9.

Where, on official inspection pursuant to Article 12, the composition of a compound feedingstuff is found to depart from the declared content, the following minimum tolerances shall be permitted, subject to Article 3: 9.1. Where the content recorded is less than the declared content: 9.1.0. Crude protein: 1·8 units for declared contents of 30 % or more, 6 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 30 % but not less than 15 %, 0·9 unit for declared contents of less than 15 %. 9.1.1. Soluble protein: 2·5 units for declared contents of 25 % or more, 10 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 25 % but not less than 15 %, 1·5 units for declared contents of less than 15 %. 9.1.2. Total sugar: 2 units for declared contents of 20 % or more, 10 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 20 % but not less than 10 %, 1 unit for declared contents of less than 10 %. 9.1.3. Starch: 2·5 units for declared contents of 25 % or more, 10 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 25 % but not less than 10 %, 1 unit for declared contents of less than 10 %. 9.1.4. Crude oils and fats: 1·5 units for declared contents of 15 % or more, 10 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 15 % but not less than 8 %, 0·8 unit for declared contents of less than 8 %. 9.1.5. Total phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium: 1·5 units for declared contents of 15 % or more, 10 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 15 % but not less than 1 %, 0·1 unit for declared contents of less than 1 %. 9.1.6. Methionine, lysine and cystine: 15 % of the declared content. 9.2. Where the content recorded is more than the declared content: 9.2.1. Moisture: 1 unit for declared contents of 10 % or more, 10 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 10 % but not less than 2 %, 0·2 unit for declared contents of less than 2 %. 9.2.2. Crude ash: 1 unit for declared contents of 10 % or more, 10 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 10 % but not less than 5 %, 0·5 unit for declared contents of less than 5 %. 9.2.3. Crude fibre: 1·2 units for declared contents of 8 % or more, 15 % of the declared content for declared contents of less than 8 %, but not less than 4 %, 0·6 unit for declared contents of less than 4 %. 9.2.4. Ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid: 10 % of the declared content for declared contents of 3 % or more, 0·3 unit for declared contents of less than 3 %. 9.3. Where the variation noted is in the opposite direction to those referred to respectively in 9.1 and 9.2: 9.3.1. - crude protein, crude oils and fats, total sugar, starch: tolerance twice that permitted for these substances in 9.1, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium, crude ash, crude fibre: tolerance three times that permitted for these substances in 9.1 and 9.2. --------------------------------------------------

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.