19, 2003
  • Commission Directive 2003/100/ECof 31 October 2003amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed(Text with EEA relevance), 32003L0100, November 1, 2003
  • Commission Directive 2005/8/ECof 27 January 2005amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed(Text with EEA relevance), 32005L0008, January 29, 2005
  • Commission Directive 2005/86/ECof 5 December 2005amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed as regards camphechlor(Text with EEA relevance), 32005L0086, December 6, 2005
  • Commission Directive 2005/87/ECof 5 December 2005amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed as regards lead, fluorine and cadmium(Text with EEA relevance), 32005L0087, December 6, 2005
  • Commission Directive 2006/13/ECof 3 February 2006amending Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed as regards dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs(Text with EEA relevance), 32006L0013, February 4, 2006
  • Commission Directive 2006/77/ECof 29 September 2006amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for organochlorine compounds in animal feed(Text with EEA relevance), 32006L0077, September 30, 2006
  • Commission Directive 2008/76/ECof 25 July 2008amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed(Text with EEA relevance), 32008L0076, July 26, 2008
  • Commission Directive 2009/8/ECof 10 February 2009amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels of unavoidable carry-over of coccidiostats or histomonostats in non-target feed(Text with EEA relevance), 32009L0008, February 11, 2009
  • Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 11 March 2009adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutinyAdaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two, 32009R0219, March 31, 2009
  • Commission Directive 2009/124/ECof 25 September 2009amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, theobromine, Datura sp., Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L.(Text with EEA relevance), 32009L0124, September 26, 2009
  • Commission Directive 2009/141/ECof 23 November 2009amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for arsenic, theobromine, Datura sp., Ricinus communis L., Croton tiglium L. and Abrus precatorius L.(Text with EEA relevance), 32009L0141, November 24, 2009
  • Commission Directive 2010/6/EUof 9 February 2010amending 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), 32010L0006, February 10, 2010
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 574/2011of 16 June 2011amending Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels for nitrite, melamine, Ambrosia spp. and carry-over of certain coccidiostats and histomonostats and consolidating Annexes I and II thereto(Text with EEA relevance), 32011R0574, June 17, 2011
  • Commission Regulation (EU) No 277/2012of 28 March 2012amending Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum levels and action thresholds for dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls(Text with EEA relevance), 32012R0277, March 29, 2012
Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 7 May 2002on undesirable substances in animal feed THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 152(4)(b) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the CommissionOJ C 89 E, 28.3.2000, p. 70 and OJ C 96 E, 27.3.2001, p. 346.,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ C 140, 18.5.2000, p. 9.,After consulting the Committee of the Regions,Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the TreatyOpinion of the European Parliament of 4 October 2000 (OJ C 178, 22.6.2001, p. 160), Council Common Position of 17 September 2001 (OJ C 4, 7.1.2002, p. 1) and Decision of the European Parliament of 12 December 2001 (not yet published in the Official Journal). Decision of the European Parliament of 10 April 2002 and Decision of the Council of 22 April 2002., in the light of the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 26 March 2002,Whereas:(1)Many amendments need to be made to Council Directive 1999/29/EC of 22 April 1999 on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutritionOJ L 115, 4.5.1999, p. 32.. In the interests of clarity and efficiency the said Directive should be recast.(2)Livestock production occupies a very important place in farming in the Community and satisfactory results in terms of public and animal health, animal welfare, the environment and the livestock producers' finances depend to a large extent on the use of appropriate good quality feedingstuffs.(3)Rules on feedingstuffs are needed to ensure agricultural productivity and sustainability and to make it possible to ensure public and animal health, animal welfare and the environment. In addition, there is a need for comprehensive regulation on hygiene in order to guarantee good quality feedingstuffs on individual farms even when they are not commercially produced.(4)The same rules concerning the quality and safety of products intended for animal feed have to apply to the quality and safety of water consumed by the animals. Although the definition of feedingstuffs does not preclude water being considered as feedingstuff, it is not included in the non-exhaustive list of main feed materials, laid down by Council Directive 96/25/EC of 29 April 1996 on the circulation and use of feed materialsOJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 35. Directive as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/16/EC (OJ L 105, 3.5.2000, p. 36).. The issue of water to be considered as feedingstuffs needs to be examined in the framework of that Directive.(5)It has been established that additives can contain undesirable substances. The scope of the Directive should therefore be extended to cover additives.(6)Products intended for animal feed may contain undesirable substances which can endanger animal health or, because of their presence in livestock products, human health or the environment.(7)It is impossible to eliminate fully the presence of undesirable substances but it is important that their content in products intended for animal feed should be reduced, with due regard to the substances' acute toxicity, bio-accumulability and degradability, in order to prevent undesirable and harmful effects. It is at present inappropriate to fix this content below the levels detectable by methods of analysis to be defined for the Community.(8)The methods for determining residues of undesirable substances are becoming increasingly sophisticated, so that even quantities of residues which are negligible for animal and human health can be detected.(9)Undesirable substances may be present in products intended for animal feed only in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Directive and may not be used in any other way for the purposes of animal feed. This Directive should therefore apply without affecting other Community provisions on feedingstuffs, and particularly the rules applicable to compound feedingstuffs.(10)This Directive must apply to products intended for animal feed as soon as they enter the Community. It must therefore be stipulated that the maximum levels of undesirable substances that are set apply in general from the date on which the products intended for animal feed are put into circulation or used, at all stages, and in particular as soon as they are imported.(11)Products intended for animal feed must be sound, genuine and of merchantable quality and therefore when correctly used must not represent any danger to human health, animal health or to the environment or adversely affect livestock production. Using or putting into circulation products intended for animal feed which contain levels of undesirable substances that exceed the maximum levels laid down in Annex I must therefore be prohibited.(12)The presence of certain undesirable substances in complementary feedingstuffs must be limited by fixing appropriate maximum levels.(13)While in certain cases a maximum level is fixed, taking account of background levels, continued effort is still needed to restrict the presence of some specific undesirable substances to the lowest possible levels in products intended for animal feed so as to reduce their presence in the feed and food chain. It should therefore be permitted, under this Directive, to lay down action thresholds well below the maximum levels fixed. Where such action thresholds are exceeded, investigations must be carried out to identify the sources of the undesirable substances and steps taken to reduce or eliminate such sources.(14)Where animal or human health or the environment is endangered, Member States should be allowed temporarily to reduce the fixed maximum permissible levels, to fix maximum levels for other substances or to prohibit the presence of such substances in products intended for animal feed. In order to ensure a uniform application, any amendments to Annex I to this Directive should be decided on by emergency Community procedure, on the basis of supporting documents and the precautionary principle.(15)Products intended for animal feed that satisfy the requirements of this Directive may not be subject to restrictions on entry into circulation, as regards the level of undesirable substances they contain, other than those provided for in this Directive and in Council Directive 95/53/EC of 25 October 1995 fixing the principles governing the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutritionOJ L 265, 8.11.1995, p. 17. Directive as last amended by Directive 2001/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 55)..(16)Member States must make appropriate monitoring arrangements pursuant to Directive 95/53/EC to ensure that the requirements regarding undesirable substances are met when products intended for animal feed are used or circulated.(17)An appropriate Community procedure is needed for adapting the technical provisions in the Annexes to this Directive in the light of developments in scientific and technical knowledge.(18)In order to facilitate implementation of the proposed measures, there should be a procedure for close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs set up by Decision 70/372/EECOJ L 170, 3.8.1970, p. 1..(19)The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the CommissionOJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.,HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
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