Feeding Stuffs (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment to the Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

2.—(1) The Feeding Stuffs Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In Part V (trace elements) of Schedule 3 (permitted additives and provisions relating to their use), the entries relating to Iron-Fe, Cobalt-Co, Copper-Cu, Manganese-Mn and Zinc-Zn shall be omitted.

(3) In Part IX (European Community Regulations by which additives are controlled) of Schedule 3 –

(a) the following text shall be inserted immediately after the reference to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 877/2003 –

• “Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group of trace elements⁽¹⁹⁾;

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1801/2003 provisionally authorising the new use of a certain micro-organism in feedingstuffs⁽²⁰⁾;

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1847/2003 concerning the provisional authorisation of a new use of an additive and the permanent authorisation of an additive already authorised in feedingstuffs⁽²¹⁾.?CQ?;

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2112/2003 correcting Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2003 amending the conditions for authorisation of a number of additives in feedingstuffs belonging to the group trace elements⁽²²⁾;

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2154/2003 provisionally authorising certain micro-organisms in feeding stuffs⁽²³⁾;

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 277/2004 concerning the authorisation without time limit of an additive in feeding stuffs (3-phytase for turkeys for fattening)⁽²⁴⁾;

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 278/2004 provisionally authorising a new use of an additive already authorised in feeding stuffs (preparation of endo-1, 4-beta-xylanase and subtilisin for laying hens)⁽²⁵⁾;

• Commission Regulation (EC) No. 490/2004 provisionally authorising the new use of an additive already authorised in feeding stuffs (saccharomyces cerevisiae)^(26)”.

(b) the following text shall be inserted at the end –

“(19) O.J. No. L187, 26.7.2003, p. 11.

(20) O.J. No. L264, 15.10.2003, p. 16.

(21) O.J. No. L269, 21.10.2003, p. 3.

(22) O.J. No. L317, 2.12.2003, p. 22.

(23) O.J. No. L324, 11.12.2003, p. 11.

(24) O.J. No. L047, 18.2.2004, p. 20.

(25) O.J. No. L047, 18.2.2004, p. 22.

(26) O.J. No. L079, 17.3.2004, p. 23.”.

(4) For the entries relating to dioxin (sum of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) expressed in World Health Organisation (WHO) toxic equivalents, using the WHO-TEFs (toxic equivalency factors, 1997)) PCDD/F which are set out in columns 1 to 3 respectively of Part I (feeding stuffs) of Schedule 7 (prescribed limits for undesirable substances) there shall be substituted the entries set out in columns 1 to 3 respectively of Schedule 1.

(5) For the entries relating to analogues of methionine which are set out in columns 1 to 7 respectively of Schedule 8 (control of certain protein sources) there shall be substituted the entries set out in columns 1 to 7 respectively of Schedule 2.

(1)

S.R. 2001 No. 47, as amended by S.R. 2001 Nos. 209 and 428, S.R. 2002 No. 263 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 219, 287, 306 and 475