Circulation of compound feedingstuffs

The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the draft by Friedrich GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, DE) approving the proposal to correct Directive 2002/2/EC, subject to a few amendments to the recitals. Parliament stated that the Council and the European Parliament are not at present making more far-reaching amendments to the basic legal act, as the Commission has promised, as part of the simplification programme, to draw up proposals by mid-2007 to overhaul feed legislation. They anticipate that the issue of the so-called 'open declaration' of ingredients will be fully reviewed in this connection, and expect new proposals from the Commission taking account both of the interest of farmers in being provided with precise, detailed information on the feed materials contained in feedingstuffs and the interest of the industry in ensuring that business secrets are adequately protected.

Furthermore, Article 1(5) of Directive 2002/2/EC, which added to Article 12 of Directive 79/373/EEC a new sub-paragraph, already provides for an obligation of manufacturers of compound feedingstuffs to make available to the authorities responsible for carrying out official inspections, on request, any document concerning the composition of feedingstuffs intended to be put into circulation which enables the accuracy of the information given by the labelling to be verified.