Additives in feedingstuffs (amend. direct. 70/524/EEC)

This proposal sought to amend Directive No 70/524/EEC on additives in feedingstuffs, to adapt the provisions on the authorisation procedure to the new current principles which require that licences to bring into circulation high-technology additives of very precise composition be granted to specific responsible individuals. In this way recent problems due to the introduction into the Community of poor copies of additives originating in non-Member States would be avoided in future. With the same objective of protecting public health, a regular reassessment of the lists of additives was proposed. In addition, to avoid problems of distortion of competition due to frequent delays in the transposition of directives and any disputes between Member States arising out of national licensing procedures, it was suggested that new additives be licensed by a decision, and that provisional licensing of additives meeting a minimum set of conditions be extended to the whole of the Community. This mechanism would be introduced at the end of a transitional system, described in the proposal. �