Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2330 of 14 December 2017 concerning the authorisation of Iron(II) carbonate, Iron(III) chloride hexahydrate, Iron(II) sulphate monohydrate, Iron(II) sulphate heptahydrate, Iron(II) fumarate, Iron(II) chelate of amino acids hydrate, Iron(II) chelate of protein hydrolysates and Iron(II) chelate of glycine hydrate as feed additives for all animal species and of Iron dextran as feed additive for piglets and amending Regulations (EC) No 1334/2003 and (EC) No 479/2006 (Text with EEA relevance. )

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2330
• Articles: 7

Article 1 Authorisation

The substances specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’, are authorised as feed additives in animal nutrition, subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.

Article 2 Special conditions of use

The authorised substances specified in the Annex as additives belonging to the additive category ‘nutritional additives’ and to the functional group ‘compounds of trace elements’ shall not be used in water for drinking.

Article 3 Denial

The authorisation for ferric oxide is hereby denied and the substance shall no longer be used as nutritional feed additive.

Article 4 Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003, from the entry E1 on the element Iron-Fe the following additives, their chemical formulas and descriptions are deleted: ‘Ferric chloride hexahydrate’, ‘Ferrous carbonate’, ‘Ferrous chelate of amino acids hydrate’, ‘Ferrous fumarate’, ‘Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate’, ‘Ferrous sulphate monohydrate’ and ‘Ferric oxide’.

Article 5 Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 479/2006

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 479/2006, the entry E1 on the additive ‘Ferrous chelate of glycine, hydrate’ is deleted.

Article 6 Transitional measures

1.   The substances ‘Ferric chloride hexahydrate’, ‘Ferrous carbonate’, ‘Ferrous chelate of amino acids hydrate’, ‘Ferrous chelate of glycine hydrate’, ‘Ferrous fumarate’, ‘Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate’, ‘Ferric oxide’ and ‘Ferrous sulphate monohydrate’ as authorised by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1334/2003 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 479/2006, and premixtures containing those substances, 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.   Feed materials and compound feed containing the substances referred to in paragraph 1 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.   Feed materials and compound feed containing the substances referred to in paragraph 1 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 7 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 .