4. Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10.

Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

In order to achieve the objectives of Directive 2002/32/EC, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend Annexes I and II to that Directive to adapt them to technical progress and to supplement that Directive with acceptability criteria for detoxification processes. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. Accordingly, Directive 2002/32/EC is amended as follows: in Article 7(2), the first and second subparagraphs are replaced by the following: ‘2. An immediate decision shall be taken as to whether Annexes I and II should be amended. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a amending those Annexes. Where, in the case of those amendments, imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 10b shall apply to delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Article. The Member State may maintain the measures it has implemented as long as the Commission has not taken any decision.’; Article 8 is amended as follows: paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a amending Annexes I and II to adapt them to the scientific and technical developments. Where, in the case of those amendments, imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 10b shall apply to delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Article.’; in paragraph 2, the second indent is replaced by the following ‘— is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10a in order to supplement this Directive by defining acceptability criteria for detoxification processes as a complement to the criteria provided for products intended for animal feed which have undergone such processes.’; the following Articles are inserted: ‘Article 10a 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 7(2) and Article 8(1) and (2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 26 July 2019. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 7(2) and Article 8(1) and (2) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.’; . 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 7(2) and Article 8(1) and (2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months from the notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council. Article 10b 1. Delegated acts adopted under this Article shall enter into force without delay and shall apply as long as no objection is expressed in accordance with paragraph 2. The notification of a delegated act to the European Parliament and to the Council shall state the reasons for the use of the urgency procedure. 2. Either the European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 10a(6). In such case, the Commission shall repeal the act immediately following the notification of the decision to object by the European Parliament or by the Council. in Article 11, paragraphs 3 and 4 are deleted.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.