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Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed
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1.Where a Member State has grounds, based on new information or a reassessment of existing information made since the provisions in question were adopted, demonstrating that a maximum level fixed in Annex I or an undesirable substance not listed therein present a danger to animal or human health or to the environment, that Member State may provisionally reduce the existing maximum level, fix a maximum level or prohibit the presence of that undesirable substance in products intended for animal feed. It shall immediately inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof, stating the grounds for its decision.
[F12. An immediate decision shall be taken as to whether Annexes I and II should be amended. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a amending those Annexes.
Where, in the case of those amendments, imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 10b shall apply to delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Article.
The Member State may maintain the measures it has implemented as long as the Commission has not taken any decision.]
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F1 Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Text with EEA relevance).
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