G/SPS/N/EU/623  
8 March 2023  
(23-1686) 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):  Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (HS code(s): 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) 2023/341 of 
15 February 2023 concerning the renewal of the authorisation of vitamin E as a feed 
additive for all animal species and repealing Regulation (EU) No 26/2011 (Text with EEA 
relevance) . Language(s):  English, French and Spanish . Number of pages:  6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_1742_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_1742_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/EEC/23_1742_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Vitamin E was authorised for 10 years as a feed additive for all 
animal species by Commission Regulation (EU) No 26/2011. In accordance with Article 14 
of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, five applications were submitted for the renewal of the 
authorisation of vitamin E in the form of all -rac-alpha -tocopheryl acetate and one for the 
renewal of the authorisation of vitamin E in the form of RRR -alpha -tocopheryl acetate as 
feed additives for all animal species, in the additive category 'nutritional additives' and the 
functional group 'vitamins, pro -vitamins and chemical well -defined substances having 
similar effect'. As a consequence of the renewal of the authoris ation of vitamin E in the 
form of all -rac-alpha -tocopheryl acetate and of vitamin E in the form of RRR -alpha -
tocopheryl acetate as feed additives, as well as the expiry of the authorisation of vitamin E 
in the form of RRR -alpha -tocopherol, Regulation (EU) No 26/2011 is repealed. Since safety 
reasons do not require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of 
authorisation of vitamin E, a transitional period for interested parties to prepare 
themselves to meet the new requirements resu lting from the renewal of the authorisation 
is provided for.  
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/623  
 
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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 f or 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) : 15 February 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 16 February 2023  
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 Offici al 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 A4 -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 A4 -Multilateral International Relations  
Rue Froissart 101  
B-1049 Brussels  
Tel: +(32 2) 29 54263  
Fax: +(32 2) 29 98090  
E-mail: sps@ec.euro pa.eu