Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1965 of 26 November 2019 concerning the authorisation of sodium molybdate dihydrate as feed additive for sheep (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1965
• Articles: 4

Article 1 Authorisation

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

Article 2 Transitional measures

1.   Sodium molybdate dihydrate and premixtures containing that substance, which are produced and labelled before 18 June 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 December 2019 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

2.   Feed materials and compound feed containing sodium molybdate dihydrate which are produced and labelled before 18 December 2020 in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 December 2019 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 sodium molybdate dihydrate which are produced and labelled before 18 December 2021 in accordance with the rules applicable before 18 December 2019 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 3 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

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

Content of element (Mo) in mg/kg of complete feed with a moisture content of 12 %

Category of nutritional additives. Functional group: compounds of trace elements

3b701

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Sodium molybdate dihydrate

Additive composition:

Sodium molybdate dihydrate as a powder with a minimum content of 37 % molybdenum.

Characterisation of the active substance:

Chemical formula: Na 2 MoO 4 . 2 H 2 O

CAS number: 10102-40-6

Analytical methods

( 1 ) :

For the quantification of total molybdenum in the feed additive, premixtures, feed materials and compound feed:

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EN 15510: Inductively Coupled Plasma — Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP- AES)

For the quantification of total sodium in the feed additive:

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EN 15510: Inductively Coupled Plasma — Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP- AES); or

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EN ISO 6869: Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)

Sheep

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2,5 (total)

1.

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

2.

For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and appropriate organisational measures to address the potential risks by dermal or eyes contact. Where risks cannot be reduced to an acceptable level by those procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with appropriate personal protective equipment.

3.

The labelling of the additive and premixtures shall indicate the following:

‘Molybdenum supplementation in sheep feed shall result in a Cu:Mo ratio in the diet in the range of 3-10, in order to guarantee an adequate balance with copper’.

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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/eurl/feed-additives/evaluation-reports