Compound feedingstuffs: marketing, tracing, labelling (amend. Directive 79/373/EEC)

With regard to the European Parliament's amendments at the second reading, the Commission accepted none of them. The amendments rejected by the Commission relate to: - an exact declaration of the amounts of all ingredients in compound feedingstuffs for production animals; - deletion of the reference to the exact compositon being provided 'voluntarily' by the manufacturer or compound feedingstuff; - a new recital calling on the Commission to put forward by the end of this year proposals for a positive list of feed materials; - imposition of an exact declaration of the amounts of all ingredients in compound feedingstuffs for production animals; - imposition of an exact declaration of the amounts of all ingredients in compound feedingstufs for production animals, rather than using certain percentage bands as in the common position; - deletion of the Annex laying down the percentage bands within which feed materials would be listed according to their percentages by weight. In conclusion, the Commission is not in agreement with any of the European Parliament's amendments to the common position.�