Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/647 of 2 April 2025 amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/913 and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1471 concerning the authorisation of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate, respectively with identification numbers 4d1 and 4d23, as feed additives for cats

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Article 1 Correction and amendment to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/913

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/913 is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2 Correction to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1471

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1471 is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3 Transitional measures

1.   The substance specified in Annexes I and II and premixtures containing that substance, which are intended for cats and which are produced and labelled before 23 October 2025 in accordance with the rules applicable before 23 April 2025 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 Annexes I and II, which are intended for cats and which are produced and labelled before 23 April 2027 in accordance with the rules applicable before 23 April 2025 may continue to be placed on the market and used until the existing stocks are exhausted.

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 feed 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 additive/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %

Category: zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (decrease in phosphorous excretion via urine)

4d1

Elanco GmbH

Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate

Additive composition

Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate

At least 85 % lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as active substance.

Characterisation of the active substance

Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate

La 2 (CO 3 ) 3* 8H 2 O

CAS number 6487-39-4

Analytical method

( 1 )

For the quantification of carbonate in the feed additive: Union method, introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009  ( 2 ) .

For the quantification of lanthanum in the feed additive and compound feed: Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES).

Cats

—

1 500

7 500

1.

In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and stability to heat treatment shall be indicated.

2.

The additive shall only be fed to adult cats.

3.

In the directions for use of the additive, the following shall be indicated:

‘For adult cats.

Avoid simultaneous use of feeds with high level of phosphorus.’.

4.

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 breathing protective equipment.

25 June 2029

( 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 .

( 2 )   Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed ( OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/152/oj ).

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

Identification number of the feed 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 additive/kg of complete feedingstuff with a moisture content of 12 %

Category: zootechnical additives. Functional group: other zootechnical additives (decrease in phosphorous excretion via urine)

4d23

Porus GmbH

Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate

Additive composition

Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate having at least 85 % lanthanum carbonate octahydrate as active substance.

Solid form.

Characterisation of the active substance

Lanthanum carbonate octahydrate

La 2 (CO 3 ) 3* 8H 2 O

CAS number 6487-39-4

Analytical method

( 1 )

For the quantification of carbonate in the feed additive: Union method, introduced by Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009  ( 2 ) .

For the quantification of lanthanum in the feed additive and compound feed: Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES).

Cats

—

1 500

7 500

1.

In the directions for use of the additive and premixtures, the storage conditions and stability to heat treatment shall be indicated.

2.

The additive shall only be fed to adult cats.

3.

In the directions for use of the additive, the following shall be indicated:

‘For adult cats.

Avoid simultaneous use of feeds with high level of phosphorus.’.

4.

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 breathing protective equipment.

26 September 2032

( 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 .

( 2 )   Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 of 27 January 2009 laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed ( OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/152/oj ).