G/SPS/N/EU/596  
 
24 August 2022  
(22-6395) 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) 2022/1421 
of 22 August 2022 concerning the authorisation of expressed orange essential  oil, distilled 
orange essential oil and folded orange oils from Citrus sinensis  (L.) Osbeck as feed 
additives for all animal species (Text with EEA relevance) . Language(s):  English, French 
and Spanish . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_5757_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_5757_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/EEC/22_5757_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Expressed orange essential oil, distilled orange essential oil a nd 
folded orange oil 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 of expressed orange essential oil, distilled orang e essential 
oil and folded orange oils from Citrus sinensis  (L.) Osbeck for all animal species. 
The applicant requested the additives to be classified in the additive category 'sensory 
additives' and in the functional group 'flavouring compounds'. The Euro pean Food Safety 
Authority ('the Authority') concluded in its opinion of 29 September 2021 that, under the 
proposed conditions of use, expressed orange essential oil, distilled orange essential oil 
and folded orange oils from Citrus sinensis  (L.) Osbeck do  not have adverse effects on 
animal health, consumer health or the environment. The Commission considers that 
appropriate protective measures should be taken to prevent adverse effects on human 
health, in particular as regards the users of the additives. S ince safety reasons do not 
require the immediate application of the modifications to the conditions of authorisation of 
the substances concerned, it is appropriate to allow a transitional period for interested 
parties to prepare themselves to meet the new requirements resulting from the 
authorisation.  
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/596  
 
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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) : 22 August 2022 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 23 August 2022  
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 its 
publication in the Of ficial 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 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