Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

5.12. Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (1) U.K.

As regards Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, the Commission should be empowered in particular to establish, as a result of technological progress or scientific development, additional feed additive categories and functional groups, to adopt amendments to Annex III and to the general conditions of Annex IV to take technological progress and scientific development into account and to adopt amendments to Annex II. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, inter alia, by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Article 3(5) shall be replaced by the following:

‘5. Where necessary, as a result of technological progress or scientific development, the Commission may adapt the general conditions set out in Annex IV. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3).’;

2.

Article 6(3) shall be replaced by the following:

‘3. Where necessary, as a result of technological progress or scientific development, the Commission shall establish additional feed additive categories and functional groups. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3).’;

3.

the second subparagraph of Article 7(5) shall be replaced by the following:

‘After the Authority has been consulted, further rules for the implementation of this Article may be established.

Rules to allow for simplified provisions for the authorisation of additives which have been authorised for use in food shall be laid down by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3).

Other implementing rules may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 22(2). Those rules should, where appropriate, differentiate between requirements for feed additives in respect of food-producing animals and requirements in respect of other animals, in particular pets.’;

4.

Article 16(6) shall be replaced by the following:

‘6. The Commission may adopt amendments to Annex III to take technological progress and scientific development into account. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3).’;

5.

the third paragraph of Article 21 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Detailed rules for implementing Annex II shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

Annex II may be amended by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 22(3).’;

6.

Article 22(3) shall be replaced by the following:

‘3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’.

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OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29.