Council Directive 79/373/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. 1.

   Article 5(1) is hereby amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      point (j) shall be replaced by the following:

      1. ‘(j)

         the batch reference number;’

   2. (b)

      F1. . . . .

2. 2.

   Article 5(3) is hereby amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      point (c) shall be deleted;

   2. (b)

      point (g) shall be deleted;

3. 3.

   in Article 5(5), point (d) shall be replaced by the following:

   1. ‘(d)

      the minimum storage life, the net quantity, the batch reference number and the approval or registration number may be marked outside the space reserved for the labelling particulars referred to in paragraph 1; in this case, these details shall be accompanied by an indication of where the information appears.’;

4. 4.

   Article 5c shall be replaced by the following:

   ‘Article 5c

   1.

   All feed materials used in the compound feedingstuff shall be listed by their specific names.

   2.

   The listing of feed materials for feedingstuffs shall be subject to the following rules:

   (a)

   compound feedingstuffs intended for animals other than pets:

   1. (i)

      listing of feed materials for feedingstuffs with an indication, in descending order, of the percentages by weight present in the compound feedingstuff;

   2. (ii)

      as regards the above percentages, a tolerance of ± 15 % of the declared value shall be permitted;

   (b)

   compound feedingstuffs intended for pets: listing of feed materials for feedingstuffs either indicating the amount contained or naming them in descending order by weight.

   3.

   In the case of compound feedingstuffs intended for pets, the indication of the specific name of the feed material for feedingstuffs may be replaced by the name of the category to which the feed material for feedingstuffs belongs, with reference to the categories grouping several feed materials established in accordance with Article 10(a).

   Use of one of these two forms of declaration shall exclude use of the other save where one of the feed materials for feedingstuffs used belongs to none of the categories which have been defined; in that case, the feed material for feedingstuffs, designated by its specific name, shall be mentioned in descending order by weight in relation to the categories.

   4.

   The labelling of compound feedingstuffs for pets may also draw attention by a specific declaration to the presence or low content of one or more feed materials for feedingstuffs, which are essential for characterising a feedingstuff. In such a case, the minimum or maximum content, expressed in terms of percentage by weight of the feed material(s) incorporated, shall be clearly indicated either opposite the declaration drawing special attention to the feed material(s) or in the list of feed materials by mentioning the feed material(s) and the percentage(s) by weight concerned opposite the corresponding category of feed materials.’;

5. 5.

   the following subparagraph shall be added to Article 12:

   ‘They shall stipulate that the manufacturers of compound feedingstuffs are obliged to make available to the authorities responsible for carrying out official inspections, on request, any document concerning the composition of feedingstuffs intended to be put into circulation which enables the accuracy of the information given by the labelling to be verified.’;

6. 6.

   the following Article shall be inserted:

   F2‘Article 15a

   At the latest on 6 November 2006 , the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council, on the basis of the information received from Member States, on the implementation of the measures introduced by Article 5(1)(j) and (5)(d) and Article 5c and the second subparagraph of Article 12, particularly as regards the indication of quantities, in the form of percentage by weight, of feed materials on the labelling of compound feedingstuffs, including the permitted tolerance, accompanied by any proposals designed to improve these measures.’