Article 5

1. Member States shall prescribe that compound feedingstuffs may be marketed only if the particulars listed below, which shall be clearly visible, legible and indelible and for which the producer, packer, importer, seller or distributer established within the Community shall be held responsible, are set out in the package or container or on a label attached thereto: the description "compound feedingstuff"; the species or category of animal for which the compound feedingstuff is intended; the purpose for which the feedingstuff is intended; directions for use if this is not clear from the particulars referred to in (b) or (c); the declarations listed in section 5 of the Annex; the name or trade name and the address or registered office of the person responsible for the particulars referred to in this paragraph; the net weight; in the case of liquid products, the net volume or net weight. In the case of compound feedingstuffs constituted from no more than three ingredients, the particulars referred to in (b) and, where appropriate, (c) and (d) shall not be required if the ingredients used appear clearly in the description. 2. Member States shall prescribe that compound feedingstuffs marketed in tankers or similar vehicles or in accordance with Article 4 (2) shall be accompanied by a document containing the particulars referred to in paragraph 1. For small quantities of feedingstuffs intended for the final user, these particulars may be brought to the purchaser's attention by means of an appropriate notice. 3. Member States may prescribe that the particulars listed in paragraph 1 (b) to (e) and (g) may be shown in an accompanying document only. 4. Member States may require all or some of the following particulars only to be indicated: the type of compound feedingstuffs, where appropriate, instead of the description "compound feedingstuff"; the ingredients; the declarations provided for in sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Annex; the date of manufacture; the net weight when (originally) packaged instead of the net weight laid down in 1 (g) above; milk powder content for suckler feeds, and cereal content of compound feedingstuffs; in this case particulars of the other ingredients as required in Article 5 (7) shall not be necessary. 5. Member States shall prescribe that the following particulars only may be put on the package, container, label or accompanying document of compound feedingstuffs, in conjunction with the particulars listed in paragraph 1: the identification mark or trade mark of the person responsible for the particulars referred to in this paragraph; the batch number; the final date for keeping the product; the country of production or manufacture; the price of the product; directions for use, where not required by paragraph 1; the declarations listed in point 7 of the Annex. 6. Member States may prescribe that the following particulars only may also be put on the package, container, label or accompanying document of compound feedingstuffs, in conjunction with the particulars listed in paragraph 1: the name or trade name and the address or registered office of the manufacturer where the latter is not responsible for the labelling particulars; the trade name of the product; the ingredients; where appropriate, particulars relating to the provisions of Article 14 (a); the date of manufacture; the declarations listed in point 8 of the Annex. 7. Where particulars of the ingredients are given, all the ingredients present shall be listed, either by giving the quantities of each ingredient or in descending order of their proportion in the compound feedingstuff. Member States may prescribe the use of one of these two forms of indication, but not both. Where no measures have been adopted pursuant to Article 10 (b), Member States may group ingredients together by category or maintain existing categories and permit particulars of ingredients to be replaced by those relating to categories. 8. Any other information appearing on packaging, containers, labels and accompanying documents shall be shown separately from the particulars referred to in paragraphs 1 to 7.

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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.