Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2325 of 14 December 2017 concerning the authorisation of preparations of lecithins liquid, lecithins hydrolysed and lecithins de-oiled as feed additives for all animal species and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1007 (Text with EEA relevance. )
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Authorisation
The additives specified in Annex I belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘emulsifiers’, are authorised as additive in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1007
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1007 is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.
Transitional measures
1. The additives specified in Annex I and premixtures containing those additives which are produced and labelled before 4 July 2018 in accordance with the rules applicable before 4 January 2018 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted. 2. Compound feed and feed materials containing the additives as specified in Annex I which are produced and labelled before 4 January 2019 in accordance with the rules applicable before 4 January 2018 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for food-producing animals. 3. Compound feed and feed materials containing the additives as specified in Annex I which are produced and labelled before 4 January 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 4 January 2018 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted if they are intended for non-food-producing animals.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
ANNEX I 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 mg of lecithins/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % Category of technological additives. Functional group: emulsifiers 1c322i — lecithins liquid Additive composition Preparation of lecithins: phospholipids ≥ 48 %, Moisture ≤ 1 % Liquid form Characterisation of the active substance Liquid lecithins (CAS No 8002-43-5) extracted from rapeseeds, sunflower and/or soybean Analytical method ( 1 ) For the characterisation of feed additive: Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 ( 2 ) and the corresponding tests in the FAO JECFA monograph ‘Lecithin’ ( 3 ) ( 4 ) All animal species — — — 4 January 2028 1c322ii hydrolysed lecithins Additive composition preparation of hydrolysed lecithins: phospholipids ≥ 44 %, Moisture ≤ 1 % Liquid form Characterisation of the active substance Liquid hydrolysed lecithins (CAS No 8002-43-5) extracted from sunflowers and/or soybeans Analytical method ( 1 ) For the characterisation of feed additive: Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 ( 2 ) and the corresponding tests in the FAO JECFA monograph ‘Lecithin’ ( 3 ) ( 4 ) All animal species 4 January 2028 1c322iii — Lecithins de-oiled Additive composition Preparation of de-oiled lecithins having a minimum of: phospholipids ≥ 75 %, Moisture ≤ 2 % Solid form Characterisation of the active substance Solid de-oiled lecithins (CAS No 8002-43-5) extracted from sunflowers and/or soybeans and defatted by solvent extraction Analytical method ( 1 ) For the characterisation of feed additive: Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 ( 2 ) and the corresponding tests in the FAO JECFA monograph ‘Lecithin’ ( 3 ) ( 4 ) All animal species — — — 4 January 2028 ( 1 ) 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 ( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1 ). ( 3 ) FAO JECFA Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications, ‘Lecithin’, Monograph No 4 (2007), http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-additives/specs/monograph4/additive-250-m4.pdf ( 4 ) FAO JECFA Combined Compendium for Food Additive Specifications — Analytical methods, test procedures and laboratory solutions used by and referenced in the food additive specifications, Vol. 4, http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0691e/a0691e00.htm
ANNEX II ‘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 mg of lecithins/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % Category of technological additives. Functional group: emulsifiers 1c322 — Lecithins Additive composition Preparation of lecithins having a minimum of: — phospholipids ≥ 18 %, — lysophospholipids ≥ 11 %, Moisture ≤ 1 % Characterisation of the active substance Lecithins (CAS No 8002-43-5) extracted from soybeans Analytical method ( 1 ) For the characterisation of feed additive: Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 ( 2 ) and the corresponding tests in the FAO JECFA monograph “Lecithin” ( 3 ) ( 4 ) All animal species — — — = 6 July 2027 ’ ( 1 ) 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 ( 2 ) Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 of 9 March 2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 83, 22.3.2012, p. 1 ). ( 3 ) FAO JECFA Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications, “Lecithin”, Monograph No 4 (2007), http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-additives/specs/monograph4/additive-250-m4.pdf ( 4 ) FAO JECFA Combined Compendium for Food Additive Specifications — Analytical methods, test procedures and laboratory solutions used by and referenced in the food additive specifications, Vol. 4, http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0691e/a0691e00.htm
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