Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1417 of 20 August 2015 concerning the authorisation of diclazuril as a feed additive for rabbits for fattening and for breeding (holder of the authorisation Huvepharma NV) (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1417
• Articles: 3

Article 1 Authorisation

The preparation specified in the Annex belonging to the additive category ‘coccidiostats and histomonostas’, is authorised as an additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Identification number of the additive

Name of the holder of authorisation

Additive

Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method

Species or category of animal

Maximum age

Minimum content

Maximum content

Other provisions

End of period of authorisation

Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) in the relevant foodstuffs of animal origin

mg of active substance/kg of complete feeding stuff with a moisture content of 12 %

Coccidiostats and histomonostats

51775

Huvepharma NV

Diclazuril 0,5 g/100 g (Coxiril)

Additive composition

Preparation of:

Diclazuril: 5 g/kg.

Starch: 15 g/kg.

Wheat meal: 700 g/kg.

Calcium carbonate: 280 g/kg.

Characterisation of the active substance

Diclazuril, C 17 H 9 Cl 3 N 4 O 2 , (±)-4-chlorophenyl[2,6-dichloro-4- (2,3,4,5- tetrahydro-3,5-dioxo-1,2,4-triazin-2- yl)phenyl]acetonitrile,

CAS number: 101831-37-2.

Impurity D  ( 1 ) : ≤ 0,1 %.

Any other single impurity: ≤ 0,5 %.

Total impurities: ≤ 1,5 %.

Analytical method

( 2 )

For determination of diclazuril in feed: reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using Ultraviolet detection at 280nm (Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009  ( 3 ) ).

Rabbits

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1.

The additive shall be incorporated in compound feed in the form of a premixture.

2.

Diclazuril shall not be mixed with other coccidiostats.

3.

For safety: breathing protection, glasses and gloves shall be used during handling.

4.

Use prohibited at least two days before slaughter.

5.

A post market monitoring programme concerning the resistance to Eimeria spp. shall be carried out by the holder of authorisation during the latter part of the period of the authorisation.

10 September 2025

Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010  ( 4 )

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2 500 μg diclazuril/kg of wet liver.

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1 000 μg diclazuril/kg of wet kidney.

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150 μg diclazuril/kg of wet muscle.

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300 μg diclazuril/kg of wet skin/fat.)

( 1 )   European Pharmacopoeia monograph 1718 (Diclazuril for Veterinary use).

( 2 )   Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports.

( 3 )   Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed ( OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1 ).

( 4 )   Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 of 22 December 2009 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification regarding maximum residue limits in foodstuffs of animal origin ( OJ L 15, 20.1.2010, p. 1 ).