‘31. 1. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 27/35 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 22 January 1990 amending Directive 79/373/EEC on the marketing of compound feedingstuffs (90/44/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the -Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (%), Having regard to tﬁe opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Directive 79/373/EEC (%), .as last amended by Directive 87/235/EEC (%), lays down rules for the market- ing of compound feedingstuffs within the Community ; Whereas under present Community legislation -Member States may, in certain cases, waive the Community rules, particularly as regards labelling and the choice of ingredients ; Whereas, with a view to the completion of the internat market, all national derogations liable further to inhibit free movement of compound feedingstuffs -or creating unequal conditions of competition should be eliminated ; Whereas the most appropriate method of eliminating all present disparities relating to labelling rules is to fix — at Community level — a list of declarations which, in each: - . () OJ No C 178, 7. 7. 1988, p. 4 and O] No C 100, 21. 4. 1989, p. 10. (® OJ No C 12, 16. 1. 1989, p. 382. % O] No C 23, 20. 1. 1989, p. 10. (9 OJ No L 86, 6. 4. 1979, p. 30. () OJ No L 102, 14. 4. 1987, p. 54. case, must be given or may be given on a voluntary basis by the person responsible for labelling; Whereas, as regards labelling, the purpose of Directive 79/373/EEC is to ensure. that stock farmers are informed objectively and as. accurately as possible as to the compo- sition and use of feedingstuffs ; whereas it is important to ensure that the accuracy of the declarations made can be officially verified, in accordance with the relevant provi- sions laid down in the Directive, at all stages of marketing of the feedingstuffs ; Whereas the declaration of the ingredients in feeding- stuffs. constitutes, in certain cases, an important item of information for stock farmers ; Whereas the quantitative determination of the ingredients - in feedingstuffs for production animals raises at the present time, as regards  verification, difficulties, mainly because of the nature of the products used, of the - complexity of the mixtures made or the manufacturing methods adopted ; Whereas, accordingly, it is appropriate — at this stage — to prefer, at least for feedingstuffs for production animals, a flexible declaration arrangement confined to the indica- tion of the feedingstuff- ingredients without stating their quantity ; whereas the possibility must also be retained of creating categories making it possible to group undera single name several ingredients ; whereas, since categories of ingredients have already been established by Commis- sion Directive 82/475/EEC (%) for compound feedingstuffs intended for pets, similar provisions should. be adopted for the other feedingstuffs ; Whereas special provisions are needed for the labelling of feedingstuffs for pets to allow for the special character of this kind of feedingstuff; () OJ No L 213, 21. 7. 1982, p. 27.