Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1185 of 24 April 2024 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of orthophosphoric acid as a feed additive for all animal species and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1055/2013
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Renewal of the authorisation
The authorisation of the substance specified in the Annex, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘preservatives’, is renewed subject to the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Repeal of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1055/2013
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1055/2013 is repealed.
Transitional measures
1. The substance specified in the Annex and premixtures containing that substance which are produced and labelled before 15 November 2024 in accordance with the rules applicable before 15 May 2024 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted. 2. Compound feed and feed materials containing the substance specified in the Annex, which are produced and labelled before 15 May 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 15 May 2024 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 substance specified in the Annex, which are produced and labelled before 15 May 2026 in accordance with the rules applicable before 15 May 2024 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 Identification number of the additive 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/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 % Category: technological additives. Functional group: preservatives 1a338 Orthophosphoric acid Additive composition Orthophosphoric acid (67 %–85,7 %) w/w (aqueous solution) Volatile acid: ≤ 10 mg/kg (as acetic acid) Chlorides: ≤ 200 mg/kg (as chlorine) Sulphates: ≤ 1 500 mg/kg (as CaSO 4 ) ————————— Characterisation of the active substance Orthophosphoric acid H 3 PO 4 CAS No 7664-38-2 ————————— Analytical method ( 1 ) For the determination of orthophosphoric acid in the feed additive: titration with sodium hydroxide (JECFA Monograph ‘phosphoric acid’) For the determination of total phosphorus in premixtures: method based on Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 (Annex III) All animal species - - - 1. The content of phosphorus shall be indicated on the label of the additive and premixtures. 2. For users of the additive and premixtures, feed business operators shall establish operational procedures and organisational measures to address potential risks resulting from their use. Where those risks cannot be eliminated by such procedures and measures, the additive and premixtures shall be used with personal skin, eye and breathing protective equipment. 15 May 2034 ( 1 ) Details of the analytical methods are available at the following address of the Reference Laboratory: https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/eurl-fa-eurl-feed-additives/eurl-fa-authorisation/eurl-fa-evaluation-reports_en .
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