G/SPS/N/EU/659  
19 July 2023  
(23-4925) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission, Health and Food Safety Directorate -General  
3. 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 in animal nutrition  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/54 of 
4 January 2023 correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/652 concerning the 
authorisation o f bitter orange extract as a feed additive for certain animal species . 
Language(s):  English, French and Spanish . Number of pages:  4 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_11140_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_11140_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_11140_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The use of bitter orange extract as feed additive was authorised 
for certain anima l species by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/652. Bitter 
orange extract is known to contain 10 to 20% neohesperidin, as detailed in the column 
"Composition, chemical formula, description, analytical method" in the Annex to 
Implementing Regulat ion (EU) 2022/652. An incorrect presumption of a relationship 
between neohesperidin, identified with CAS number 13241 -33-3, and neohesperidin 
dihydrochalcone, identified with CAS number 20702 -77-6, which has a similar name but is 
a distinct substance, resu lted in point 3 of the column "Other provisions" in the Annex to 
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/652, which mistakenly provides for the exclusion of 
the use of bitter orange extract in combination with neohesperidin dihydrochalcone. 
Commission Implementi ng Regulation (EU) 2023/54 corrects this mistake.  
7. 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.   G/SPS/N/EU/659  
 
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  8. 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 st andard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 4 January 2023 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 5 January 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This Regulation entered into force on the day following its publication in 
the Official Journal  of the European Union, i.e. on 6 January 2023.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. 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 A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu  
13. 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