(a) after the definition of "daily ration" there shall be inserted the following definitions-

" "EC approved Article 2.2(d) establishment" means an establishment listed on a register of approved establishments, maintained by a competent authority in a Member State, in implementation of Article 5 of the Establishments Directive, as an establishment on which a compound feeding stuff, of any kind the manufacture of which is regulated by Article 2.2(d) of that Directive, may be manufactured with a view to putting it into circulation;
"EC approved Article 2.2(f) establishment" means an establishment listed on a register of approved establishments, maintained by a competent authority in a Member State, in implementation of Article 5 of the Establishments Directive, as an establishment on which a compound feeding stuff, of any kind the production of which is regulated by Article 2.2(f) of that Directive, may be produced for the exclusive requirements of the producer's holding;
"EC permitted Article 2.2(d) establishment" means an establishment located in a Member State (other than an EC approved Article 2.2(d) establishment or an establishment which a competent authority in the Member State has declined to approve as such an establishment) if-
(a) a compound feeding stuff, of any kind the manufacture of which is regulated by Article 2.2(d) of the Establishments Directive, was being manufactured on the establishment, with a view to putting it into circulation, on 1st April 1998, and

(b) before 1st September 1998, an application (which is pending) in respect of the establishment, was made to a competent authority in the Member State, in accordance with any requirements in the Member State for the making of such applications, to approve the establishment, pursuant to the Establishments Directive, as an establishment on which a compound feeding stuff of any such kind may be manufactured with a view to putting it into circulation;


"EC permitted Article 2.2(f) establishment" means an establishment located in a Member State (other than an EC approved Article 2.2(f) establishment or an establishment which a competent authority in the Member State has declined to approve as such an establishment) if-
(a) a compound feeding stuff, of any kind the manufacture of which is regulated by Article 2.2(f) of the Establishments Directive, was being produced on the establishment, for the exclusive requirements of the producer's holding, on 1st April 1998, and

(b) before 1st September 1998, an application (which is pending) in respect of the establishment, was made to a competent authority in the Member State, in accordance with any requirements in the Member State, in accordance with any requirements in the Member State for the making of such applications, to approve the establishment, pursuant to the Establishments Directive, as an establishment on which a compound feeding stuff of any such kind may be produced for the exclusive requirements of the producer's holding;";



(b) after the definition of "energy value" there shall be inserted the following definitions-

(a) in so far as it relates to farmed and pet animals, Article 8(a) of Council Directive 96/25/EC on the circulation of feed materials, amending Directives 70/524/EEC, 74/63/EEC, 82/471/EEC and 93/74/EEC and repealing Directive 77/101/EEC (OJ No. L125, 23.5.96, p.35);

(b) in so far as it relates to farmed and pet animals, Article 5(2)(a) of Council Directive 1999/29/EC on the undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition (OJ No. L115, 4.5. 99, p.32) which provision is substituted for that contained in Article 18 of Council Directive 95/69/EC (OJ No. L332, 30.12.95, p.15); and

(c) Annexes I and II of Council Directive 1999/29/EC, which are substituted for Annexes I and II of Commission Directive 97/8/EC (OJ No. L48, 19.2.97, p.22).

In addition to making minor and drafting changes, the Regulations amend the principal Regulations by-

(a) substituting for the references in regulation 15 and Schedule 5 to "straight feeding stuffs" and "ingredients", references to "feed materials", so as to replicate the references to "feed materials" in Articles 2(b), 3, 5, 7 and 12(3) of Council Directive 1999/29/EC (regulations 4(a) and (b) and 5);

(b) adding a new Chapter, designated "Chapter B", in Part II of Schedule 5, and consequentially placing existing entries in that Part under the heading "Chapter A" (regulation 5(b));

(c) modifying the provisions in regulation 15(4) relating to sale etc. of ingredients (now re-designated "feed materials") specified in Part II of Schedule 5, as regards the identities of the feed materials concerned and of those to whom they may be supplied (regulation 4(a)); and

(d) deleting regulation 15(8), which exempted from regulation 15(1) to (5) certain categories of substance (regulation 4(c)).