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. )

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2325
• Articles: 6

Article 1 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.

Article 2 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.

Article 3 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.

Article 4 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 .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

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

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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 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

—

—

—

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6 July 2027

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( 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