Document ID: 02006R0479-20160727
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2006R0479 — EN — 27.07.2016 — 001.001
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<table><col/><col/><tr><td><p><a>&#9658;B</a></p></td><td><p>COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 479/2006</p><p>of 23 March 2006</p><p>as regards the authorisation of certain additives belonging to the group compounds of trace elements</p><p><a>(Text with EEA relevance)</a></p><p>(OJ L 086 24.3.2006, p. 4)</p></td></tr></table>
Amended by:
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><tr><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p></td><td><p>Official Journal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>&#160;&#160;No</p></td><td><p>page</p></td><td><p>date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a>&#9658;M1</a></p></td><td><p><a>COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1095&#160;of 6 July 2016</a></p></td><td><p>&#160;&#160;L&#160;182</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7.7.2016</p></td></tr></table>
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 479/2006
of 23 March 2006
as regards the authorisation of certain additives belonging to the group compounds of trace elements
(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
The preparations belonging to the group ‘Compounds of trace elements’, as specified in the Annex, are authorised for use without a time-limit as additives in animal nutrition under the conditions laid down in that Annex.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>EC No</p></td><td><p>Element</p></td><td><p>Additive</p></td><td><p>Chemical formula and description</p></td><td><p>Maximum content of the element in mg kg<span>-1</span> of the complete feedingstuff</p></td><td><p>Other provisions</p></td><td><p>End of period of authorisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E4</p></td><td><p>Copper &#8212; Cu</p></td><td><p>Cupric chelate of glycine hydrate</p></td><td><p>Cu (x)<span>1-3</span> . nH<span>2</span>O</p><p>(x = anion of synthetic glycine)</p></td><td><p>Pigs</p><p>&#8212;&#160;piglets up to 12 weeks: 170 (total)</p><p>&#8212;&#160;other pigs: 25 (total)</p><p>Bovine</p><p>1.&#160;&#160;bovine before the start of rumination:</p><p>&#8212;&#160;milk replacers: 15 (total)</p><p>&#8212;&#160;other complete feedingstuffs: 15 (total)</p><p>2.&#160;&#160;other bovine: 35 (total)</p><p>Ovine: 15 (total)</p><p>Fish: 25 (total)</p><p>Crustaceans: 50 (total)</p><p>Other species: 25 (total)</p></td><td><p>The following declarations shall be inserted in the labelling and accompanying documents:</p><p>&#8212;&#160;For sheep:</p><p>&#8212;&#160;Where the level of copper in feedingstuffs exceed 10 mg kg<span>-1</span>: &#8216;the level of copper in this feedingstuff may cause poisoning in certain breeds sheep&#8217;</p><p>&#8212;&#160;For bovines after the start of rumination:</p><p>&#8212;&#160;Where the level of copper in feedingstuffs is less than 20 mg kg<span>-1</span>: &#8216;the level of copper in this feedingstuff may cause copper deficiencies in cattle grazing pastures with high contents of molybdenum or sulphur&#8217;</p></td><td><p>Without a time limit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E5</p></td><td><p>Manganese &#8212; Mn</p></td><td><p>Manganese chelate of glycine hydrate</p></td><td><p>Mn (x)<span>1-3</span> . nH<span>2</span>O</p><p>(x = anion of synthetic glycine)</p></td><td><p>Fish: 100 (total)</p><p>Other species: 150 (total)</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p><div/></td><td><p>Without a time limit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E6</p></td><td><p>Zinc &#8212; Zn</p></td><td><p><span><a><span>&#9658;M1</span></a></span>&#160;Zinc chelate of glycine hydrate<span>&#160;&#9668;</span></p></td><td><p>Zn (x)<span>1-3</span> . nH<span>2</span>O</p><p>(x = anion of synthetic glycine)</p></td><td><p>Pet animals: 250 (total)</p><p>Fish: 200 (total)</p><p>Milk replacers: 200 (total)</p><p>Other species: 150 (total)</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p><div/></td><td><p>Without a time limit</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>No (or EC No)</p></td><td><p>Element</p></td><td><p>Additive</p></td><td><p>Chemical formula and description</p></td><td><p>Maximum content of the element in mg kg<span>-1</span> of the complete feedingstuff or in mg/day</p></td><td><p>Other provisions</p></td><td><p>End of period of authorisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E1</p></td><td><p>Iron &#8212; Fe</p></td><td><p>Ferrous chelate of glycine, hydrate</p></td><td><p>Fe(x)<span>1-3</span> . nH<span>2</span>O</p><p>(x = anion of synthetic glycine)</p></td><td><p>Ovine: 500 (total) mg kg<span>-1</span> of the complete feedingstuff</p><p>Pet animals: 1&#160;250  (total) mg kg<span>-1</span> of the complete feedingstuff</p><p>Pigs:</p><p>&#8212;&#160;piglets up to one week before weaning: 250 mg/day</p><p>&#8212;&#160;other pigs: 750 (total) mg kg<span>-1</span> of the complete feedingstuff</p><p>Other species: 750 (total) mg kg<span>-1</span> of the complete feedingstuff</p></td><td><p>&#160;</p><div/></td><td><p>Without a time limit</p></td></tr></tbody></table>