4. 11. 92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 319/19 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 92/87/EEC of 26 October 1992 ’ establishing a non-exclusive list of the main ingredients normally used and marketed for the preparation of compound feedingstuffs intended for animals other than pets - THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euroiaean 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 (b) thereof, Whereas a nomenclature of goods meeting the require- ments of both the Common Customs Tariff and the Community’s external trade statistics was introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (%); Whereas, as regards labelling, the purpose of Directive 79/373/EEC is to ensure that stockfarmers are informed objectively and as accurately as possible ; Whereas the declaration of the ingredients in feeding- stuffs constitutes, in certain cases, an important item of information for stockfarmers ; Whereas Directive 79/373/EEC provides for two forms of declaration of the ingredients of compound feedingstuffs for animals other than pets; Whereas, in accordance with Directive 79/373/EEC, as amended by Directive 90/44/EEC (%), and in view of progress in scientific and technical knowledge, a non-ex- clusive list should be drawn up of the main ingredients () OJ No L 86, 6. 4. 1979, p. 30. () OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 48. () OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 27, 31. 1. 1990, p. 3. normally used and marketed for the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs for animals other than pets with a view to abolishing barriers to intra-Community trade ; Whereas the list should establish a common name and description for each ingredient and may, in certain cases, establish minimum compositional requirements ; Whereas a level of botanical purity and a definition of what is to be understood by botanical impurities must be determined in order for individual ingredients to be distinguished from mixtures ; Whereas establishing a glossary describing the main manufacturing processes enables numerous repetitions to be avoided ; Whereas ingredients included on the abovementioned list may be declared as such only under the names speci- fied and on condition that they correspond to the descrip- tions therein and any compositional requirements which may be laid down; Whereas, in accordance with Directive 79/373/EEC, the list of ingredients which may be used in the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs cannot be exhaustive ; whereas Member States are accordingly required to allow ingre- dients other than those on the list to be marketed provided that such products are of sound, genuine and merchantable quality and that they are declared using names other than those listed in the Annex which cannot mislead the purchaser; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs,