NOTIFICATION
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Agency responsible: European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate-General |
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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Preparation of a kind used in animal nutrition (HS Code: 2309) |
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: |
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Title of the notified document: Commission Implemening Regulation 2021/420 of 9 March 2021 correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1097 concerning the authorisation of lutein-rich and lutein/zeaxanthin extracts from Tagetes erecta as feed additives for poultry (except turkeys) for fattening and laying and for minor poultry species for fattening and laying (Text with EEA relevance). Language(s): English, French and Spanish. Number of pages: 5 https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_1972_00_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_1972_00_f.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_1972_00_s.pdf |
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Description of content: Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition and for the grounds and procedures for granting such authorisation. Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provides for the re-evaluation of additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC and Article 4 for the authorisation of a new use of an additive. Lutein-rich and lutein/zeaxanthin extracts from Tagetes erecta were authorised by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1097 concerning the authorisation of lutein-rich and lutein/zeaxanthin extracts from Tagetes erecta as feed additives for poultry (except turkeys) for fattening and laying and for minor poultry species for fattening and laying. The European Food Safety Authority ("the Authority") concluded in its opinion of 3 April 2019 that the maximum proposed use level of 80 mg total carotenoids/kg of complete feed for lutein-rich and lutein/zeaxanthin extracts is safe for poultry for fattening (except turkeys), minor poultry for fattening, poultry for laying (except turkeys) and minor poultry for laying. By mistake, the heading of the sixth and seventh columns of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1097 refers to "mg of active substance of kg of complete feeding stuff with a moisture content of 12 %". That reference is not correct as the EFSA opinion refers to the "total carotenoids". It is therefore appropriate to correct the heading of the sixth and seventh columns of the table in the Annex to that Implementing Regulation to reflect the wording appearing in the EFSA opinion of 3 April 2019. The references to "poultry for fattening (except turkeys)" and "poultry for laying, (except turkeys)" have been modified to "chickens for fattening" and "laying hens". This change does not affect or modify the categories of animals currently authorised, as the term "poultry" covers turkeys for laying and fattening, chickens for fattening and laying hens. Therefore, it is more appropriate to refer directly to chickens for fattening and laying hens. |
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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests. |
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard: [X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text): Code of practice on Good Animal Feeding CAC/RCP 54-2004 [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number): [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number): [ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard: |
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: |
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 9 March 2021 Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 10 March 2021 |
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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. |
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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: European Commission DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 |
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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: European Commission DG Health and Food Safety, Unit D2-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090 |