COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2024/1201 
of 26 Apr il 2024
withdraw ing from the market star anise terpenes from Illicium verum Hook .f. as a feed additiv e 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION,
Havi ng regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Havi ng rega rd to Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 Sept ember 2003 on 
additives for use in animal nutr ition (1), and in particular Article 10(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 provid es for the author isation of additives for use in animal nutr ition and for the 
grounds and procedures for granting such author isation. In particular , Article 10(2) of that Regulation provi des 
rules for the re-evaluation of additives author ised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC (2).
(2) The substance star anise terpe nes from Illicium verum Hook.f. was author ised without a time limit in accordance with 
Directive 70/524/EEC as a feed additive for all animal species. That substance was subsequently entered in the 
Registe r of Feed Additives as an existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) 
No 1831/2003.
(3) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, in conjunction with Article 7 thereof, an 
application was submitte d for the author isation of star anise terpenes from Illicium verum Hook .f. as a feed additive 
for all animal species. The applicant requeste d the additive to be classified in the additive categor y ‘sensor y additives’ 
and in the functional group ‘flavouring compo unds’. That application was accompanied by the particulars and 
documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.
(4) The European Food Safet y Author ity (‘the Author ity’) concluded in its opinion of 26 Sept ember 2023 (3)that the 
additive star anise terpe nes contains up to 25 % estragole by specifi cation and is obtained by a manuf actur ing 
process whic h results in the enrichment of this genot oxic carcinogen. In this regard, the Authority state d that this 
does not comply with the principles outlined in the general approac h to assess the safety for the target species of 
botanical preparations which contain compo unds that are genot oxic and/or carcinog enic when used as feed 
additives. Theref ore, the Auth ority considered that it was inappropr iate to perform an assessment of the safety and 
efficacy of star anise terpenes for its use as a feed additive.
(5) The applicant subsequently withdrew the application for author isation of star anise terpe nes from Illicium verum 
Hook.f. for all animal species.
(6) Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 imposes an obligation on the Commission to adopt a Regulation 
requir ing the withdrawal from the mark et of feed additives for which no applications as required by Article 10(2) of 
Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 were submitted before the deadline provid ed for in that provision. Similarly , a 
Regulation should be adopt ed concer ning feed additives for whic h an application was submitted but subsequently 
withdra wn.
(7) Theref ore, the feed additive star anise terpe nes from Illicium verum Hook.f. should be withdra wn from the mark et.
Offi cial Jour nal 
of the European Union EN 
L series 
2024/1201 29.4.2024
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1201/oj 1/2(1) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2003/1831/oj.
(2) Council Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 concer ning additives in feed ingstuffs (OJ L 270, 14.12.1970, p. 1, ELI: 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1970/524/oj).
(3) EFSA Journal 2023;21(10):8341.(8) A transitional period should be allowed for interest ed parties to compl y properly with the withdra wal oblig ation, 
provid ing for a limited period of time within which existing stoc ks of the additive and feed containing it may be 
used up. Such period of time should be as shor t as possible, taking account of the safety concer ns raised by the 
Authority in its opinion of 26 September 2023 concer ning the additive.
(9) The measures provid ed for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committ ee on 
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGUL ATION:
Article 1
Withdra wal from the market
The feed additive star anise terpe nes from Illicium verum Hook.f., as author ised pursuant to Directive 70/524/EEC, shall be 
withdra wn from the mark et in respect of all animal species.
Article 2
Transitional measures
1. Existing stoc ks of the feed additive referred to in Article 1 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 
19 June 2024 .
2. Premixtures produced with the feed additive refer red to in paragraph 1 may continue to be placed on the market and 
used until 19 July 2024 .
3. Com pound feed and feed mat erials produced with the feed additive referred to in paragraph 1 or with the 
premixtures refer red to in paragraph 2 may continue to be placed on the market and used until 19 August 2024 .
Article 3
Entr y into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day followi ng that of 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.
Done at Brussels, 26 Apr il 2024 .
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYENEN OJ L, 29.4.2024 
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1201/oj