Explanatory note

the incorporation as additives of certain enzymes and micro-organisms into material sold or used as a feeding stuff, and their sale for such incorporation are made lawful, subject to compliance with specified conditions, and pending assessment of dossiers which, in accordance with Council Directive 93/113, are to be prepared by the producers and submitted to Member States and the European Commission (regulation 3);

the provisions of regulation 13(1) of the principal Regulations are extended to provide that additives other than those referred to in paragraph (a) above may be sold for the purpose of incorporation in feeding stuffs only if the additives are referred to in Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (regulation 3(a));

the incorporation of certain enzymes in feeding stuffs and their sale for such incorporation are made lawful by including those enzymes in Schedule 4 to the principal Regulations (regulation 4(2)(a) and (f));

detailed requirements are laid down for the labelling of the additives referred to in paragraphs (a) and (c) above, and of their premixtures and the feeding stuffs into which they are incorporated (regulation 4(1)(a)(i) and (iii), (4)(c)-(e) and (5));

Schedules 4 and 5 to the principal Regulations, which relate respectively to permitted additives in feeding stuffs and to prescribed limits for undesirable substances in feeding stuffs, are amended (regulation 4(2)(b)-(e) and (3)).