S.I. No. 275/1996 - European Communities (Feeding Stuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996

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.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illipe malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia Roxb. = Illipe latifolia (Roxb.) F. Mueller)

All feedingstuffs

Seeds and fruit of the plant species listed opposite as well as their processed derivatives may only be present in feedingstuffs in trace amounts not quantitatively determinable

6. Purghera Jatropha curcas L.

7. Croton Croton tiglium L.

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

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

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Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0.5 mg per 1% of the phosphorus content

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Member States may also prescribe a maximum cadmium content of 0.75 mg per 1% of the phosphorus content

Given under my Official Seal this 19th day of September, 1996

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Ivan Yates

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry

Explanatory Note

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Feedingstuffs) (Tolerances of Undesirable Substances and Products) Regulations, 1989 so as to give effect to Commission Directive No. 96/6/EC of 16 February, 1996 which amends the maximum permitted levels for aflatoxin B

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in complete feedingstuffs for dairy cows.

S.I. No. 275 of 1996.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FEEDING STUFFS) (TOLERANCES OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES AND PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1996

I, Ivan Yates, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Communities Act, 1972

(No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving effect to Commission Directive No. 96/6/EC of 16 February, 1996

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and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17 December, 1973

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as amended, hereby make the following Regulations

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OJ No L 49, 28. 2. 1996, p. 29.

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OJ No L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31.