S.L. 437.68 ст. 3Approval of establishments.

(1) An establishment wishing to exercise one or more of the activities referred to in sub-rule (2) must receive approval for each of its activities. It may be decided not to approve establishments referred to in sub-rule (2)(f).

(2) To be approved by the competent authorities an establishment:

(a) manufacturing additives or products covered by Directive 82/471/EEC and referred to in Chapter I.1

(a) of the Schedule with a view to putting them into circulation, must meet the minimum conditions laid down in Chapter I.1 (b) of the said Schedule;

(b) manufacturing pre-mixtures prepared from additives referred to in Chapter I.2 (a) of the Schedule, with a view to putting them into circulation, must meet the minimum conditions laid down in Chapter I.2 (b) of the said Schedule;

(c) manufacturing compound feeding stuffs containing premixtures prepared from additives referred to in Chapter I.3 (a) of the Schedule, with a view to putting them into circulation, must meet the minimum conditions laid down in Chapter I.3 (b) of the Schedule;

(d) manufacturing compound feeding stuffs, with a view to putting them into circulation, from raw materials referred to in Article 5 of Directive 1999/29/EEC which contain high levels of undesirable substances or products, must meet the minimum conditions laid down in Chapter I.4 of the Schedule;

(e) producing, for the exclusive requirements of its holding, compound feeding stuffs containing pre-mixtures which include additives referred to in Chapter I.3 (a) of the Schedule must meet the minimum conditions laid down in Chapter I.3 (b) of the Schedule, with the exception of the requirements set out in point 7 thereof;

(f) producing, for the exclusive requirements of its holding, compound feeding stuffs which contain raw materials referred to in Article 5 of Directive 1999/29/ EEC containing high levels of undesirable substances or products, must meet the minimum conditions laid down in Chapter 1.4 of the Schedule, with the exception of the requirements set out in point 7 thereof.

(3) Approval shall be: - withdrawn if an establishment ceases its activities or if it is shown that it no longer fulfils an essential condition applicable to its activities and does not comply with that requirement within a reasonable time, - amended if the establishment has demonstrated its ability to engage in activities which are additional to those for which it was first approved or which replace them.