S.I. No. 246/1977 - European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1977.

1. Apricot-Prunus armeniaca L.

2. Bitter almond-Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Focke(=Prunus amygdalus Batsch var. amara (DC.) Focke)

3. Unhusked beech mast-Fagus silvatica L.

4. Camelina—Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz

5. Mowrah, bassia, madhuca-Madhuca longifolia (L.) Mac br. (=Bassia longifolia L.=Illipe mal brorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin(=Bassia latifolia Roxb. =Illipe latifolia (Roxb.) F. Mueller).

6. Purghera-Jatropha curcas L.

7. Croton-Croton tig lium L.

8. Indian mustard Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. integrifolia (West.) Thell

C. Botanical impurities

9. Sareptian mustard-Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp juncea.

10. Chinese mustard-Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss. ssp. juncea var. lutea Batalin

11. Black mustard-Brassica nigra (L.) Koch

12. Ethiopian mustard-Brassica carinata A. Braun

GIVEN, under my Official Seal, this 2nd day of August, 1977.

JAMES GIBBONS,

Minister for Agriculture.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations, which implement the provisions of EEC Directives 74/63/EEC, 76/14/EEC and 76/934/EEC, fix the maximum permitted levels of certain undesirable substances and products in animal feeding stuffs which are (a) sold, supplied, offered, exposed or kept for sale or otherwise placed on the market; (b) used to feed livestock; and (c) kept for such feeding.

I, JAMES GIBBONS, Minister for Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act, 1972

(No. 27 of 1972), for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive No. 74/63/EEC of 17th December, 1973, as amended, hereby make the following regulations