9. 10. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 281/23 COMMISSION DECISION of 9 September 1991 establishing a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited in compound feedingstuffs (91/516/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, : ’ Having regard to Council Directive 79/373/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the marketing of compound feeding- stuffs ("), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC (3), and in particular Article 10 (c) thereof, Whereas Directive 79/373/EEC applies without prejudice to, inter alia, Council Directive 82/471/EEC of 30 June 1982 concerning certain products used in animal nutri- tion (), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC; whereas this latter Directive provides that such products which fulfil its requirements may be marketed as feeding- stuffs or incorporated in feedingstuffs ; Whereas Council Directive 74/63/EEC of 17 December 1973 concerning undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition (), as last amended by Directive 91/126/EEC (%), is concerned only with those substances and products whose presence it is impossible to exclude totally from feedingstuffs and its constituents; whereas this Directive applies without prejudice to other Commu- nity provisions on feedingstuffs ; Whereas Member States were, until now, able to require that compound feedingstuffs marketed on their territories be free of certain ingredients; Whereas it is necessary to remove the barriers to intra- Community trade resulting from such restrictions by adopting, at Community level, a list of ingredients whose use as such should be prohibited ; Whereas the use in feedingstuffs of protein products obtained from Candida yeasts cultivated on n-alkanes has already been prohibited by Commission Decision 85/382/EEC () ; Whereas veterinary legislation regulates the eradication and control of certain animal diseases within the Community ; in particular Council Directive 90/667/EEC (), veterinary rules for the disposal and processing of animal waste, for its placing on the market and for the prevention of pathogens in feedingstuffs of animal origin ; () OJ No L 38, 11. 2. 1974, p. 31. 0J No L 60, 7. 3. 1991, p. 16. () OJ No L 217, 10. 7. 1985, p. 27. () OJ No L 363, 27. 12. 1990, p. S1. whereas Member States are still authorized to take, on a provisional basis, certain eradication measures at national level ; ’ Whereas Directive 79/373/EEC provides that a list of ingredients whose use is prohibited for animal and public health reasons shall be established in the light of advances in scientific and technical knowledge ; Whereas this list reflects the situation at the moment of its establishment and remains open to later amendments and additions ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Feedingstuffs, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The use of the ingredients listed in the Annex is prohi- bited in compound feedingstuffs. Article 2 This Decision applies without prejudice to the provisions on micro-organisms in feedingstuffs, to the national measures referred to in Article 1 (2) of Council Directive 90/667/EEC, and to Articles 16 and 20 of that Directive. Article 3 This Decision shall apply from 22 January 1992. Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 September 1991. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission