European Communities (Feedingstuffs)(Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2002
• Citation: IR SI 363/2002

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture and Food, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2001/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 1 and Council Directive 2001/102/EC of 27 November, 2001 2 , and for the purposes of giving further effect to Council Directive 1999/29/EC of 22 April 1999 3 as amended, hereby make the following Regulations. 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products (Amendment) Regulations, 2002.

(2) The European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1998 to 2000 and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1998 to 2002. 2. In these Regulations “the Regulations of 1998” means the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1998 3. Regulation 2 of the Regulations of 1998 is hereby amended by the substitution, for the definition of “the Directive”, of the definition set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations. 4. The First Schedule to the Regulations of 1998 is hereby amended by the substitution, for Item 11 “Dioxin”, of the provisions set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations. 5. Part I of the Second Schedule to the Regulations of 1998 is hereby amended by the substitution, for Item 4 “Dioxin”, of the provisions set out in the Third Schedule to these Regulations.

FIRST SCHEDULE

“the Directive” means Council Directive No. 74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 4 , as amended by:-

Commission Directive No. 76/14/EEC of 15 December 1975 5 ,

Commission Directive No. 76/934/EEC of 1 December 1976 6 ,

Council Directive No. 80/502/EEC of 6 May 1980 7 ,

Commission Directive No. 83/381/EEC of 28 July 1983 8 ,

Commission Directive No. 86/299/EEC of 3 June 1986 9 ,

Council Directive No. 86/354/EEC of 21 July 1986 10 ,

Commission Directive No. 87/238/EEC of 1 April 1987 11 ,

Commission Directive No. 91/126/EEC of 13 February, 1991 12 ,

Commission Directive No. 92/63/EEC of 10 July, 1992 13 ,

Council Directive No. 92/88/EEC of 26 October, 1992 14 ,

Commission Directive No. 94/16/EEC of 22 April, 1994 15 ,

Council Directive No. 95/69/EC of 22 December, 1995 16 ,

Commission Directive No. 96/6/EEC of 16 February, 1996 17 ,

Commission Directive No. 96/25/EC of 29 April, 1996 18 ,

Commission Directive No. 97/8/EC of 7 February, 1997 19 ,

Commission Directive No. 98/60/EC of 25 July, 1998 20 ,

Council Directive 99/29/EC of 22 April, 1999 21 ,

Directive 2001/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 22 , and Council Directive No. 2001/102/EC of 27 November, 2001 23 .

SECOND SCHEDULE

Substances, products Feeding stuffs Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feeding stuff with a moisture content of 12% 1 2 3 11. Dioxin (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzo-furans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 1997)) PCDD/F All feed materials of plant origin including vegetable oils and plant products 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg 5 6 Minerals 1.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg Animal fat, including milk fat and egg fat 2.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg Other land animal products including milk and milk products and eggs and egg products 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg Fish oil 6.0 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg Fish, other aquatic animals, their products and by-products with the exception of fish oil 7 1.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg Compound feedingstuffs, with the exception of feedingstuffs for fur animals, pet foods and feedingstuffs for fish 0.75 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg Feedingstuffs for fish Pet foods 2.25 ng WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ/kg

THIRD SCHEDULE

Substances, products Feeding stuffs Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feeding stuff with a moisture content of 12% 1 2 3 4. Dioxin (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and...