Commission Directive 98/88/EC of 13 November 1998 establishing guidelines for the microscopic identification and estimation of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

• Published date: 27 November 1998
• Subject Matter: Animal feedingstuffs,Approximation of laws
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 318, 27 November 1998

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Commission Directive 98/88/EC of 13 November 1998 establishing guidelines for the microscopic identification and estimation of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

Official Journal L 318 , 27/11/1998 P. 0045 - 0050

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/88/EC of 13 November 1998 establishing guidelines for the microscopic identification and estimation of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feedingstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Council Directive 70/373/EEC of 20 July 1970 on the introduction of Community methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas Directive 70/373/EEC stipulates that official controls of feedingstuffs for the purpose of checking compliance with the requirements arising under the laws, regulations and administrative provisions governing their quality and composition must be carried out using Community sampling and analysis methods;

Whereas Commission Decision 94/381/EC of 27 June 1994 concerning certain protection measures with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy and the feeding of mammalian derived protein (2), as amended by Decision 95/60/EC (3) prohibits the feeding of protein derived from all mammalian tissues to ruminants, with the exception of certain animal products and by-products;

Whereas Commission Decision 91/516/EEC of 9 September 1991 establishing a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in compound feedingstuffs (4), as last amended by Decision 97/582/EC (5), prohibits the use of protein derived from mammalian tissue in compound feedingstuffs for ruminants;

Whereas Council Directive 79/373/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs (6), as last amended by Commission Directive 97/47/EC (7), provides in Article 5c that all ingredients must be mentioned where a declaration of the ingredients is provided and that the listing of ingredients is subject to several rules, inter alia, the listing of ingredients in descending order by weight for compound feedingstuffs intended for animals other than pets;

Whereas Directive 97/47/EC amending the Annexes to Council Directives 77/101/EEC (8), 79/373/EEC and 91/357/EEC (9) introduces appropriate labelling provisions with regard to the prohibition of these products on their use in ruminant feed;

Whereas Member States may have adopted more stringent provisions, in accordance with Article 1(2) of Council Directive 90/667/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down the veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedstuffs of animal or fish origin and amending Directive...