PURPOSE : to amend measures governing additives in feedingstuffs, the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutrition, and the registration of certain establishments and intermediaries operating in the animal feed sector.
COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Directive 1999/20/EC amending Directives 70/524/EEC, 82/471/EEC and 95/53/EC.
CONTENT : the modifications introduced seek to clarify the principle that the new rules for the distribution and incorporation in feedingstuffs of additives and pre-mixtures and the labelling of additives, premixtures and compound feedingstuffs are applicable with respect to the deadlines laid down by Directive 95/69/EC for the completion of approval procedures and registration procedures.
In addition, in the interests of transparency, the Member States must provide, when they communicate the list of approved establishments, information regarding establishments which, although not yet approved, can continue to carry out their activities.
ENTRY INTO FORCE : 25/03/1999.
DEADLINE FIXED FOR TRANSPOSITION : 30/09/1999. The measures shall be applied from 01/10/1999.�