Commission Regulation (EC) No 479/2006 of 23 March 2006 as regards the authorisation of certain additives belonging to the group compounds of trace elements (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 479/2006
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The preparations belonging to the group ‘Compounds of trace elements’, as specified in the Annex, are authorised for use without a time-limit as additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

EC No

Element

Additive

Chemical formula and description

Maximum content of the element in mg kg -1 of the complete feedingstuff

Other provisions

End of period of authorisation

E4

Copper — Cu

Cupric chelate of glycine hydrate

Cu (x) 1-3 . nH 2 O

(x = anion of synthetic glycine)

Pigs

—

piglets up to 12 weeks: 170 (total)

—

other pigs: 25 (total)

Bovine

1.

bovine before the start of rumination:

—

milk replacers: 15 (total)

—

other complete feedingstuffs: 15 (total)

2.

other bovine: 35 (total)

Ovine: 15 (total)

Fish: 25 (total)

Crustaceans: 50 (total)

Other species: 25 (total)

The following declarations shall be inserted in the labelling and accompanying documents:

—

For sheep:

Where the level of copper in feedingstuffs exceed 10 mg kg -1 : ‘the level of copper in this feedingstuff may cause poisoning in certain breeds sheep’

—

For bovines after the start of rumination:

Where the level of copper in feedingstuffs is less than 20 mg kg -1 : ‘the level of copper in this feedingstuff may cause copper deficiencies in cattle grazing pastures with high contents of molybdenum or sulphur’

Without a time limit

E5

Manganese — Mn

Manganese chelate of glycine hydrate

Mn (x) 1-3 . nH 2 O

(x = anion of synthetic glycine)

Fish: 100 (total)

Other species: 150 (total)

Without a time limit

E6

Zinc — Zn

Zinc chelate of glycine hydrate

Zn (x) 1-3 . nH 2 O

(x = anion of synthetic glycine)

Pet animals: 250 (total)

Fish: 200 (total)

Milk replacers: 200 (total)

Other species: 150 (total)

Without a time limit

No (or EC No)

Element

Additive

Chemical formula and description

Maximum content of the element in mg kg -1 of the complete feedingstuff or in mg/day

Other provisions

End of period of authorisation

E1

Iron — Fe

Ferrous chelate of glycine, hydrate

Fe(x) 1-3 . nH 2 O

(x = anion of synthetic glycine)

Ovine: 500 (total) mg kg -1 of the complete feedingstuff

Pet animals: 1 250 (total) mg kg -1 of the complete feedingstuff

Pigs:

—

piglets up to one week before weaning: 250 mg/day

—

other pigs: 750 (total) mg kg -1 of the complete feedingstuff

Other species: 750 (total) mg kg -1 of the complete feedingstuff

Without a time limit