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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/421 of 9 March 2021 concerning the authorisation of tincture derived from Artemisia vulgaris L. (mugwort tincture) as a feed additive for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance). Language(s): English, French and Spanish. Number of pages: 4 https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_1973_00_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_1973_00_f.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_1973_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. In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, an application was submitted for the authorisation of a tincture derived from Artemisia vulgaris L. (mugwort tincture) as a feed additive for all animal species. This application was accompanied by the particulars and documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003. The application concerns the authorisation of a tincture derived from Artemisia vulgaris L. (mugwort tincture) as a feed additive for all animal species. The applicant requested this additive to be classified in the additive category "sensory additives". The European Food Safety Authority ("the Authority") concluded in its opinions of 4 October 2019 and 1 July 2020 that, under the proposed conditions of use the tincture derived from Artemisia vulgaris L. (mugwort tincture) does not have adverse effects on animal health, consumer health or the environment. The Authority indicated that no conclusions can be drawn on the additive's potential to be a dermal/eye irritant or a skin sensitiser. Therefore, the Commission considers that appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on human health, in particular as regards the users of the additive. |
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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 |