G/SPS/N/EU/563  
 
26 April 2022  
(22-3322) 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) 2022/654 
concerning the authorisation of butylated hydroxyanisole as a feed additive f or cats (Text 
with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English, French and Spanish . Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_3039_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_3039_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_3039_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Butylated hydroxyanisole was authorized without a time limit as 
a feed additive for all animal species in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC. 
This additive has been subsequently entered in the Register of feed additives as an 
existing product, in accordance with Article 10(1) 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 of butylated 
hydroxyanisole as a feed additive for all animal species. The applicant has later withdr awn 
the application with regard to cats, due to the adoption by EFSA on 12 November 2019 of 
a non -favourable opinion concerning the safety of the additive for use for cats. 
The re-evaluation of butylated hydroxyanisole resulted in the authorization thereof  as a 
feed additive for all animal species except cats, by Commission Implementing Regulation 
(EU) 2020/1399. Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 requires the adoption of a 
Regulation withdrawing from the market feed additives for which no applic ation in 
accordance with Article 10(2) and (7) of that Regulation was submitted before the deadline 
set in those provisions, or for which an application was submitted but subsequently 
withdrawn. Since the applicant has withdrawn the application with regard  to cats, 
butylated hydroxyanisole (E 320) should be withdrawn from the market as a feed additive 
for cats. In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, a new application 
was submitted for the authorization of butylated hydroxyanisole as a  feed additive for cats, 
to be classified in the category 'technological additives' and in the functional group 
'antioxidants'. That application 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 disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/EU/563  
 
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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) : 20 April 2022 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 21 April 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This Regulation will enter into force on the twentieth day following its 
publication in the Offi cial 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]  Natio nal 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 a vailable) 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