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1. Member States shall prescribe that compound feedingstuffs may not be marketed unless the particulars listed below, which shall be clearly visible, legible and indelible and for which the manufacturer, packer, importer, seller or distributor established within the Community shall be held responsible, are shown, in a space provided for that purpose, on the packaging, on the container or on a label attached thereto:
(a) the description ‘ complete feedingstuff ’ , ‘ complementary feedingstuff ’ , ‘ mineral feedingstuff ’ , ‘ molassed feedingstuff ’ , ‘ complete milk replacer feed ’ or ‘ complementary milk replacer feed ’ , as appropriate;
(b) the species or category of animal for which the compound feedingstuff is intended;
(c) directions for the proper use of the feedingstuff indicating the purpose for which the feedingstuff is intended;
(d) for all compound feedingstuffs except those intended for pets other than dogs and cats: the [F2feed materials] to be declared in accordance with Article 5c;
(e) where appropriate, the declarations of the analytical constituents in the cases provided for in Part A of the Annex;
(f) as relevant to the case, the declarations provided for in Part B of the Annex in columns 1, 2 and 3;
(g) the name or business name and the address or registered place of business of the person responsible for the particulars referred to in this paragraph;
(h) the net quantity expressed in units of mass in the case of solid products, and in units of mass or volume in the case of liquid products;
(i) the minimum storage life, to be indicated in accordance with Article 5d (1);
[F3(j) the batch reference number;] ]
[F4(k) from 1 April 2001, the approval number allocated to the establishment in accordance with Article 5 of Council Directive 95/69/EC of 22 December 1995 laying down the conditions and arrangements for approving and registering certain establishments and intermediaries operating in the animal feed sector (1) or, as the case may be, the registration number allocated to the establishment in accordance with Article 10 of that Directive [F3.] ]
[F5 [F6(l) in the case of compound feedingstuffs other than those intended for pets, the indication ‘ the exact percentages by weight of feed materials used in this feedingstuff may be obtained from: … ’ (name or trade name, address or registered office, telephone number and e-mail address of the person responsible for the particulars referred to in this paragraph). This information shall be provided at the customer's request.] ]
[F12. Member States shall prescribe that compound feedingstuffs, when marketed in tankers or similar vehicles or in accordance with Article 4 (2), shall be accompanied by a document containing the particulars referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. For small quantities of feedingstuffs intended for the final user, these particulars may be brought to the purchaser's attention by means of an appropriate notice at the point of sale.
3. Member States shall prescribe that, in conjunction with the particulars listed in paragraph 1, only the following additional particulars may be put in the space referred to in paragraph 1:
the identification mark or trade mark of the person responsible for the labelling particulars;
the name or business name and the address or registered place of business of the manufacturer, if this is not the person responsible for the labelling particulars;
[F7. . . . .]
the country of production or manufacture;
the price of the product;
the description or trade name of the product;
[F7. . . . .]
where appropriate, particulars relating to the provisions of Article 14 (a);
an indication of the physical condition of the feedingstuff or the specific processing it has undergone;
where appropriate, the declarations of the analytical constituents in the cases provided for in Part A of the Annex;
the declarations provided for in Part B of the Annex in columns 1, 2 and 4;
the date of manufacture to be indicated in accordance with Article 5d (2).
4. Member States may, for feedingstuffs produced and marketed in their territories:
(a) permit the particulars specified in paragraph 1 (b) to (f) and (h) to be shown only in an accompanying document;
(b) prescribe an official code number enabling the manufacturer to be identified where the latter is not responsible for the labelling particulars.
5. Member States shall prescribe that:
(a) in the case of compound feedingstuffs constituted from no more than three [F2feed materials] , the particulars referred to in paragraph 1 (b) and (c) shall not be required where the [F2feed materials] used appear clearly in the description;
(b) in the case of whole grain mixes, the declarations referred to in paragraph 1 (e) and (f) shall not be required; they may, however, be provided;
(c) the descriptions ‘ complete feedingstuff ’ or ‘ complementary feedingstuff ’ in respect of feedingstuffs intended for pets other than dogs or cats may be replaced by the description ‘ compound feedingstuff ’ . In this case, the declarations required or allowed under this Article shall be those laid down for complete feedingstuffs;
[F3(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.]
6. For compound feedingstuffs for pets, the descriptions:
(a) in English ‘ compound feedingstuff ’ , ‘ complementary feedingstuff ’ , and ‘ complete feedingstuff ’ may be replaced by the descriptions ‘ compound pet food ’ , ‘ complementary pet food ’ ‘ and complete pet food ’ respectively;
(b) in Spanish ‘ pienso ’ may be replaced by the description ‘ alimento ’ ;
(c) in Dutch ‘ mengvoeder ’ , ‘ aanvullend diervoeder ’ and ‘ volledig diervoeder ’ may be replaced by the descriptions ‘ samengesteld voeder ’ , ‘ aanvullend samengesteld voeder ’ and ‘ volledig samengesteld voeder ’ respectively.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Council Directive 90/44/EEC of 22 January 1990.
F2 Inserted by Council Directive 96/24/EC of 29 April 1996.
F3 Substituted by Directive 2002/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 91/357/EEC.
F4 Substituted by Directive 2000/16/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 April 2000 amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs and Council Directive 96/25/EC on the circulation of feed materials.
F5 Inserted by Directive 2002/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 91/357/EEC.
[F4 OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 15 . Directive as last amended by Council Directive 1999/29/EC ( OJ L 115, 4.5.1999, p. 32 ).]
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