G/SPS/N/EU/477  
 
6 April 2021  
(21-2833) 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 used in animal nutrition (HS Code: 2309)  
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) 2021/485 
of 22 March 2021 concerning the authorisation as feed additives of ginger essential oil 
from Zingiber officinale  Roscoe for all animal species, ginger oleoresin from Zingiber  
officinale  Roscoe for chickens for fattening, laying hens, turkeys for fattening, piglets, 
pigs for fattening, sows, dairy cows, veal calves (milk replacers), cattle for fattening, 
sheep, goats, horses, rabbits, fish and pets and ginger tincture from Zingiber officinale  
Roscoe for horse s and dogs (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English, French 
and Spanish . Number of pages:  8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_2275_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_2275_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/EEC/21_2275_00_s.pdf  
6. 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. Article 10(2) of that Regulation provides for the re -evaluation of 
additives authorised pursuant to Council Directive 70/524/EEC. Ginger essential oil,  
ginger oleoresin and ginger tincture from Zingiber officinale  Roscoe were authorised 
without a time limit in accordance with Directive 70/524/EEC as feed additives for all 
animal species. These additives were subsequently entered in the Register of feed 
additives as existing products, in accordance with Article 10(1)(b) of Regulation 
(EC) No 1831/2003. In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 in 
conjunction with Article 7 thereof, an application was submitted for the re -evaluation o f 
ginger essential oil from Zingiber officinale  Roscoe for all animal species, ginger oleoresin 
from Zingiber officinale  Roscoe for chickens for fattening, laying hens, turkeys for 
fattening, piglets, pigs for fattening, sows, dairy cows, veal calves (milk  replacers), cattle 
for fattening, sheep, goats, horses, rabbits, fish and pets and ginger tincture from Zingiber 
officinale  Roscoe for horses and dogs. The applicant requested ginger essential oil, ginger 
oleoresin and ginger tincture from Zingiber offici nale Roscoe to be authorised for use also 
in water for drinking. However, Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 does not allow the 
authorisation of 'flavouring compounds' for use in water for drinking. Therefore, the use 
of ginger essential oil, ginger oleoresin an d ginger tincture from Zingiber officinale  Roscoe 
in water for drinking should not be allowed. The applicant requested the additives to be G/SPS/N/EU/477  
 
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  classified in the additive category 'sensory additives' and in the functional group 
'flavouring compounds'. That appl ication was accompanied by the particulars and 
documents required under Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or diseas e, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
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 standard?  
[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) : 22 March 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 23 March 2021  
11. 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.  
[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 D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
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 D2 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.europa.eu