NOTIFICATION
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Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION If applicable, name of local government involved: |
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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): Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS code(s): 2309) |
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: [X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: |
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Title of the notified document: Draft Commission Implementing Regulation concerning the authorisation of celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolens L. and caraway essential oil from Carum carvi L. as feed additives for certain animal species. (Text with EEA relevance). Language(s): English. Number of pages: 6+6 https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/EEC/25_03542_00_e.pdf https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/EEC/25_03542_01_e.pdf |
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Description of content: The draft act concerns the authorisation as "flavouring compound" of celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolens L. and caraway essential oil from Carum carvi L. within the scope of the EU legislation on feed additives, i.e. Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003. The measure aims at authorising these additives for turkeys for fattening, chickens for fattening and minor poultry for fattening, all poultry reared for laying or breeding, ornamental birds, all poultry for laying or breeding, pigs for fattening, pigs for fattening of minor Suidae, piglets (suckling and weaned) of all Suidae, all Suidae for reproduction, calves for fattening, sheep and goats, cattle for fattening, other ruminants for fattening and all other ruminants, Camelidae for fattening and all other Camelidae, Equidae, Leporidae, salmonids, minor finfish, dogs and to withdraw the placing on the market of these additives for the rest of the animals. It is proposed to provide transitional periods for the different types of feeds: 12 months for existing stocks of the additives celery seed essential oil from Apium graveolens L. and caraway essential oil from Carum carvi L., 15 months for stocks of premixtures produced with the above mentioned additives and 24 months for compound feed and feed materials produced with the feed additives and premixtures mentioned before. |
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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] 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? [X] Yes [ ] No 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: EFSA opinions: - EFSA Journal, 22(7), e8907. - EFSA Journal, 22(7), e8906. |
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): October 2025 Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): October 2025 |
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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 its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. [ ] Trade facilitating measure |
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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 22 July 2025 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 A4-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu |
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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 A4-Multilateral International Relations Rue Froissart 101 B-1049 Brussels Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263 E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu |