
Article 1 
Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.
Article 2 
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 November 2010 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 3 
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 February 2010.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX

Annex I to Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows:

1.. Row 4, Mercury, is replaced by the following:

Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
(1) (2) (3)

‘4. Mercury
 Feed materials 0,1
with the exception of: 

— feedingstuffs produced from fish or by the processing of fish or other aquatic animals,
 0,5

— calcium carbonate.
 0,3
Compound (complementary and complete) feedingstuffs 0,1
with the exception of: 

— mineral feed,
 0,2

— compound feedingstuffs for fish,
 0,2

— compound feedingstuffs for dogs, cats and fur animals.
 0,3


2.. Row 5, Nitrites, is replaced by the following:

Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
(1) (2) (3)

‘5. Nitrites
 Feed materials 15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
with the exception of: 

— fishmeal,
 30 (expressed as sodium nitrite)

— silage.
 —
Complete feedingstuffs 15 (expressed as sodium nitrite)
with the exception of: 

— complete feedingstuffs for dogs and cats with a moisture content exceeding 20 %.
 —’
3.. Row 9, Free gossypol is replaced by the following:

Undesirable substances Products intended for animal feed Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) relative to a feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %
(1) (2) (3)

‘9. Free gossypol
 Feed materials 20
with the exception of: 

— cottonseed,
 5 000

— cottonseed cakes and cottonseed meal.
 1 200
Complete feedingstuffs 20
with the exception of: 

— complete feedingstuffs for adult cattle,
 500

— complete feedingstuffs for sheep (except lambs and goats (except kids),
 300

— complete feedingstuffs for poultry (except laying hens) and calves,
 100

— complete feedingstuffs for rabbits, lambs, kids and pigs (except piglets).
 60’
4.. Row 32, ‘Mowrah, Bassia, Madhuca – Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (= Bassia longifolia L. = Illiped malabrorum Engl.) Madhuca indica Gmelin (= Bassia latifolia Roxb.) = Illipe latifolia (Roscb.) F. Mueller)’ is deleted.
